i found out a way to make a sperate text texture without importing anything.
basically you place down a text actor object. then you double click on element 0 in the matereals tab to open the default text. copy the stuff in there for later and make a new material. change the “blend mode” setting on the material blender node from “Opaque” to “Masked”. paste all the default text nodes in there and connect them as they were connected in the default text material and then change what you wish!