I am trying to use the Text command to create outline curves from text, I noticed that in the Text box the preview text has the correct kerning applied, but once you create the text it doesn’t. Is there a way to create text with the proper kerning? Not having the correct kerning in the text it outp…

I think the only way to achieve this would be to use something that can already render the text properly. All solutions seem to rely on Rhino’s Text Object, which doesn’t handle kerning. I’m guessing the preview in the Text Box in Rhino comes from Windows and handles kerning properly. I found this:…

[image] seltzdesign: I know Rhino isn’t a graphics software as such, but for product design you would think that it should be able to produce proper text, for say embossing a word on a product or something. Having to produce the text in another software exporting and importing in to Rhino seems …

Got that, thanks. https://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/RH-52520 -Pascal

Thank you! Seems like the average time for a youtrack item is 5 years… noted. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Text has wrong/no kerning applied

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brian (Brian Gillespie) November 6, 2024, 6:25pm 5

RH-52520 is fixed in WIP

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Text has wrong/no kerning applied

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