# Printing text in a different colour, without emboss or deboss

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
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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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