Text 3D

Text rendering in 3D is done through bevy_rich_text3d crate which Bevy_Lunex re-exports. This is also gated behind a text3d feature if you have disabled default features.

Similar to 2D text, we use Text3d component in conjunction with the Window ui layout.

  • UiLayout - Specifies position and anchor only, size is ignored.
  • UiTextSize - Specifies the height of the text in proportion to parent node.
  • Text3d - Specifies the actual text.

important

Text3d requires some necessary setup. You have to add these 2 components with some "default" values for it to work.

  • MeshMaterial3d - Required material to work. Recommended: 
    StandardMaterial {
    base_color_texture: Some(TextAtlas::DEFAULT_IMAGE),
    alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend,
    unlit: true,
    ..Default::default()
}
  • Mesh3d - Required empty default Mesh3d::default() component to work.

Example

ui.spawn((
    Name::new("Panel"),
    // Set the layout of this mesh
    UiLayout::window().pos(Rl(50.0)).anchor(Anchor::Center).pack(),
    // This controls the height of the text, so 10% of the parent's node height
    UiTextSize::from(Rh(10.0)),
    // Set the text value
    Text3d::new("Hello 3D UI!"),
    // Style the 3D text
    Text3dStyling {
        size: 64.0,
        color: Srgba::new(1., 1., 1., 1.),
        align: TextAlign::Center,
        font: Arc::from("Rajdhani"),
        weight: Weight::BOLD,
        ..Default::default()
    },
    // Provide a material to this mesh
    MeshMaterial3d(materials.add(
        StandardMaterial {
            base_color_texture: Some(TextAtlas::DEFAULT_IMAGE),
            alpha_mode: AlphaMode::Blend,
            unlit: true,
            ..Default::default()
        }
    )),
    // Requires an empty mesh
    Mesh3d::default(),
));

warning

Text3d component can ONLY be rendered with Camera3d. 2D text is a separate matter.

note

bevy_rich_text3d works a bit differently than bevy_text. When styling a text, you don't provide a font handle. Instead, the font must be loaded into a fontdb through a resource and then you can reference it by using the font name.

.insert_resource(LoadFonts {
    font_directories: vec!["assets/fonts".to_owned()],
    ..default()
})