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Intermediate Points, Number, Angle
These interpolation settings dene how the intermediate points of the spline are produced. For more
information on these settings, look up ‘interpolation, spline’ in the index.
Text
You can add letters, characters and any other piece of text using this type of spline. Simply choose a
font and type the text into the spline’s Text box.
Attribute manager settings
Object Properties
Text
Enter the text into the Text box. You can enter up to multiple lines of text — press Return to start a
new line. The text appears in the viewport as a spline primitive when click outside the text box.
CINEMA 4D generates text objects as connected splines. Add depth to these
objects using an Extrude NURBS. Create an Extrude NURBS object and in the
Object manager, drag the name of the text spline onto the name of the Extrude
NURBS. Symbols can be used.