[vtk-developers] vtkVectorText -- to deprecate or not?

David Thompson david.thompson at kitware.com
Wed Oct 17 00:51:29 EDT 2012


Hi all,

>> ... I propose a long-term deprecation period for vtkVectorText, favoring
>> vtkTextActor3D ...
> I guess the only advantage of vtkVectorText is that it is a source that produces polygonal letters. It can be used in a pipeline.

+1 (no deprecation until something else can provide character outlines as polydata). But vtkVectorText should at least have a "see also" in its docs pointing to the new actors that will likely be of more use.

	David


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