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Al,
Nice work. 8 )
As far as the font you used goes... did you use an outlined font and color the interior or did you modify the font in DeltaCad?
I only ask because I've been working (on and off) on altering the font in DeltaCad for the very same effect, an outlined font that can have a colored interior. Once changed it will no longer be a font but a grouped object.
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10-08-2017, 07:08 PM
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I didn't check to see if there was a downloadable font that had a 3D look that would work on a webpage,
it would have saved a lot of work.
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Al, for images I use the PNG file format and I've expierienced no image loss or degredation.
As for outlined text in DeltaCad...
Select desired letter.
Group letter.
Copy and move.
Select one, click Edit, select Edit and convert to lines (I choose 16 for max number of segments in arcs
for smoother lines.).
Save changes.
Select other letter.
Group letter.
Select this letter, click Edit, select Edit and choose desired color, save changes.
Place outlined letter over colored letter and group
You now have an outline letter with colored infill.
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10-12-2017, 09:09 AM
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I put an outline on the back shadow letter and using the Z order I got it looking good.
First I grouped the front outlines and letters together but when I copied the group to make the shadow effect the front letters went to the same color as the back letters.
So I needed to build the front and back outlines and letters separately and put them in their own groups.
Then it would be easy to move and change each front and back parts.
I'll try to see if I can draw lines from the front outlines to the back outlines to add more depth. They will have to be put in the front group only. Once I get the angle and length of the line all visible front outline corners should be easily constructed.
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10-15-2017, 05:17 PM
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Here's a trick to align text fill to text outlines.:
Draw a horizontal line thru the text insertion point before converting the text to outlines.
Then convert the text.
Then draw vertical lines from the farthest left edge of each letter outline to the horizontal line.
Use these intersections as text insertion points for each letter, they should be pretty close.
You will have to use Z order down to put the text fill behind the outlines.
P.S.
I came across some instances where the height of the text fill did not match the text outline at certain zoom levels, but when I zoomed in they started to match up. So this method may or may not work depending on the zoom.