Font23D
Convert any text to a 3d mesh using any font style
Font23D is a C++ library for creating a 3d mesh of any Text in the given True type font. The project is written primarily in JavaScript, distributed under the The Unlicense license, first published in 2015. Key topics include: 3d-mesh, cpp, font, freetype, glut.
Latest release: v1.0.1
April 20, 2021View Changelog →
Font23D
Font23D is a C++ library for creating a 3d mesh of any Text in the given True type font.
Demo: Font23D running on browser using webassembly
Compile the code
Install the dependancies
shsudo apt install libfreetype6-dev
Now just run the bash script to get the OBJ file output.
shsh compile.sh
Sample Outputs
Below outputs are generated using different fonts



Unicode Support

Instruction to use:
- The Library uses FreeType Library to decode the fonts and converts the Text into Vector.
- Then the vector data is converted into triangles using Ploy2Tri library.
- This gives us the triangles of the complete text in a plane.
- The plane is then extruded into 3d object and then creates a closed mesh.
- The Mesh is then saved as OBJ file.
Plans for Future:
- Support WebAssembly and create sample web page to convert input text using uploaded font to 3D mesh.
Contributions:
- Thanks to J.Scheurich from White Dune Project for suggesting fixes for Face culling.
- Thanks to DaegyuMin for fixing a bug in missing triangle.
Contributors
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