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Add menu - Utilities - Text

Add menu - Utilities - Text
Add menu - Utilities - Text

Text object related nodes.

Format String

Format String

Insert Values into a string using a Python and path template compatible formatting syntax.

The syntax can be found here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#format-string-syntax

EntryWhat it does
InputsStrings: The strings that you want to modify.
PropertiesString: The python syntax to modify the string.
OutputString: The output string.

Join Strings

Join Strings

Allows you to join several string into a text string.

EntryWhat it does
InputsDelimiter: Add a delimiter character. · Strings: The strings that you want to join into one text string.
OutputString: The output string.

Match Strings

Match Strings

Allows you to compare strings to match conditions

Inputs

EntryWhat it does
StringThe input string.
KeyAn input key.

Properties

Properties
Operation

What string condition to match.

Output

Result

The output strings that matches the condition.

Replace Strings

Replace Strings

Find and replace strings inside of the input string.

EntryWhat it does
InputsString: The input string. · Find: The string part that you want to replace. · Replace: The string part that you use to replace the selected string part.
OutputString: The strings that you want to join into one text string.

Slice String

Slice String

Allows you to extract a string from a substring at given position with given length.

EntryWhat it does
InputsString: The source string. · Position: The start position of the sub string. · Length: The length of the substring.
OutputsString: The output substring.

Find in String

Find in String

Returns an integer of the total count of matching strings or the first integer position of a matching string

EntryWhat it does
InputsString: The string that you want to search in. · Search: The string that would be matched in the string search.
OutputsFirst Found: Returns the integer position of the first character of the found string. · Count: Returns an integer position of the first character of the found string.

String length

String length

Gives back the number of characters in this string.

EntryWhat it does
InputsString: The string that you want to calculate.
OutputsLength: How many characters the string has.

String to Curves

String to Curves

Converts the letters of a text into curve objects.

Inputs

EntryWhat it does
StringThe text string to convert.
SizeSize of the string.
Character SpacingThe character spacing of the string.
Word SpacingThe word spacing of the string.
Line SpacingThe line spacing of the string.
Max WidthThe maximum width of the string.

Properties

Font property
Font property
Font browser
Font browser

A list of the loaded fonts.

EntryWhat it does
Font Edit BoxThe active font.
Number of UsersThe number of users for this font.
Fake UserKeep this font in the blender file even when it has no users. The default font is special in this regards. It will not vanish when you close the file, even when it has no fake user assigned.
Open FontLoad a system font.
RemoveRemoves the active font. The default font is special in this regards. You cannot delete it.
Overflow
Overflow

The overflow method for the text.

Overflow
Align X

How to align the text horizontally

Align Y
Align Y

How to align the text vertically.

Pivot Point
Pivot Point

What point of the string to use as the pivot point.

Output

EntryWhat it does
Curve InstancesThe curves output.
LineOutputs the line number of the character.
Pivot PointOutputs the selected pivot point position per character.

String to Value

String to Value

Converts a string input (e.g. "3.14" or "42") into a numeric value that can be used in fields, modifiers, or procedural logic. It also outputs the length of the string for additional control or validation.

Inputs

String

The input string.

Properties

Properties
EntryWhat it does
Data TypeSpecifies the target data type for conversion
OutputsValue: The output value. · Length: The number of characters in the input string as an Integer.

Value to String

Value to String

Converts a value to a string.

Inputs

EntryWhat it does
ValueThe input value.
DecimalsHow many decimals the value has.

Properties

Properties
EntryWhat it does
Data TypeSpecifies the target data type for conversion
OutputsString: The output string.

Special Character

Special Character

Adds special characters to the text string.

Outputs

EntryWhat it does
Line BreakAdds a Line Break to the text string.
TabAdds a tab to the text string.