# Screen Oriented Text

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Generate screen-oriented text that displays in the Rhino scene as a head-up display (HUD).

This is useful when there are certain summary results or information that should always be displayed on-screen.

### Inputs

* **text \[Required]**

Text string to be displayed in the plane of the screen.

* **leg\_par2d**

Optional 2D LegendParameters from the "LB Legend Parameters 2D" component, which will be used to customize a text in the plane of the screen. Note that only the text\_height, origin\_x and origin\_y inputs of this component affect the placement of the text.

* **font**

An optional text string to specify the font to be used for the text. Examples include "Arial", "Times New Roman", "Courier" (all without quotations). Default is "Arial".

* **color**

An optional color to set the color of the text. If unspecified, it will be black.

* **viewport**

Text for the name of the Rhino viewport to which the 2D screen-oriented text will be rendered. Multiple viewports can be connected to have the text display in several viewports. If unspecified, the text is rendered in all viewports. Acceptable inputs include: Perspective Top Bottom Left Right Front Back any view name that has been saved within the Rhino file

### Outputs