Using text shape generators

Shape generators can be found in their own category within the Tinkercad Shape Library. Later in Chapter 9, we dive deeper into the workings of shape generators, but here we will look specifically at some of the generators designed for working with text.

There are dozens of shape generators that vary in design, so you may find that searching is easier than scrolling through the different pages. The first text shape generator we will look at is called script, as shown in Figure 5.10:

Figure 5.10: Using the script shape generator

The script shape generator is very similar to the default TEXT shape, though we lose the ability to add a Bevel to the face of the text. However, additional fonts are added to the shape parameters, which makes creating text a bit more unique and exciting.

There’s another shape generator that works similarly to the standard TEXT shape and script text generator, but with a different outcome...