tutorials/3d/3d_text

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tutorials/3d/3d_text

Introduction: In a project, there may be times when text needs to be created as part of a 3D scene and not just in the HUD. Godot provides 2 methods to do this: the Label3D node and the TextMesh re...

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/3d/3d_text.html

[MajorMcDoom]

There is one more approach which should be mentioned. It's a little niche, but nevertheless valid:

Assigning a material with a ViewportTexture that shows the contents of a SubViewport with 2D controls.

Advantages:

• You can show it on any arbitrary 3D geometry that doesn't have to be flat.
• You can leverage all the features of RichTextLabel.
• You can show any kind of 2D control, not just text.
• You can reuse existing 2D UI resources in a 3D context.

Disadvantages:

• Complex to setup.
• Not as performant.