# Lettering advice

**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [August 28, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654 "2021-08-28T21:40:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Libebulle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/libebulle/32/11278_2.png) [@Libebulle](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Libebulle)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654/1 "2021-08-28T21:40:27Z")

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Hello !  
I’m trying to make a stamp with my name for my ceramic creations.  
But it’s really small. (8mm x 7mm)  
Any advice on how to write in a scketch ?

Thank you 😌

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### Author: ![milouchien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/milouchien/32/10020_2.png) [@milouchien](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/milouchien)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654/2 "2021-08-28T22:32:01Z")

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Use the TextToDrawing app on the App Store.  
It’s a workaround made by @Yepher

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### Author: ![Libebulle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/libebulle/32/11278_2.png) [@Libebulle](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Libebulle)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654/3 "2021-08-29T08:09:42Z")

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Thank you ! I downloaded the app and it’s nice, but I really need my inscription to be longer and not larger. How can I do that ?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/a/ad7097d5c5433a0c1740e21607a8d2efce11231f.jpeg)

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### Author: ![NathanD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NathanD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/NathanD)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654/4 "2021-08-29T19:19:01Z")

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The text tool @Yepher developed works very well, and it’s quick and simple.

However, certain text and the way Shapr works makes it difficult to manipulate some letters.

A more in depth workaround with a lot of possibility for text manipulation is using Illustrator, then exporting the text/shapes as a DXF, and importing them into your project space.

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### Author: ![milouchien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/milouchien/32/10020_2.png) [@milouchien](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/milouchien)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654/5 "2021-08-30T12:08:05Z")

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You can use the project tool to scale a sketch on one axis:

1. Create two sketches one above the other.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7e5afa8eb81888cff45ff7154a66c1fad2f3f305.jpeg)

2.Put the text on the lower sketch and rotate it vertically to make text shorter in height, and longitudinally to make it narrower in width.

1. Project the lower sketch to the upper.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/26fe907e5efb4a5163c56c44965983b81841a4aa.jpeg)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7f6b4831e8b63f7edd91498b47c5fe6cbf563b1c.jpeg)

Original text:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/0/0bf592cce918c0e65b1c7a00620ab745ca2f3a94.jpeg)

Scaled text:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7784e15716be78db7e7a00e06edc8d03f8ac779a.jpeg)

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### Author: ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/lettering-advice/14654/6 "2021-08-30T17:27:58Z")

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That’s a clever idea. Some people think in 3D better than others.