noob stuck with adding text to billboard in "Billboard Face" tutorial

The instructions link to a youtube video about TextMeshPro from 5 years ago! It does not seem to be relevant to this version of Unity. I can get the billboard to display an imported graphics asset (.jpg) but no joy getting it to display any text.

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/2d...38feedbc2a0ee1e7e030#5ce6b3aeedbc2a0c19bc7ab8

"Use TextMeshPro to use text instead of an image for the billboard"

 

Me too

 

I found it!
Someone called John Coletta found a way to do it. He says:
TextMeshPro took me a while to understand. For those who are having trouble. Create a gameObject as a child to Billboard. Then add the TextMesh Pro component. From there resize it on the Billboard as you see fit. Happy learning!

 

I am not able to get this to work. When I place a Billboard object from the MOD Resources, there is a Billboard Content child object available. When I try to add component I have 3 options "TextMeshPro - Inputfield", "TextMeshPro - Text" and ""TextMeshPro - Text(UI)". when I try to add any of the above 3, it gives me an error message.
Do I need to add "mesh renderer" first before I add anything else? I tried this...still didnt work.
I am able to add "Text Mesh" after I add "Mesh Renderer", but I am not sure, if that is the right solution.

 

Did you get a solution for this?

 

me too

 

I'm having trouble with this as well.
I see that someone posted how to do it, I tried the suggestion but it's not working for me. Is there any way to show a screenshot of how the hierarchy looks? I can not get this to work.
Thanks for any help