# Printing text in a different colour, without emboss or deboss
**URL:** https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662
**Category:** Modeling Questions
**Created:** [September 20, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662 "2026-09-20T00:54:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662/21 "2026-09-22T14:32:22Z")
The slicer setting I would like to see is automated hole strengthening for screw holes.
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### Author:  [@tandersonkunert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tandersonkunert)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662/22 "2026-09-23T23:53:07Z")
Haha, yeah, I’ll give it a good clean today 😅 Was testing a lot of prints so it didn’t clean as much as I should have…
From what I can see, it appears there is a gap and it’s not printed flush but… well I’m at the threshold of my knowledge so I don’t know how to rectify that…
Thanks for the link, it does seem relatively straight forward if the colours automatically export in the print. And it would streamline my workflow substantially… might be easier to upgrade from the educational license then if that will work.
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### Author:  [@tandersonkunert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/tandersonkunert)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662/23 "2026-09-23T23:57:30Z")
Thank for clarifying further.
My test doesn’t actually appears as a seperate body in my items tab, which i think is the issue.
The ‘text’ on my box is made from projecting a logo onto the surface, so I assume this means the subtract process won’t work? It will only work when using text generated as a new object within Shapr3d?
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### Author:  [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662/24 "2026-09-24T00:59:32Z")
You can subtract with the project tool but Shapr treats projections a bit different. You can subtract the projection result, but you are missing the ability to change the new bodies to “Intersect, new body and union” while extruding downward into the original/ main body.
Here’s some older work before the text tool was a thing. Customized my font in Corel Draw and imported it as DXF.
> [@Seasonal nameplates for my gal](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/seasonal-nameplates-for-my-gal/29327):
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> Halloween is the most popular, but she hasn’t seen Xmas yet. I use Coreldraw for all the vector drawing because it is the best. Has lots of fonts, and I can easily customize any font as I have done in this case. I have been making them free for a few teachers where she works.
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### Author:  [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662/25 "2026-09-24T01:09:31Z")
You only need to project if the face you want to add text isn’t flat. If it’s flat, select the face and choose sketch directly onto it and add the text on that sketch.
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### Author:  [@DrKronos](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrKronos)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/printing-text-in-a-different-colour-without-emboss-or-deboss/41662/26 "2026-09-24T11:11:33Z")
The easiest way to do this is to place the text sketch right on the face you want to insert it to.
If you need to project the text from an imported drawing, project it as a new sketch and do the same thing I do here:
Like this, the text inserts will be completely flush with the base body.
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