by Fine studio·Motion Graphics
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Text Helper stands out for packing its text-design tools into a single pie menu, keeping presets, extrude, bevel and mesh conversion within reach for Blender text work.
Text Helper is an addon for Blender aimed at motion graphics artists working with text. Developed by Fine studio, it centers on a pie menu that exposes a range of parameters, plus a Text Preset System for building and reusing text designs.
The toolkit includes a solid and outline text tool, along with extrude and bevel modal operators. Users can edit multiple text objects from the N-Panel and convert text to mesh or curve at the same time. Individual or multiple extrude, spacing and bevel can be controlled at the same proportion, and the addon adds a font option, a bevel profile and a curve tool. Padding options and help text on the viewport round out the workflow.
Text Helper installs directly through Blender without unzipping the file, and the pie menu can be opened with a custom hotkey. It's released under the GPL license and lists compatibility with Blender 2.9 through 3.1. A demo video is available.
Text Helper is best for blender motion graphics artists creating and styling 3D text.
Text Helper is completely free to download and use.
Text Helper lists compatibility with Blender 2.9, 2.91, 2.92, 2.93, 3.0 and 3.1, covering the 2.9 series through the early 3.x releases. If you are running a newer Blender build, check Fine studio's page on superhive to confirm current support before relying on it. The addon is released under the GPL license, so its terms follow that license across the supported versions listed here.
Text Helper installs directly through Blender without unzipping the file first, so you can add it from Blender's addon preferences rather than extracting an archive by hand. Once enabled, its pie menu can be opened with a custom hotkey, giving access to the toolkit's parameters. For step-by-step guidance or troubleshooting, the developer's page on superhive is the place to look, and Fine studio invites bug reports through their listing there.
Text Helper is listed as free here in the catalog, and it is released under the GPL license. Licensing and availability can change over time, so check Fine studio's page on superhive for the current terms before you download. A demo video is also available if you want to look at the addon ahead of installing, and Fine studio accepts bug reports through the listing.
Text Helper can edit multiple text objects, with controls available from Blender's N-Panel. It also lets you control individual or multiple extrude, spacing and bevel at the same proportion, and convert text to mesh or curve at the same time. These operations sit alongside its solid and outline text tool and its extrude and bevel modal operators, all reachable through the pie menu.
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