Time for action – creating a text object

Our first suggestion for a boat name is MySloop it's out of Papeete, Tahiti:

1. Create a new file.
2. Press the NumPad 7 key to get the Top view.
3. Press X to delete the default cube.
4. Press Shift + A and choose Text from the menu.
5. Press the Tab key to go into Edit Mode.
6. Press the Backspace key to delete the letters as shown here. On a Mac, use the Delete key.
   
7. Type in MySloop, a carriage return, and Papeete.
8. Press the Object Data button in the header of the Properties window. It's the button with the letter F on it.
9. In the Geometry subpanel, set Modification: Extrude to 0.1 and set Bevel: Depth to 0.04, as shown in the following image.
10. Press the MMB and rotate your view to see the text from front and back.
11. In the Paragraph subpanel, change Spacing: Line: to 1.50, as shown here.
12. Change Spacing: Letter: to 1.30, as shown next.
13. Press the Center button under Align: as shown here.
14. In the Font subpanel, click on the Shear: button and set the value to 0.300,...