Roland Reyer shows off some new changes to Print Pack for Bifrost that sees a new Print Engine.

Autodesk’s Roland Reyer’s Print Pack compounds for Bifrost Graph allow you to output or print text to the viewport in Maya. A new version adds a new print engine.

The additions can handle more possibilities for highlighting and formatting output text. “This new “Rich Engine “is available alongside the previous “Fast Engine,” Reyer says.

[pullquote]While both text engines can display text colors, only the Rich Engine will render font styles, text alignment, and the tabulator.[/pullquote]

You can set font properties using simple inline commands that start with a backslash. Reyer provides an overview of all commands included as a text file and a Maya scene in the ZIP file.

With Print Pack 2.5, you can use one of the preset Quick Colors, choose new colors from a palette of pastel tones, or set an RGB color with a HEX number.

Check out the Bifrost Print Pack Compound here.