How to Make 3-D Cursive
Cursive, a mainstay of elementary school education, is a form of writing in which letters often loop into one another, limiting the amount of time the writing utensil is lifted off the page. Writing cursive on paper can look fancy, but flat. Google SketchUp makes it simple to take cursive words and sentences and add a third dimension, height, to them.
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Instructions
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Open Google SketchUp.
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Click on "Tools" in the menu bar and select "3D Text." The "Place 3D Text" window will then appear.
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In the box marked "Enter Text," write the words you wish to be made into 3-D.
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Click on the "Fonts" box to open the Fonts palette. Choose a font from your computer that resembles cursive. You can also download cursive fonts ahead of time and install them to use in SketchUp.
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Adjust the alignment of the text, either left, center or right, using the "Align" drop-down menu.
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Ensure that the check boxes marked "Filled" and "Extruded" are checked.
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In the box adjacent to "Extruded," fill in the height you want your 3-D text to be.
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Click the "Place" button and then click anywhere in your SketchUp window to place your new 3-D text.
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Tips & Warnings
You can also create 3-D text from your own handwriting by scanning in a selection and saving it as a .JPEG to your desktop. Place the text in to SketchUp using "Import", under "File" in the menu bar and then use the Freehand tool to trace the outside and inside of each letter. Once done, use the Push/Pull tool to make the cursive three-dimensional.
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