THREE.TextPlane

class THREE.TextPlane extends THREE.Mesh

Optimally displays the text as a plane.

demo

Try it out!

dependencies

• THREE.TextTexture

setup

npm

npm i @seregpie/three.text-plane

---

import TextPlane from '@seregpie/three.text-plane';

browser

<script src="https://unpkg.com/three"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@seregpie/three.text-texture"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@seregpie/three.text-plane"></script>

The class is globally available as THREE.TextPlane.

usage

let instance = new THREE.TextPlane({
  alignment: 'left',
  color: '#24ff00',
  fontFamily: '"Times New Roman", Times, serif',
  fontSize: 8,
  fontStyle: 'italic',
  text: [
    'Twinkle, twinkle, little star,',
    'How I wonder what you are!',
    'Up above the world so high,',
    'Like a diamond in the sky.',
  ].join('\n'),
});
scene.add(instance);

---

Update the instance.

instance.fontFamily = 'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif';
instance.fontStyle = 'normal';
instance.text = [
  'When this blazing sun is gone,',
  'When he nothing shines upon,',
  'Then you show your little light,',
  'Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.',
].join('\n');

members

constructor

new THREE.TextPlane({
  alignment: 'center',
  backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
  color: '#fff',
  fontFamily: 'sans-serif',
  fontSize: 1,
  fontStyle: 'normal',
  fontVariant: 'normal',
  fontWeight: 'normal',
  lineGap: 0.25,
  padding: 0.5,
  strokeColor: '#fff',
  strokeWidth: 0,
  text: '',
}, material)

argument	description
alignment	The horizontal text alignment. Possible values are 'center', 'left' and 'right'.
backgroundColor	The background color.
color	The color.
fontFamily	The font family.
fontSize	The font size.
fontStyle	The font style.
fontVariant	The font variant.
fontWeight	The font weight.
lineGap	The vertical distance between the text lines. The value is relative to the font size.
padding	The space around the text. The value is relative to the font size.
strokeColor	The stroke color.
strokeWidth	The stroke width. The value is relative to the font size.
text	The text.
material	An instance of THREE.Material. If not provided, a default instance will be created.

properties

.isTextPlane = true

Used to check whether this is an instance of TextPlane.

---

.text

.fontFamily

.fontSize

.fontWeight

.fontVariant

.fontStyle

.color

.strokeWidth

.strokeColor

.alignment

.lineGap

.padding

.backgroundColor

methods

.dispose()

Disposes the geometry, the texture and the material.