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March 16, 2022
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text on perspective cube

  • March 16, 2022
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good morning, 

 

I am working for several days now on an issue that I am not able to solve. even by following multiple posts, videos and having disucssions with a lot of people.

 

so today I hope to find some help here as this community helped me already a couple of times with great solutions - thanks to all of you!

 

I am having an ashlar consisting of several ashlars. and each of the ashlars should have a text on it, meaning that from the 3 sides of each ashlar that are visible, I would like to place a perspective text. normal text would be great, in a next step I would love to emboss or raise the text on or in the ashlar, but having a text first is my first hurdle.

 

I tried to do it in Illustrator and made a perspective grid and put the text on it, but it never is exactly in perspective as the grid follows a vanishing point.

 

I also tried shear text in InDesign (put the graphic in, placed a text field above and sheared it) - but it looks horrible...

 

So is there a chance to get my font in the right perspective on each side of the ashlar?

 

Unfortunately I cannot attacht the *.ai File?

 

thank yo very much for any help! 

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Correct answer Doug A Roberts

Choose one of the isometric presets instead.

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Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
March 16, 2022

You could make the text into a symbol and use Effect > 3D and Materials > 3D (Classic) > Extrude & Bevel (Classic) to extrude a rectangle and map the symbol text to a side.

Known Participant
March 16, 2022

that is an interesting idea, thank you ver much for the fast reply.

but I think I did something wrong because I can move the text, but it is not in perspective?

and if I extrude it (either solid or hollow) it only moves the text and not the pinkt ashlar (hollowing the pink ashlar with the text?)

I guess I am missing something?

 

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
March 16, 2022

uh, now that is getting a level to high for me I guess.

 

I have the text and I have the ashlar marked but the ashlar is not a 3d made but made from lines...can I send the *.ai files somehow?

 

If i mark the text, the text is changing not the ashlar?


It doesn't matter how the block is made, the 3D text is just an object sitting in front of it.