Coping with loss: Face select mode

Hello,

I’m trying to figure out how to handle things without face select mode. 99% of UV texturing tutorials out there have steps that require going into face select mode. I’m trying to create a font to run in the GE, but to set attributes like ‘text’ and ‘alpha’ under ‘Texture Face’ in the Editing buttons, I need to have an active face (otherwise I get the error I have now “No Active Face”). How do I select an active face without face select mode? I have all vertices selected, but I guess that doesn’t count as an active face.

Thanks

In Edit mode, choose face select as your selection type (Ctrl-Tab, Face) Also, you can use Shift-F to bring up the face specials menu, to do things like set all selected faces to Text.