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# 1 14-05-2007 , 01:40 PM
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I'm looking for advice/tutorials for creating/animating text in Maya. I've looked at the one on the Digital Tutors site, however are there any other ways to create text?

Here are my two major problems:

- Text is created with strange kerning (distance between letters). I end up having to move each one before and extruding.

- Also, sometimes I import fonts, but the don't show up in Maya. Anyone have any tips there?

Is there a plug-in to make Maya work better for text? It seems like 3dS Max handles text better.

Thanks for any advice/thoughts!

# 2 14-05-2007 , 01:53 PM
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i dont think that maya is the best alternative to create text.

if there is the possibilty to use cinema4d, use that. for that task its much better.

# 3 19-05-2007 , 02:08 AM
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That just seems so strange that the most popular 3d application can't really work with text. Does anyone know of a good solution for text in Maya?

Thanks again

# 4 19-05-2007 , 06:45 AM
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