Text to Mesh Difficulty - Need each character to be individually editable

Support Modeling
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Hello all!

New to Blender and to the forum. I’ve searched for an answer to my problem but have not found anything quite like it. It could be that I just don’t know the best terminology to use for a search.

I’ve set some text and (alt+C) converted to mesh. In Edit Mode I can do some editing, but in Object Mode I am unable to select individual characters. I need to be able to apply materials to each character individually, and I also need to be able to make each face of the extruded character different. So far I if I apply a material to a face it goes across all faces of the entire word.

I’ve spent about three hours doing everything I know (which admittedly isn’t all that much) but I can’t even find a clue as to what I need to do.

Any help is much appreciated!

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In edit mode you would need to select the mesh for each letter then P to seperate by selection.

You dont need to seperate the letters to apply textures to each letter; depending on what you need to do it may be easier though.

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Ah! So simple and yet so… HIDDEN!

Thank you so very much, WB! You have ended my frustration! With the possible exception of the frustration I feel about the hair I’ve oulled out trying to figure this out on my own!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

F