Merged in prefrontalcortex/unity-ui-extensions/letterspacing_fix (pull request #16)

LetterSpacing fixed, CylindricalText added

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branch : develop_5.3

Scripts/Effects/CylinderText.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/// adaption for cylindrical bending by herbst
+/// Credit Breyer
+/// Sourced from - http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/scripts-useful-4-6-scripts-collection.264161/#post-1777407
+
+namespace UnityEngine.UI.Extensions
+{
+    [RequireComponent(typeof(Text), typeof(RectTransform))]
+    [AddComponentMenu("UI/Effects/Extensions/Cylinder Text")]
+    public class CylinderText : BaseMeshEffect
+    {
+        public float radius;
+        private RectTransform rectTrans;
+
+
+#if UNITY_EDITOR
+        protected override void OnValidate()
+        {
+            base.OnValidate();
+            if (rectTrans == null)
+                rectTrans = GetComponent<RectTransform>();
+        }
+#endif
+        protected override void Awake()
+        {
+            base.Awake();
+            rectTrans = GetComponent<RectTransform>();
+            OnRectTransformDimensionsChange();
+        }
+        protected override void OnEnable()
+        {
+            base.OnEnable();
+            rectTrans = GetComponent<RectTransform>();
+            OnRectTransformDimensionsChange();
+        }
+        public override void ModifyMesh(VertexHelper vh)
+        {
+            int count = vh.currentVertCount;
+            if (!IsActive() || count == 0)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            for (int index = 0; index < vh.currentVertCount; index++)
+            {
+                UIVertex uiVertex = new UIVertex();
+                vh.PopulateUIVertex(ref uiVertex, index);
+
+                // get x position
+                var x = uiVertex.position.x;                
+
+                // calculate bend based on pivot and radius
+                uiVertex.position.z = -radius * Mathf.Cos(x / radius);
+                uiVertex.position.x = radius * Mathf.Sin(x / radius);
+                
+                vh.SetUIVertex(uiVertex, index);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Scripts/Effects/LetterSpacing.cs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace UnityEngine.UI.Extensions
 {
 	[AddComponentMenu("UI/Effects/Extensions/Letter Spacing")]
     ///Summary
-    /// Note, LetterSpacing is now non-functional in 5.2.1p+ / 5.3, seems the vertex order has changed?
+    /// Note, Vertex Count has changed in 5.2.1+, is now 6 (two tris) instead of 4 (tri strip).
     public class LetterSpacing : BaseMeshEffect
 	{
 		[SerializeField]
@@ -122,18 +122,22 @@ namespace UnityEngine.UI.Extensions
 
 				for (int charIdx = 0; charIdx < line.Length; charIdx++)
 				{
-					int idx1 = glyphIdx * 4 + 0;
+					int idx1 = glyphIdx * 6 + 0;
-					int idx2 = glyphIdx * 4 + 1;
+					int idx2 = glyphIdx * 6 + 1;
-					int idx3 = glyphIdx * 4 + 2;
+					int idx3 = glyphIdx * 6 + 2;
-					int idx4 = glyphIdx * 4 + 3;
+					int idx4 = glyphIdx * 6 + 3;
+                    int idx5 = glyphIdx * 6 + 4;
+                    int idx6 = glyphIdx * 6 + 5;
 
                     // Check for truncated text (doesn't generate verts for all characters)
-					if (idx4 > verts.Count - 1) return;
+                    if (idx6 > verts.Count - 1) return;
 
                     UIVertex vert1 = verts[idx1];
                     UIVertex vert2 = verts[idx2];
                     UIVertex vert3 = verts[idx3];
                     UIVertex vert4 = verts[idx4];
+                    UIVertex vert5 = verts[idx5];
+                    UIVertex vert6 = verts[idx6];
 
                     pos = Vector3.right * (letterOffset * charIdx - lineOffset);
 
@@ -141,11 +145,15 @@ namespace UnityEngine.UI.Extensions
                     vert2.position += pos;
                     vert3.position += pos;
                     vert4.position += pos;
+                    vert5.position += pos;
+                    vert6.position += pos;
 
                     verts[idx1] = vert1;
 					verts[idx2] = vert2;
 					verts[idx3] = vert3;
 					verts[idx4] = vert4;
+                    verts[idx5] = vert5;
+                    verts[idx6] = vert6;
 
                     glyphIdx++;
 				}