TextCurve(Curve)

base classes — bpy_struct, ID, Curve

class bpy.types.TextCurve(Curve)

Curve data-block used for storing text

active_textbox
Type

int in [-inf, inf], default 0

align_x

Text horizontal alignment from the object center

  • LEFT Left – Align text to the left.

  • CENTER Center – Center text.

  • RIGHT Right – Align text to the right.

  • JUSTIFY Justify – Align to the left and the right.

  • FLUSH Flush – Align to the left and the right, with equal character spacing.

Type

enum in [‘LEFT’, ‘CENTER’, ‘RIGHT’, ‘JUSTIFY’, ‘FLUSH’], default ‘LEFT’

align_y

Text vertical alignment from the object center

  • TOP Top – Align text to the top.

  • TOP_BASELINE Top Baseline – Align text to the top line’s baseline.

  • CENTER Middle – Align text to the middle.

  • BOTTOM_BASELINE Bottom Baseline – Align text to the bottom line’s baseline.

  • BOTTOM Bottom – Align text to the bottom.

Type

enum in [‘TOP’, ‘TOP_BASELINE’, ‘CENTER’, ‘BOTTOM_BASELINE’, ‘BOTTOM’], default ‘TOP_BASELINE’

body

Content of this text object

Type

string, default “”, (never None)

body_format

Stores the style of each character

Type

bpy_prop_collection of TextCharacterFormat, (readonly)

edit_format

Editing settings character formatting

Type

TextCharacterFormat, (readonly)

family

Use objects as font characters (give font objects a common name followed by the character they represent, eg. ‘family-a’, ‘family-b’, etc, set this setting to ‘family-’, and turn on Vertex Instancing)

Type

string, default “”, (never None)

follow_curve

Curve deforming text object

Type

Object

font
Type

VectorFont

font_bold
Type

VectorFont

font_bold_italic
Type

VectorFont

font_italic
Type

VectorFont

offset_x

Horizontal offset from the object origin

Type

float in [-inf, inf], default 0.0

offset_y

Vertical offset from the object origin

Type

float in [-inf, inf], default 0.0

overflow

Handle the text behavior when it doesn’t fit in the text boxes

  • NONE Overflow – Let the text overflow outside the text boxes.

  • SCALE Scale to Fit – Scale down the text to fit inside the text boxes.

  • TRUNCATE Truncate – Truncate the text that would go outside the text boxes.

Type

enum in [‘NONE’, ‘SCALE’, ‘TRUNCATE’], default ‘NONE’

shear

Italic angle of the characters

Type

float in [-1, 1], default 0.0

size
Type

float in [0.0001, 10000], default 1.0

small_caps_scale

Scale of small capitals

Type

float in [-inf, inf], default 0.75

space_character
Type

float in [0, 10], default 1.0

space_line
Type

float in [0, 10], default 1.0

space_word
Type

float in [0, 10], default 1.0

text_boxes
Type

bpy_prop_collection of TextBox, (readonly)

underline_height
Type

float in [0, 0.8], default 0.05

underline_position

Vertical position of underline

Type

float in [-0.2, 0.8], default 0.0

use_fast_edit

Don’t fill polygons while editing

Type

boolean, default False

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass(id, default=None)
Parameters

id (string) – The RNA type identifier.

Returns

The RNA type or default when not found.

Return type

bpy.types.Struct subclass

classmethod bl_rna_get_subclass_py(id, default=None)
Parameters

id (string) – The RNA type identifier.

Returns

The class or default when not found.

Return type

type

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