Adding a new text object

In Chapter 5, Building a Base with Standard Meshes and a Mirror, you used a cylinder and a cube as building block for your bracelet plate. Blender also has a specialized text object you can incorporate into your designs. You can add these the same way you would any other object:

1. In Object Mode, left-click to move your 3D Cursor where you would like to add the new text

2. In the Tool Shelf on the left-hand side of your screen, click the Create tab and under Other, click Text:

Adding a new text object

This adds a new text object to your 3D View. By default, it simply reads, Text.

A newly created text object

Like other Blender objects, you can use the Properties Shelf to transform the entire object, such as by changing its Location or Rotation:

Normal transform functions, such as rotate, work on text objects

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