Can someone tell me why setting the font doesn't work for me please?

Data_Juggler · February 20, 2023, 12:45am

I have this python script:

DataJuggler/PythonScripts/blob/main/ExportCharacters.py

# This file is used to export text one character at a time from Blender
# To use it, you must change:
# 1. Line 55 - The folder path to path=[drive]:\\YourFolder\\YourSubFolder (don't forget Python uses double backslash \\ for direcrtory separator)
#    example: D:\\3D\\BlenderCharacters
# 2. Line 58 - The text to export each character to its own file. Set chars = "YOUR TEXT"
# 3. Line 23 - Change the font path to a font you have (It is on my to do list to learn how to build Add On GUI's)

import bpy

def ExportCharacters(characters, name):

    # Add a TextObject
    bpy.ops.object.text_add(location=(0, 0, 0))    

    # change the font if you don't have this font
    # On Windows, your fonts are located in c:\Windows\Fonts, make sure you have the font used
    # Also do not forget that the font path must use double backslash \\ for each directory
    
    # Font I Use In The Video
    # bpy.ops.font.open(filepath="C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Palatino Linotype.TTF", relative_path=True)

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I learned most of how to do this by looking at the python displayed in the scripting tab console, so I don’t know if I am doing this right or if there are better ways to do things.

If I go to Control + A - Text, and create a 3D Text and set the font, I get this line printed in the console:

bpy.ops.font.open(filepath=“C:\Windows\Fonts\Palatino Linotype.TTF”, relative_path=True)

I have tried setting the above line in the Python script by commenting out the Verdana font (line 23) and uncommenting line 20 (line shown above), but it doesn’t seem to work.

Two questions:

I saw a way to set the text all at once (not character per character), with something like object.data = “Your Text”, but I haven’t found a way to set the font with this method. Can this be done?
Can someone tell me why the font isn’t working the way it is, or how to set the text in a font specified? Most of the time when I copy code from the console it works when I applied.

Thank you

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Can someone tell me why setting the font doesn't work for me please?