How do you add background to text that changes length based on length of text?

ygreq

Hi there!

I would like to add black background to white text created via [jit.gl.text] so that the text can be read in all circumstances. But considering that text length changes, how do I keep the background the same size on the x axis as the length of the text?

I tried a few trick, but nothing works.
The whole idea is to look like the one you see in captures / subtitles on Youtube videos. Here is a screenshot as an example taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bT3G4Mep7E

Here is a patch

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Any suggestions?
Thank you so much!

Rob Ramirez

I would use text mode 3d, query the bounds attribute, and use those values as vertices to a jit.gl.mesh. The bounds will adjust to both text input and line_length. You can then use a simple jit.anim.node structure to scale the text and background mesh (with whatever offsets are needed) as appropriate.

Max Patch

Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

ygreq

I guess I will really have to learn how to integrate [jit.anim.node], don't I? :)

Thank you so much, Rob!