Subject: Re: # faces in spline font objects
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 08:54:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Andrew P. Vogel" <vogelap@ucunix.san.uc.EDU>

On Thu, 26 May 1994, Ed Totman wrote:

> If you are creating flying logo videos, then you know that the number of
> faces in the font objects the spline editor creates can quickly get out of
> hand.  In one test I ran, Four eight letter words = over 40k faces.  You
> can reduce the number of faces the spline editor creates by interactively
> scaling each letter's axis up (shift s) to anything over 20x before you
> use the "add points" option.  This will reduce face count by about 20-30%. 
> If you scale the axis up over 20x you still get a 20-30% reduction only. 
> To increase the number of faces generated, scale the axis down.
Thanks for the tip, Ed... This is a handy one for those of us that do 
flying logos, and would also make an excellent addition to the FAQ list...

> I just wish there was a way to scale all letter axes at once, so I don't 
> have to go to each one individually.
Just as long as you can still scale them individually... For instance, 
some letters would benefit from the greater number of faces while others 
may not need the extra faces to make them look acceptable...

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