--- title: Generating 3D Meshes From Text | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of a pipeline for converting text into 3D meshes using three main components: the JavaScript library svg-text-to-path (with Google Fonts support)... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/generating-3d-meshes-from-text-zlgxguk4b twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Generating 3D Meshes From Text | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of a pipeline for converting text into 3D meshes using three main components: the JavaScript library svg-text-to-path (with Google Fonts support)... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/generating-3d-meshes-from-text-zlgxguk4b og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zLGXgUK4b.png og:image:alt: Generating 3D Meshes From Text og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Generating 3D Meshes From Text **[Casey Primozic](https://daily.dev/sources/cprimozic)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of a pipeline for converting text into 3D meshes using three main components: the JavaScript library svg-text-to-path (with Google Fonts support) to generate SVG paths, the Rust lyon crate to tessellate those paths into 2D triangle meshes, and a custom extrusion step to produce watertight 2-manifold 3D geometry. The backend runs as a minimal Bun HTTP service, while the tessellation and extrusion logic is compiled to WebAssembly. The resulting meshes support arbitrary fonts and scripts, are manifold/watertight, and can be used in CSG and other mesh processing operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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