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Please allow control of the width factor in model text similar to how it is controlled in annotative text. The reason for this is model text is often used for signage which doesn't always follow a font's specific character spacing.
A great idea. We should also be able to make the model text a VOID element as well, so they can be used to cut wall faces (bas-relief), which we do for every project (currently we have to trace the font manually with a void extrusion).
In addition to Width Factor, which affects the overall width of the letters and the spaces between them, let's add
Tracking, which controls the overall spacing between letters and words without affecting the width of individual letters
Kerning, which controls the spacing between any two letters.
I find that I usually need to create a separate piece of model text for each letter to be able to control spacing adequately, grouping them afterwards.
It would be helpful if model text would also be visible at very thin dimensions (1/16" or 0) - I'd like to use it for signage that's available in all views. Decals don't work because they take too much time to create/place, and also can't be visible in hidden line mode.
@bill_gilliss These more specific settings would be great additions.
I think it might be prudent to keep more advanced settings such as these under a 'Fonts' manager separate from the text type properties, similar to line styles and patterns, as these shouldn't be readily adjusted.
Changing the width factor changes the width of each individual character.... which is good. But I think when it comes to model text we also would want a way to change the distance between characters by a percentage as well. I think that would in-fact be more important. So we'd have Width Factor and add Space Width Factor as well. It would also be a percentage type number just like the Width Factor is.
