3D text in Unity is 2 dimensional. Can real 3D font be made?

There have been posts on this topic from years past but the links are all worn out nowadays.

Unity 3D text is 2 dimensional. There is a heigh and width, but no depth.

My app has a "score". The score is in 3D text, but we know that this is really 2D. This score is fed data from collision events to grow. This means that I can't just drag and drop 3D models into my world.

I only need the numbers, 0 through 9. I created them in Blender already.

I know that the asset store offers something like this. I need the ability to shape and texture my own font.

I'm struggling to figure out how I'll Jimmy rig this. My solutions seem way too complicated. Is there a way? Has anyone done this?

I appreciate the responses.

 

My score is in increments of 10. So What I'm thinking is, do like 1000 if statements where it goes,
if (score == 10) {
Place model in this exact spot
}
if (score == 20) {
Place different model in this exact spot
}
...

That is the only solution I can think of

 

The unity 3D text is only 2D text in 3D space.
If you want 3D extruded text in realtime, you could take a look at this tool. It sould work fine with whatever font you provide for it.
ttp://u3d.as/3aa

If you just fine with premade meshes from blender, that's a nice way to do it too.

ps: you do not need to write 100 if statements , that would make no sense.

 

There are loads of ways of doing it. Here is an example:

Convert the number to a string.

Instantiate a model representing each character, offset according to the position in the string.

 

If you have models for 0-9 and all you need is to put numbers from 0 to 4 billion or so, some simple code could do it using loops and things like (score % 100)/10 to get the 2nd last digit, (score % 1000) / 100 to get the 3rd last etc.

If you want to support an entire font in 3d, you're best of to find a plugin / asset that does this for you.