Okay, I feel like such a damn nob. first of all, thanks guys for all of your input and being patient (those who've read this) secondly ( I actually face-palmed at this) all I had to do was go into...

Okay, I've done some extra research and apparently anything above CS5.5 doesn't allow you to save as Illustrator 8. I'm going to try this and I'll let you know if it works.

I'm completely new to this exporting/importing stuff. I used to use Blender and that was a breeze to do anything I wanted, It's only since learning Maya and trying to use text that I've been getting...

Okay, I've heard this mentioned before. However, when I go to save or export in CS6 I don't get the option to save/export as illustrator 8. Should I go to an earlier version of photoshop?

P.S I...

Okay, this is getting ridiculous, I've watched a ton of videos on how to import text from photoshop, followed them TO THE LETTER and my text won't appear in Maya. All of the tuts I've been able to...

That looks awesome. Thanks for the advice, I'll give that a go. But as to my original question, say if I did want to create a 3D sign, do you know why the letters are doing that?

So do you recommend that i simply not create any text in Maya? I'm just learning how to normal map etc.

Okay, sorry if this a silly question but I'm ripping out my hair trying to figure out why the text creator in 2015 is doing this. I'll create some text and when I drag it away there's still a copy of...