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Subject: Font import issues

Odessey opened this issue on Dec 05, 2008 · 15 posts

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Odessey ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 1:55 PM · edited Wed, 20 November 2024 at 10:34 AM

Hey all , does anyone know of a web site that has custom fonts in a obj or 3d's format not a "True Type Font file format ?."
I tried to import the special font that i want in "True Type Font format "into illustrator and export thru a "eps" or "ai "file ,and then import thru Carrara's spline room the font appeared but the integrity and shape of the font looked nothing like the original that was in illustrator !
A bit stumped a little help any one , Cheers , Michael.

sparrownightmare ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 2:02 PM

Is there a reason you just don't use the Carrara internal text tool? It sounds like it's not the font's fault but something in the way Illistrator is exporting or the way Carrara is interpreting the file when it imports it. If it's not completely crusian that you go through illustrator, then just crate it in Carrara and eliminate the middleman.

Quote - Hey all , does anyone know of a web site that has custom fonts in a obj or 3d's format not a "True Type Font file format ?."
I tried to import the special font that i want in "True Type Font format "into illustrator and export thru a "eps" or "ai "file ,and then import thru Carrara's spline room the font appeared but the integrity and shape of the font looked nothing like the original that was in illustrator !
A bit stumped a little help any one , Cheers , Michael.

Odessey ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 2:15 PM · edited Fri, 05 December 2008 at 2:20 PM

Hey Sparrow , the font i want would be pretty hard to create in the spline room don't have allot of time ! i am sure also that it is the way Carrara is interpreting the the file ! this font is for a custom logo like no other , Carrars fonts are basic but better than Cinema 4-D which is also not easy !
Thanx , Michael

sparrownightmare ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 2:19 PM

Hmm.. Carrara can use any font that is installed in Windows. I suppose I don't completely understand the need to even convert the text to an object. If you have the font as a TTF font, then it shouldn't be a big problem. If not, then I get what you mean. I have some spare time if you would like, I could take a crack at creating it in the spline modeler for you if you send up a decent image of the font and text.

Odessey ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 3:23 PM · edited Fri, 05 December 2008 at 3:28 PM

Ok problem solved Sparrow , good ol Hexagon to the rescue as you can see it is not your average font , the panic is over !!! :) Here is a screen shot of the font . Thanks for the input Sparrownightmare . Michael.

sparrownightmare ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 3:24 PM

Lol. The image didn't come with the post :)

GKDantas ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 4:39 PM

You can do the same in Carrara... why use Hexagon??

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GKDantas ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 4:44 PM

Look here...just click in the T in the upper icon menu

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sparrownightmare ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 4:46 PM

I am pretty sure I have that true type font, which can be used directly in Carrara.

Quote - Ok problem solved Sparrow , good ol Hexagon to the rescue as you can see it is not your average font , the panic is over !!! :)
Here is a screen shot of the font .
Thanks for the input Sparrownightmare .
Michael.

Odessey ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 7:28 PM

I found out i was having issues with my font manager / navigator , any way here is a sample of the font i am working on ! Thanks for your time guys , Michael.

sparrownightmare ( ) posted Fri, 05 December 2008 at 8:19 PM

Looks good, but some of the letters look a bit off scale to the others. the SPA are the same, but the ce are a bit smaller and the 5 in 3050 is bigger than the other numbers.