Text Mesh Pro - The Ultimate Text Solution for Unity - Powerful & Flexible - Advanced Text Rendering

The example above uses one of the example scripts included with TextMesh Pro to reveal the text. So in theory, you should be able to grab the text from the Text Input Field and simply assigned it the TMP text object which is using this script or a revised version to suit your needs to display the text.

 

The hashcode function is getting an update in the next release where the likelihood of collisions will be further reduced and yet remain very efficient in terms of performance.

 

I simply didn't reply because I was never notified by the Unity forum of your post. Ironically, I did get a notice about this second post of yours. Going forward, I would recommend you post on the TMP user forum when you need assistance as it makes it easier to keep topics / questions organized and is less likely that I will miss a post.

Now to your question, I believe you should be able to set the text at 12 points with the text container (or recttransform) set to the width you wish to use. Then by using TextMeshPro.ForceMeshUpdate(); which will populate the textInfo class and preferred values, you will be able to know the bounds of the text (size), the number of lines as well as preferred height.

I would suggest you post this question on the TMP user forum where I can provide this information as well as include an example script which will benefit other users who may have the same question in the future. This will also make it easier for us to communicate on this in the event you require further assistance.

EDIT
There might actually be an easier way (automatic) to do this using Unity's Layout components. I'll explore this while you post on the TMP user forum and provide the result there.

EDIT 2
Assuming your are using the Canvas system, this can easily be done as per my previous edit. Here is an example that should do what you expect.

Here is the scene hierarchy


The button which I am using as the background has the following layout components.


Since the Content Size Fitter already tracks the size of the text and adjusts the button accordingly, we don't need any scripting. Since you want the width of the background to be fixed, we leave the Horizontal Fit to Unconstrained. The width is set by the RectTransform's width. The vertical is automatically adjusted by the content size fitter to fit the text.



With the vertical layout group, you can also adjust the padding around the text which is nice.

 

You are most welcome and sorry I missed your initial post.

 

Yes. TextMesh Pro includes an <indent> tag which is designed for that purpose. Here is an example.



The indent tag like most other tags can be defined in pixel units (px), font units (em) and as percentage of width (%).

There are other tag like <align> which allows you to align individual lines of text like the text.


There are over 30 rich text tags available in TextMesh Pro.

EDIT - Here is an example using your text showing two levels of indent. Note this works with word wrapping and behaves as expected. The image below show the text object in the SceneView with a composite of the text input box (raw) text.

 

Correct. If you look at the example above, you can see how I am using the indent tag. The first indent is never ended which means the effect is cumulative on the 2nd block.

You would create bullets like this...
(1)<indent=50px>This text is indented.</indent>
(2)<indent=50px>This is also indented.
a.<indent=100px>This is further indented</indent></indent>
This is no longer indented.

Again, you can use px, em or %.

 

A more updated list of tags and examples is available on the TextMesh Pro User Forum which I recommend you register for since that is where most of the information and latest releases are first available.

With regards to the indent tag, I forgot the currently available release does not yet include a fix that I have made which is available here on the TMP User Forum.

I am getting close to releasing a new version which will include this fix and other improvements.

 

You want the width of the container of the text to change size? Like the background behind the text object?

Are you using the Canvas system or just the normal TextMesh Pro component with the Mesh Renderer?

 

The Outline is always applied at the edge and spreads equally inwards and outwards. Now by using Dilation, you can basically control how the Outline is applied.

For instance:
- Outline 0.1 with Dilation at 0.0, means the Outline is applied at the edge.
- Outline 0.1 with Dilation at 0.1 means the Outline is actually applied just on the outside since we made the text bigger.
- Outline 0.1 with Dilation of -0.1 means the Outline is all applied inside.

As these two controls are independent, you have better control over how these visual FX are applied.

 

Yes. If you are using the Canvas System, adding a ContentSizeFitter + VerticalLayoutGroup to the parent of the text object will do that automatically. This exact example / setup is shown in this post above.

If you are not using the Canvas System then the same functionality can be implemented via scripting by using either the bounds of the text to size the object (container) behind the text or alternatively, you could also use the information contained in the TextInfo class to do that as well.

Basically, this is pretty simple stuff.

Note that TextMesh Pro replaces Ui.Text or the other Unity text components. However, it is not a UI system. TextMesh Pro won't re-size buttons or background images and stuff. Using the TextInfo class or bounds, you can easily implement those types of things.

 

The bounds represents the size of the geometry used by the text object. So using TextMeshPro.bounds which is a shortcut for TextMeshPro.renderer.bounds will allow you to know exactly how big the text is.

Please note that bounds along with other information contained in the TextInfo class is updated when the text object is rendered which happens just before the camera is rendered.

So in cases like these, you may want to force the text object to be created sooner because you want to change the size of something based on the text, you can use the TextMeshPro.ForceMeshUpdate() function.

See the following post http://digitalnativestudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=113.msg630#msg630

 

I replied to your email a few minutes ago.

The answer to your questions is all the same. Yes. TextMesh Pro does support all the functionality of the Ui.Text component and Unity Layout System. It does work with all the different platforms.

 

*** New Release is now available for download by all registered users in the private "TMPro - Alpha & Beta Releases" section of the user forum. ***


TextMeshPro 0.1.52 Beta 3 Release Notes
Please carefully review the release notes before upgrading and always backup your project beforehand. These notes reflect the changes between release 0.1.52 Beta 2b and this new release. For quick reference here are the release notes for version 0.1.52 Beta 2.

Upgrade Note - Since Unity's Asset Import doesn't remove older files or can get confused at times, it is best to remove the previous installation of TextMesh Pro by deleting the "TextMesh Pro" folder. This process works well as long as you didn't save any font assets, materials or any files inside the TextMesh Pro folder hierarchy. If that is the case, then be sure to backup those files first.

Important Note I - This release includes significant changes to both TextMeshPro components. These changes were made in preparation for adding the Multi Font support as well as to make it easier to add new features and maintain these two components going forward. As part of these changes a few classes have been renamed which will affect user created scripts. For the most part, you will just need to change to the new types. Despite all the testing I have done with various scenes and projects, just make sure you backup your projects before upgrading to be on the safe side.

Important Note II - Changes were made to how the pivot and offset position of the sprites is calculated. As a result you might need to adjust the offset position of your sprites in the Sprite Editor.


Important API and Class changes

• TMP_Text is a new class that contains the common functionality between the two TextMeshPro components.
• The TextMeshPro and TextMeshProUGUI classes now inherit from TMP_Text.
• The TextMeshProFont class has been renamed TMP_FontAsset.
• The SpriteAsset class has been renamed TMP_SpriteAsset.
• The TMP_FontAsset and TMP_SpriteAsset classes now inherit from TMP_Asset.
• The TMP_Glyph and TMP_Sprite classes now inherit from TMP_TextElement.
• The TMP_TextInfo.meshInfo is now an array. This change was done in preparation for the forthcoming Multi Font & Material support.

New Features and Functionality

• Added <lowercase> and <uppercase> rich text tags.
• A new Scale property has been added to Font Assets to allow adjusting their scale. This was done in preparation for the Multi Font support to allow normalizing fonts with one another.
• Added Spacing Offset property to the Font Asset Editor which provides the ability to adjust character spacing per font asset.
• Added TextMeshPro.alpha property to make it easier to set the alpha value of the vertex color.
• Vertex Color Gradients are now being multiplied by Vertex Color.
• Vertex Color Alpha is now the lower value between the Vertex Color Alpha, Vertex Color Gradient and Face Color Alpha.
• Re-worked the parsing of the XML tags to support multiple tag attributes in preperation for the Multi Font & Material feature. This will make it possible to use tags like <tag="string> param1=value param2="string" param3=value> making it possible to pass up to 8 parameters.
• Add tint attribute to the <sprite> tag to control whether the sprite is affected by vertex colors. The new format is <sprite=0 tint=0> or <sprite="name" tint=1>.
• Add color attribute to the <sprite> tag to control the color of the sprites. The new format is <sprite=0 color=#FF00FF80>. This can also be combined with tint.
• Added EU currency symbol to Extended character set in Font Asset Creator.
• Added Unicode Hex input format in Font Asset Creator.
• Added Hex value to Font Asset Glyph Table.
• Added support for UTF-32 in Font Asset Creator where glyphs in the UTF-32 range can be accessed.
• Added support for UTF-32 input in the editor via "\U00FF00FF".
• Added new options in the TMP Settings to control default text properties like Word Warpping, Kerning and Extra Padding as well as disable some of the warnings. More options can now easily be added.
• Added support to get kerning data from ttf fonts on OSX.
• Added GetLinkText() function to TMP_LinkInfo which returns a string of the link text.
• Added GetLinkID() function to TMP_LinkInfo which returns a string of the link ID.
• Add new functions to the TMP_FontAsset class to check for any missing glyphs.
  • bool HasCharacter(int character)
  • bool HasCharacter(char character)
  • bool HasCharacters(string text, out List<char> missingCharacters)
• Added stack for indent tag.
• Added stack for stlye tag.
• Added stack to the <size> tag where using </size> reverts to the previously used size instead of the default point size.
• Text Container now has basic support for RectTransform. * see note 1 below *
• Optimized the update process of the normal TMP component which now uses an update manager instead of OnWillRenderObject callback which was constant per frame.
• Optimized the TextMeshProUGUI component where it no longer uses WillRenderCanvases and now instead uses the CanvasUpdateRegistry. This will greatly improve performance when using lots of static text object.
• Optimized how preferredWidth and preferredHeight values are computed when Layout components are used.
• Added several new functions TextMeshPro.GetPreferredValues() to calculate the potential width and height of the text object given some arbitrary text input, width and height.
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues()
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(float width, float height)
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(string text)
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(string text, float width, float height)
• Added undo / redo support when new TMP Text objects are created.
• The Mobile SDF Shaders now use a Keyword for the Outline to further improve their performance. Be sure to enable Outline in the material inspector on those Material Presets you have created which use an Outline.
• Added a new example scene to serve as a basic scripting example of how to access and set properties on the text object.

Improvements & Fixes

• Improved support for WhiteSpaces and CTRL Characters
• Improved support for line breaking for CJK.
• Fixed an issue with the Midline vertical alignment.
• Improved how line spacing is handled in preparation for the Multi Font & Material feature.
• Improved the GetSimpleHashCode function to further minimize collisions between tags and custom attributes.
• Fixed an issue with multi object selection with the TextMeshProUGUI component.
• Add missing ON_TEXT_STYLE_CHANGED event to TextMeshPro component.
• Fixed a minor issue with the Sprite Asset editor where small window size could cause an error.
• Improved how the Font Asset Creator handles character maps.
• Fixed an issue related to accessing the TMP_Settings file when the file has been deleted or not loaded yet.
• Add check for null material in SetShaderDepth()
• Fixed an issue where links were double counted.
• Fixed an issue where text objects would disappear when using Transform.SetAsLastSibling in conjunction with masking.
• Fixed an issue where certain control characters being included in the text file used to generate font asset could cause an error.
• Assigned ARIAL SDF, Default Sprite Atlas and Default StyleSheet to the "TMP Settings" file. This makes it possible for users to move those resources outside the Resources folder (if desired).
• Kerning Pairs are now displayed using Page mode to improve editor performance.
• Fixed an issue with the size tag where using invalid values like a string instead of a number would produce an error.
• Fixed an issue where a maximum of 1000 kerning pairs were retrieved.
• Fixed an issue with Hinted Smooth and Hinted Raster modes in the Font Asset Creator.
• Fixed potential error when a Font Asset or Material preset is assigned when the material has lost the reference to its Font Atlas / _MainTex.
• Fixed minor issue with <indent=value%>.
• Fixed an issue with the <indent> tag.
• Fixed an issue with line breaking and <noparse> tag.
• Updated the Bitmap shaders to support UI.Mask.
• Revised the getter implementation for faceColor and outlineColor properties.
• Fixed an issue where using Overflow mode Ellipsis with no visible characters would produce an error.
• Fixed a minor issue where new instance of material were created when using the font Material property and re-assigning the same material instance.

Note (1) The Text Container now uses a RectTransform which is required by Unity when inhering from Graphic. This is actually handy as you can now use the RectTransform tool to size the Text Container. Having said that, a byproduct of the this is that you will get an error in scenes where a text object using a transform was saved when disabled. Since the object was serialized with a Transform which is automatically replaced by Unity's editor, we end up with an error which goes away as soon as the object is re-serialized and saved. I am not certain how to handle this since the error occurs in Unity's code.

Note (2) This release includes a lot of the ground work required for the Multi Font & Material support. So unless any major issues are uncovered with this release or Unity 5.3, I expect to get the Multi Font & Material support along with Fallback done fairly quickly since most of it was working at Unite in Unity 5.1. Many users are anxiously waiting for the Multi Font Support and I really want to get this released ASAP.

 

Release 0.1.52 Beta 3 for Unity 5.2 & 5.3 is now available on the TextMesh Pro user forum.

I'll give this release a few days and if all is well, I'll proceed to update the Asset Store release.

 

Send me an email directly and I'll get your password reset.

There are examples scripts on the user forum but the 06c Link Example also includes an example of this. When you mouse over characters while holding down the shift key, you can chance the color per character. You can take a look at that piece of code as modifying alpha would be essentially the same process.

 

Tamil like several other languages use character substitution where two or more characters in the case of some languages are combined to form a single one. Unfortunately, I don't have support for character substitution yet in TextMesh Pro but it is something that I do plan on adding. I suggest you continue to pay attention to this thread or the TextMesh Pro user forum where I'll announce when such support is available.

In terms of iOS or Android, TextMesh Pro works with all platforms supported by Unity.

 

Yes. TextMesh Pro works with all platforms that Unity supports.

 

I am currently working on the Multi Font & Material support which will allow using different fonts and material per text object. This feature brings along the ability to use sprites inline with the text for both TextMesh Pro components. I am hoping to have the feature available within the next 14 days.

 

When any of the properties of the text object are changed, a flag is set to indicate the text needs to be regenerate that frame. Just before the camera is rendered and if the flag has been set, the text will be generated. This was done as a form of optimization as it doesn't make sense the regenerate the text several times per frame. So when setting the text, the textInfo, preferred values, bounds, etc. won't be updated until the text is generated.

Having said that, there are time when you might need the text to be generated right away and for those times. You can use the TextMeshPro.ForceMeshUpdate() function which will force an immediate generation where the textInfo class will be populated, preferred values updated, etc...

This has been the case for a while now. However, in the latest release of TextMesh Pro for Unity 5.2 & 5.3 which is available on the TextMesh Pro user forum (release 0.1.52 Beta 3), the preferred values are updated right away now.

There are several posts on the TextMesh Pro user forum covering the ForceMeshUpdate() function as well as preferred values. A search should reveal a lot of additional information.

Here is an example of using ForceMeshUpdate() http://digitalnativestudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=811.msg6198#msg6198

In the latest release, I also added these new functions related to preferred values.

• Added several new functions TextMeshPro.GetPreferredValues() to calculate the potential width and height of the text object given some arbitrary text input, width and height.
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues()
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(float width, float height)
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(string text)
  • public Vector2 GetPreferredValues(string text, float width, float height
    

Here is a link to the latest release notes http://digitalnativestudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=800.msg6054#msg6054

 

All you need to do to get early access to the latest releases is register to the TextMesh Pro user forum.

Here is an example that will work with the current release. http://digitalnativestudios.com/forum/index.php?topic=677.msg5251#msg5251

 

Do you have a layout component attached to that object? Unity does take one frame to update the RectTransform values when a Layout Component is used on the parent.

I did find a way around this in the latest release but having the RectTransform.sizeDelta or .rect width and height reporting as zero for that first frame kind of complicates things.

 

Thank you.

Adding support for diacritical marks, character substitution, ligatures and handling of languages which require shaping is on the road map. I don't have an eta yet but it is something that I definitely want to add to TextMesh Pro.