Blender 2.8 - How to fix your text (Cleaning MESSY vertices) | TutsByKai

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Published 2019-03-11

Today, we fix Blender's strange text faces. The default will sometimes cause glitches when modifying the text as an object. This should fix that right up! 😋

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All Comments (21)

@TutsByKai 5 years ago

We usually ALWAYS use the "Auto Merge" feature! I didn't in this video, because I like to do things differently sometimes! :)
@theloafdude8304 5 years ago

As always Kai, PERFECT TIMING👌
@OPENPCreviews 4 years ago

THANK YOU! This totally allowed me to fix some text in a model I received that I couldn't figure out.
@dasu2734 4 years ago

Kept forgetting about these modifiers. Thanks.
@millicentarban5377 3 years ago

Just came across this. Saved me from going insane after nearly 5 hours of trying to figure out how to make a nice grid
@bmmcwhirt 3 years ago

This only works for simple fonts. Any script or curvy font, you text is mangled or you get a few million vertices per letter. Even decimating at that point deforms the text making it unusable. The only real option is still to do the remesh by hand.
@Rick-pi9zn 4 years ago

this is the only tutorial I have found on this issue, thanks a lot!
@charlythompson9281 3 years ago

In 2.79, I Remove Doubles before converting the text to mesh, then my remesh modify comes out perfectly. In 2.8 I think the equivalent of remove doubles is merge by distance.
@jen-vo7di 3 years ago

OMG I'm still a beginner in Blender and this helped me with a job I'm working on, thank you!!
@henkkok9437 4 years ago

Thanks dude, wonderful short little video
@MrMagicPenguin12 4 years ago

You are a lifesaver!! Great tip, thank you.
@DanMDL 2 years ago

DUDE, you have no idea how many tutorials I watched. Crazy things out there. now one said anything about this "REMESH" and there are so many things to touch that I didnt event see the option eventhough I searched for any tool with name alike to my problem. THANX
@cloudlove1 2 years ago

Just came from your png logo creation tips which really opened a lot of new possibilities for me! Your logo looks beautiful! You should extrude it too, with all the colors.
@NadineCallan 5 years ago

I'm so happy you did this. When I tried to clean up text it took me forever and the disconnection thing was so annoying.
@jeremyrobinson7745 4 years ago

Here is a tip that will take less time ( but is still a tedious process) just take the edges that are in the middle and dissolve them
@AA-hg7xq 5 years ago

Nice tut Kai, thanks. Now, how does one reduce/change the rear face so the letter looks like it was chisled? Tapering into a center line. Then boolean that letter into a sold block. Looking for a result like the letters on a building that have slanted sides, like a vee.
@blender1927 4 years ago

Thanks kai, this is a wonderful trick
@raskaygraphics5071 5 years ago

I needed this video!!
@skillzorskillsson8228 5 years ago

There is also an option to Automatically merge vertices moved to the same location. so you wont really need to go in edit mode and select the vertices and remove doubles. Anyway, I wouldnt recommend using the text tool in blender if you want to apply subdivision surface. To get it to look really great you have to spend hours to fix the topology and it takes about 5-10 mins to just remodel the text manually. You can use the text tool and make the actual text and then just add a plane in front of the text and just remodel it. Or you could even retopology the text and use shrinkwrap modifier, That way the text will look exactly the same but the topology will be x100 times better.
@georgiosrigas8094 3 years ago

That's awesome, thanks!