Time for action – creating a text object
Our first suggestion for a boat name is MySloop it's out of Papeete, Tahiti:
- Create a new file.
- Press the NumPad 7 key to get the Top view.
- Press X to delete the default cube.
- Press Shift + A and choose Text from the menu.
- Press the Tab key to go into Edit Mode.
- Press the Backspace key to delete the letters as shown here. On a Mac, use the Delete key.
- Type in
MySloop
, a carriage return, andPapeete
. - Press the Object Data button in the header of the Properties window. It's the button with the letter F on it.
- In the Geometry subpanel, set Modification: Extrude to 0.1 and set Bevel: Depth to 0.04, as shown in the following image.
- Press the MMB and rotate your view to see the text from front and back.
- In the Paragraph subpanel, change Spacing: Line: to 1.50, as shown here.
- Change Spacing: Letter: to 1.30, as shown next.
- Press the Center button under Align: as shown here.
- In the Font subpanel, click on the Shear: button and set the value to 0.300,...