Hello! I was wondering if anyone could help me achieve something like this:
After searching for it on the internet I have managed to get this, but it doesn’t fade out and it creates a shadow for each letter instead of for the whole text.
This is what is inside the material:
I tried this and it seems to work fine. I’m using translucent though, not additive.
You’ll have to play with the divide amount and the size of your outline.
I get this:
And I can set it darker, lighter, wider, etc.
The biggest issue I had is that I didn’t even know you could use distance fields with text. I had a bit of trouble turning it on. Thanks for having me learn something new 
No thank YOU!! That is exactly what I wanted but I can’t achieve the same result? Or any at all really, it shows as fully transparent for me
Here’s my material and my text settings
Did you have the same trouble as I did enabling distance fields on text? You need to enable it in the project settings. Then you need to enable it the font face asset. Also, you have blend mode as additive. I used translucent.
In Project Settings, Engine, User Interface:
Then in your font face asset:
I got it! Thank you so so much! Still, it still looks like there is a shadow for each letter, but it’s a massive improvement. Would there be a way to have a regular outline + the shadow? I have very little knowledge on materials, I apologize if it’s something quite easy to do
I’m not sure what you mean by shadow for each letter. It takes the distance from the letters. You may want to either use a smaller outline or divide by a higher number.
As for having an outline… yeah, that’s easy to do.
I modified the graph. The original one worked in pixel size, so the shadow would change as you zoomed in and out (or different resolutions). Here’s one that works on EM’s instead.
You’ll have to play around with the OutlineSizeEM for the outline. It’s VERY finicky. That value was for a font size of 20. You’ll have to adjust it carefully to suit your needs.
Result:
Thank you again! Works just like I wanted
