you might want to treat text tool as a nurbs curve. use surface>planer tool to make a letter into a surface. then you can texture it how you want.
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And after calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning,
E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.
--TOOL, 10,000 Days---
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