Three print styles
Freestanding letters, raised text on a plate, or a stencil with the letters cut through.
Text to STL: 3D letters and name plates
Type a word, pick a font and a style, and download a watertight STL sized in real millimeters. Nothing leaves your browser.
Up to 3 lines, 40 characters each
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120 mm
2 mm
3 mm
For two colors, add a filament change at 3 mm in your slicer. Everything above it is lettering.
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Check, pack or switch to a logo
Measure the STL, pack it for a multi-color slicer, or make a badge from a logo instead.
From text to STL in three steps
- 1
Type your text
Enter up to three lines. Names, house numbers and short labels print best, because every stroke needs room for the nozzle.
- 2
Pick a font and a style
Choose Letters, Name plate or Stencil, then set the size and heights in millimeters. The preview updates as you type.
- 3
Download and slice
Save the STL and open it in Cura, PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer. It is closed and to scale, so it slices without repair.
3D letters or a name plate
The same word built in two styles by this tool.
Why use this text to STL maker
Made for names, numbers and short labels that have to print cleanly.
Six fonts
Bold, Rounded, Script, Stencil, Condensed and Mono, each previewed with your own text.
Sizes in millimeters
Set the longest side from 20 to 250 mm and read the size, volume and filament weight under the preview.
Base bar and border
Tie loose letters together with a base bar, or frame a name plate with a raised border.
Private and local
The model is built in your browser, so your text is never sent anywhere.
Free, no watermark
No sign-up and no download limit. Make as many versions as you need.
Settings for crisp letters
Four choices decide whether text prints sharp or breaks off the plate.
Strokes of 0.9 mm or more
A 0.4 mm nozzle needs two lines per stroke. Bold, even-weight fonts give solid walls; hairline serifs fail first.
Capitals at least 5 mm tall
The capital height shows under the sliders and turns amber below 5 mm. Give Script 8 mm or more.
Heights in whole layers
At 0.2 mm layers, 2 mm letters are ten layers: enough for crisp sides and a solid top.
One change for two colors
On a name plate, add a filament change at the first layer above the plate. The hint under the sliders gives that height.
What to make with text to STL
Four common prints with a size and thickness to start from.
Keychain
Use Letters with the base bar on, so the whole name prints as one piece.
50 to 70 mm, 3 mm thickDoor sign
A name plate with the border on. Change filament above the plate for two-tone text.
150 to 200 mm, 4 mm plate, 2 mm lettersHouse number
Freestanding letters printed thick. PETG or ASA handle sun and heat better than PLA.
150 to 250 mm, 6 to 8 mm thickPaint stencil
The Stencil style with the Stencil font, so O, A and B keep their middles.
100 to 200 mm, 1.2 to 2 mm thickText to STL guide
Fonts, sizes and two-color printing in detail.
Choose a font that prints cleanly
A 0.4 mm nozzle lays a line about 0.45 mm wide, so any stroke thinner than two lines, roughly 0.9 mm, prints weak or vanishes. Bold, even-weight fonts like the default give the slicer solid walls. Hairline serifs, thin scripts and tiny punctuation fail first.
Letter size matters as much as the font. Keep capital letters at least 5 mm tall for readable text, and 8 mm or more for the Script font, whose joins are thin. The tool shows the capital height under the sliders and warns you when it drops below 5 mm. If a long name gets too small, split it over two lines.
Sizes that work
Your build plate sets the upper limit and readability sets the lower one. These starting points print well with a 0.4 mm nozzle at 0.2 mm layers.
Height is counted in layers. At 0.2 mm, a 2 mm raised letter is ten layers, enough for crisp sides and a solid top. For signs that live outdoors, print in PETG or ASA, which handle sun and heat better than PLA, and use at least three walls.
Keychain
- Longest side
- 50 to 70 mm
- Style
- Letters + base bar
- Heights
- 3 mm thick
Desk sign
- Longest side
- 120 to 160 mm
- Style
- Name plate
- Heights
- 3 mm plate, 2 mm letters
Door sign
- Longest side
- 150 to 200 mm
- Style
- Name plate + border
- Heights
- 4 mm plate, 2 mm letters
House number
- Longest side
- 150 to 250 mm
- Style
- Letters
- Heights
- 6 to 8 mm thick
Paint stencil
- Longest side
- 100 to 200 mm
- Style
- Stencil + Stencil font
- Heights
- 1.2 to 2 mm thick
Two-color text with one filament change
The Name plate style suits single-nozzle printers. The plate ends at one flat height and everything above it is lettering, so a single color change gives you two-tone text. In your slicer, add a filament change at the first layer above the plate thickness. The hint under the sliders shows that height.
High-contrast pairs read best from across a room: white on black, black on yellow, white on blue. Raise the letters at least 1 mm so the new color fully covers the old one. A stencil needs no color change: print it in one color, then dab or spray paint through it.
Text to STL questions
Answers about cost, repairs, small text, stencils and other alphabets.
Is this text to STL generator free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no download limit. The model is built in your browser, so your text never reaches a server.
Will the STL print without repair?
Yes. Each style exports closed solids with outward-facing normals, measured in millimeters. Letters without the base bar arrive as separate pieces in one file, which every slicer handles.
What is the smallest text I can print?
With a 0.4 mm nozzle, keep capital letters at least 4 to 5 mm tall and strokes at least 0.8 mm wide. Smaller text is possible with a 0.2 mm nozzle and 0.1 mm layers, but it prints slowly and breaks easily.
Why do the middles of O, A and B drop out of my stencil?
A stencil is a plate with the letters cut through it, so the island inside an O has nothing holding it. The tool leaves those islands out. Pick the Stencil font if you want them kept, since its letters have small bridges.
Can I type accented letters or Chinese characters?
Common accented letters such as é, ü and ñ work in every font. Characters a font does not include, such as Chinese or emoji, are drawn with your system font instead and still export to STL, so check the preview before you print.