Create 3D letters in specific font

[Anonymous]

I need to model some letters for a sign panel which will then get laser cut out of 3mm stainless steel sheet. There has been a specific font specified. Is there any way to create text in a specific font as a sketch profile that you can then extrude?

Be glad of any help here, thanks... 

[SBix26 · Accepted solution]

Place text in a sketch and extrude it.  You can control font, size, attributes, spacing, orientation etc.  By default, text is placed with a sketch point at the justification location (left/center/right, top/middle/bottom), but you can choose to exchange that for a text box: a construction type rectangle that is easier to constrain in some situations.

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Sam B
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[Anonymous]

Thanks mate, perfect.

[walker.derricks]

I'm having a hard time changing the font size of my text. When I click edit it pops up the Format Sketch (Sketch Text ANSI) edit board where I can change the characters of the text and the spacing, but I can't seem to figure out how to make everything bigger. The size drop down menu only has three options, and none of them seem to do anything. 

Any advice?

Thanks

[WHolzwarth]

This should do it:

- Double-click on your text

- Select it in Format Text window

- Go to text size box

- Select or type in  new size