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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 21:46:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Joe Angell <jangell@risd.edu>
Subject: Re: glow
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> I have been experimenting with creating glowing (i.e. neon-lit)
> objects, right now doing tubes (extruding 2 disks along a path is
> easy) What I would like to do is use some regular PS fonts.
> The problem is how would I create a slightly larger copy of the
> text, the size and stretch commands will enlarge the font, but what
> I really need is an outline:
The easiest way to do this is by doing a bevel operation on the PS font.
Mkae your letters with the Text command, then bevel the flat faces. Use a
negtive inset value to make the bevel come out _larger_ than the letters
(as opposed to the normal bevel's function, which is to make it smaller).
Make sure you still assign a shift value so it'll be easier to select the
polygons you'll want to keep. Next is to select the polygons you don't
want with the Include function and delete them (note that this may make
some minature 2-point polys you'll have to delete from the Stats/2 sided
thingy.)
The catch: this will only work if you need to enlarge something FLAT
(like a normal bevel would be good for...) I think the only way to do
make a path for the extrusion would be to type out your text, hit K to
kill al the polygons, then select the points manually (in the correct
sequence). That's all I can thing of. (I used the earlier technique to
make a very nice glow (along with a transparency map) behind a mystic
logo. Come to think of it, this may not be of any help at all... Sorry).
-- Joe