hello,
the text* objects in Gem have a 2nd outlet that output information about the text : bounding box, but also the size of the descender and descender.
I think you can use that to compute what you want.
See the corresponding Gem help file.
Cheers
Cyrille
Le 18/12/2025 à 14:15, PY Fave a écrit :
> Dear list,
>
> i am trying to get some typesetting in gem on 3d text layers.
> i use text with alias 0 message, because of performance issues if using a lot of layers.
> is there a way to get some info on geometric dimensions of a text layer ?
> i would like to be able to change text "approach" ( leading , baseline, tracking , ligation...)
> and width of a layer would be very useful for me .
>
> what is possible ? are there knows ways to show poems ? :-)
>
> i work mainly with unicode numbers as a starting point, since i use a lot of langages
> i tried a lot of things , but couldn't find.
>
> Thanks .
>
> Have a nice day
>
> Pierre-Yves
>
>
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