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Create text from Attribute.?

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Visco
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Hi all,

I'm trying to create text from a string in an attribute I have created, I can't see any code functionality on the Font node. Any ideas how one might create this?

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you'll need to use hscript with backticks. I have an example here:

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Had to go remind myself how to do it, been a while.

Eg, you've setup a @name attribute in a pointwrangle, and what to get what @name is on point 0:

`points('../pointwrangle1',0,'name')`
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Yup figured it out, was a tricky (but obvious) one as font node has no input or vex functionality.!

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Actually no, I've got detail attributes created in Python, I can return a float or integer value with the Font SOP but I can't return a String.. It just prints the number 0..

Any ideas?
Edited by Visco - Nov. 13, 2019 09:44:20

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Got it, I found you should be using DETAILS not DETAIL.
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