text3d

3d · render · 22 properties · 3D

A block of text drawn in the 3D pass on a quad that faces the camera, shaped by the engine's fonts and sized at pixels_per_unit font pixels to the world unit.

In a scene, text3d is the node key that applies it. A script reaches the same properties through node.text3d.get() and node.text3d.set(table).

Properties

property	type	default	description
align	enum	center	Where the block sits across the node's origin One of start, center, end.
billboard	bool	true	Turn to face the camera every frame; off leaves it in the node's own plane
color	color	[1,1,1,1]	Tint, as channel floats or #rrggbb / #rrggbbaa
depth_test	bool	true	Let the scene hide it; off draws it over everything
double_sided	bool	true	Draw the back of the quad as well as the front
family	enum	ui	Which of the project's font chains to shape with One of ui, heading, mono, icons.
font	string	—	A project-relative AngelCode .fnt naming a bitmap face; empty shapes with the project's vector fonts
font_size	float	32	Height in font pixels, before pixels_per_unit sizes it in the world At least 1.
font_style	enum	normal	Upright or italic One of normal, italic.
font_weight	int	400	Stroke weight, 400 regular and 700 bold Range 100–900.
letter_spacing	float	0	Extra space between glyphs, in font pixels
line_height	float	0	Baseline to baseline as a multiple of the size; zero takes the default At least 0.
markup	bool	false	Read the text as markup: bold, italic, colour, alignment, wave and inline images
max_width	float	0	Font pixels the lines wrap at; zero runs the text on one line At least 0.
outline_color	color	[0,0,0,1]	The outline's colour
outline_size	float	0	Font pixels the outline reaches around the glyphs; zero draws none At least 0.
pixels_per_unit	float	100	Font pixels to one world unit, sizing the block the way a sprite is sized At least 0.01.
shadow_color	color	[0,0,0,0.5]	The shadow's colour
shadow_offset_x	float	0	Font pixels the shadow is moved along x; zero with y draws none
shadow_offset_y	float	0	Font pixels the shadow is moved along y
text	string	—	The text drawn; text_key wins over it
text_key	string	—	A key in the project's strings, re-read every frame so a language change shows at once

Script functions

Methods of node.text3d, the handle a node carrying this component exposes. Each is also a free function on its module, taking the node as its first argument. Every handle also has get(), set(table), has() and remove().

From render:

method	what it does
set_text(string)	Replace the text a node draws. The block re-shapes on the next frame; a text_key on the node still wins over it.
text() -> string	The text a node draws, as it was last set — not the localized string a text_key resolves to.