Updated text example with normals hack to be able to use smooth shading also...

Updated text example with normals hack to be able to use smooth shading also for unbeveled geometry.

examples/webgl_geometry_text.html

@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@
 			}
 
 			function createText() {
+
 				textGeo = new THREE.TextGeometry( text, {
 
 					size: size,
@@ -403,13 +404,38 @@
 					bend: bend,
 
 					material: textMaterialFront,
-					extrudeMaterial: bevelEnabled ? textMaterialSide : textMaterialFront
+					extrudeMaterial: textMaterialSide
 
 				});
 
 				textGeo.computeBoundingBox();
 				textGeo.computeVertexNormals();
 
+				// "fix" side normals by removing z-component of normals for side faces
+				// (this doesn't work well for beveled geometry as then we lose nice curvature around z-axis)
+
+				if ( ! bevelEnabled ) {
+
+					for ( var i = 0; i < textGeo.faces.length; i ++ ) {
+
+						var face = textGeo.faces[ i ];
+
+						if ( face.materials[ 0 ].id == textMaterialSide.id ) {
+
+							for ( var j = 0; j < face.vertexNormals.length; j ++ ) {
+
+								face.vertexNormals[ j ].z = 0;
+								face.vertexNormals[ j ].normalize();
+
+							}
+
+						}
+
+
+					}
+
+				}
+
 				var centerOffset = -0.5 * ( textGeo.boundingBox.x[ 1 ] - textGeo.boundingBox.x[ 0 ] );
 
 				textMesh1 = new THREE.Mesh( textGeo, faceMaterial );