Text Helper 2.2.28

Text Helper 2.2.28

Requires Blender 5.2+.

Fixes

• Multi-viewport HUD — correct hit testing across split views and popup windows (single coordinate model)
• Font family grouping — merge weights such as Segoe UI Semilight and Bold Italic into one family instead of duplicate rows
• Chinese / IME font search — native search dialog with full IME support when filtering fonts

Improvements

• i18n — 488 translated strings across English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese
• Extension platform compliance — manifest tags/copyright, __package__ prefs lookup, cache paths, handler cleanup, lint pass

Since 2.2.1

• HUD modal refactor for per-window interaction
• Font search input operator (wm.texthelper_font_search_input)
• Removed legacy add-on ID fallbacks and version-migration cruft

Install

1. Download TextHelper-2.2.28.zip below
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Text Helper 2.2.1

Text Helper 2.2.1

Requires Blender 5.2+.

Fix

• Auto-load system fonts after Blender startup or when opening a new file — no more manual refresh when the font picker shows “Click refresh to load system fonts”

Since 2.2.0

• HUD safe margin, N-panel character warnings, default 500-character limit
• Tag Text Editor, copyright = ["2024-2026 ACGGIT(MIT)"]

Install

1. Download TextHelper-2.2.1.zip below
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Text Helper 2.2.0

Text Helper 2.2.0

Requires Blender 5.2+.

Highlights

• HUD safe margin: keep the floating toolbar inside the 3D viewport (configurable in preferences)
• Multi-line character limit: default 500 characters; configurable in add-on preferences (256–50,000). N-panel shows current / limit and warns above 200 characters or at the cap
• Stability: remove 2.1.x font-picker performance tiers that caused preview flicker, encoding issues, and BLF slot exhaustion
• Manifest: tag Text Editor, copyright = ["2024-2026 ACGGIT(MIT)"]
• i18n: HUD margin and character-limit warnings in English, zh_Hans, zh_Hant, and ja_JP

Install

1. Download TextHelper-2.2.0.zip below
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Text Helper 2.1.10

Blender 5.2+

Requires Blender 5.2.0 or newer (multi-line text object support).

Highlights

• Multi-line text input in the N panel with configurable character limit (default 500)
• Font picker performance modes: Standard / High / Ultra High
• N-panel status hints when text exceeds 200 characters or hits the configured cap
• Full i18n coverage (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese)
• Official extension build via blender --command extension build

Install

1. Download TextHelper-2.1.10.zip from this release
2. In Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk
3. Select the zip file (do not unzip into the extensions folder manually)

Extension platform

• Tag: Text Editor
• Permissions: files, clipboard
• Support: https://github.com/AIGODLIKE/TextHelper/issues

Text Helper 2.0.3

Text Helper 2.0.3

Requires Blender 5.2+.

Bug fix

• HUD not clickable after reselecting text: deselecting a text object and selecting it again could leave the floating toolbar visible but non-interactive. Modal state is now synced with Blender's modal operator stack and the HUD handler restarts when text is reselected.

Also in this release

• README: adaptive theme colors note and demo video (synced with zh-CN)

Install

1. Download TextHelper-2.0.3.zip below
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Text Helper 2.0.2

Text Helper 2.0.2

Requires Blender 5.2+.

Highlights

• Auto-Show Floating Toolbar preference (default on): control whether the HUD appears automatically when a text object is selected.
• HUD visibility fix: closing auto-show no longer leaves saved \ h_hud_visible\ state showing the HUD after load; manual Show/Hide is tracked via \ h_hud_user_shown.
• Extension review polish: remove runtime side effects from panel \poll\ and draw handler; bootstrap HUD on first lazy subscriber activation.
• Packaging: exclude \RELEASE_NOTES*.md\ from extension zip; defer font preview cache cleanup until first preview use.

Install

1. Download \TextHelper-2.0.2.zip\ below
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Text Helper 2.0.0

Text Helper 2.0.0

Requires Blender 5.2+.

Highlights

• Multi-line character limit: default 20,000 characters; configurable in add-on preferences (256–50,000, Blender hard cap 50,000). N-panel sidebar shows current / limit.
• Extension platform readiness: lazy undo/redo handler registration; consistent text-limit enforcement for horizontal and vertical text; official blender --command extension build packaging.
• Add Text operator creates FONT curves via low-level API (no bpy.ops.object.text_add wrapper).
• Manifest: extension tag set to User Interface.

Since 1.9.17 (cumulative)

This major release includes all improvements developed through 1.9.x:

• Viewport header toolbar (formatting, font/weight popovers, spacing sliders)
• Font search with pinyin/kana helpers, favorites, filters, async glyph checks
• HUD inline slider editing, theme-aware colors, multi-select batch editing
• i18n: Japanese and Traditional Chinese UI; operator tooltip translation fixes
• Font picker performance, Bfont handling, weight grouping, and many bug fixes

See README.md for the full 1.9.x changelog.

Install

1. Download TextHelper-2.0.0.zip below
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Text Helper 1.9.17

Changes

• Shorten Japanese strikethrough slider label to 取消位置 (HUD layout)
• 1.9.16: English label Strike Pos

Requirements

• Blender 5.2.0 or newer

Text Helper 1.9.16

Changes

• Shorten strikethrough slider label to Strike Pos in the viewport HUD
• Font cache refresh, HUD status reports, extension store compliance (1.9.3–1.9.15)

Requirements

• Blender 5.2.0 or newer

Text Helper 1.9.2

What''s new

• Add Text: layout frame (Text Boxes) now defaults to Size X/Y = 0 and Offset X/Y = 0

Install

1. Download TextHelper-1.9.2.zip
2. Blender: Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions → Install from Disk…
3. Enable Text Helper

Requires Blender 5.2.0 or newer.