Cube 3D Text

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This is an online tool for creating Minecraft-style 3D text, built with React + Three.js.
It offers multiple features that help quickly generate various 3D text effects.

Live Demo: Cube 3D Text

Features

• Various Font Support: Including Chinese fonts (any language), convenient for creating localized titles or logos (please mind font licensing)
• Flexible Text Adjustment: Real-time control of vertical positioning, size, spacing, and rotation
• Outline Effect Based on Inverted Normals: Uses expansion and modeling algorithms to achieve an outline look, which can also be realistically rendered and used in Minecraft
• Real-time Preview & Camera Control: Drag and zoom the 3D scene with the mouse to view the results in real time
• One-click Screenshot: Easily generate PNG images with transparent or other backgrounds at the click of a button
• Multiple Material Presets: Includes a variety of color, gradient, and texture presets that can be switched in one click
• Texture Mapping Support: Custom textures can be applied to the text surfaces
• Face-level Customization: Set solid colors, gradients, or textures separately for each face of the text for greater flexibility

Development Plan

• Allow flexible addition and removal of text lines
• Local creation and saving of material templates
• Export to standard 3D model files
• Export to Minecraft Bedrock Edition mesh format
• Enable front outline (inner shadow) effects

Project Structure

• React Components: Built with React, using UI libraries such as antd for interaction
• Three.js Rendering: Responsible for 3D modeling, materials, lighting, shadows, and camera logic
• CSS/Style: Standard CSS / Less / SASS or other preprocessors for styling
• Scripts:
  • dev: Starts the local development environment (Vite)
  • build: First compiles TypeScript with tsc, then bundles with Vite
  • lint: Runs ESLint for code style checks
  • preview: Launches a preview server for the bundled files

Quick Start

1. Clone the repo and install dependencies (using yarn)

git clone https://github.com/EaseCation/cube-3d-text.git
cd cube-3d-text
yarn

2. Start the development environment

yarn dev

This will start the Vite development server on port 3000 by default.
Open http://localhost:3000 in a browser for real-time development and debugging.

3. Build

yarn build

When the build completes, the generated files are located in the dist/ folder, which can be directly deployed to static servers or other platforms.

4. Preview the build

npm run preview

Vite will launch a local preview server. Follow the preview link to see the bundled output.

Tech Stack

• React: Front-end UI framework
• Three.js: 3D rendering, modeling, lighting, camera control, etc.
• @react-three/fiber and @react-three/drei: Common tools for integrating Three.js with React
• Ant Design (antd): Some UI components
• TypeScript

If any issues arise during use or development, feel free to open an Issue. Thank you for your support!

License

MIT License