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+module.exports = (function () {
+	'use strict';
+
+	var THREE = require('three'),
+		fontSizeRegex = /(\d+)px/i,
+		newLineRegex = /[\n\r]/,
+		spaceRegex = /[\t ]/,
+		log2 = Math.log(2);
+
+	return function text(parent, options) {
+		var self = this,
+			geometry,
+			material,
+			canvas,
+			ctx,
+			mesh,
+			container,
+			src,
+			textWidth = 0,
+			textHeight = 0,
+			props = {
+				text: '',
+				font: '80px sans-serif',
+				textAlign: 'center',
+				textBaseline: '',
+				direction: '',
+				fillStyle: 'white',
+				resolution: 256, //pixels per meter
+				wrap: 5 //in meters
+			},
+			tex;
+
+		function nextPowerOfTwo(n) {
+			return Math.pow(2, Math.ceil(Math.log(n) / log2));
+		}
+
+		function update() {
+			//text stuffs
+			var text,
+				word = '',
+				letter,
+				isSpace,
+				line = '',
+				lines = [],
+				parse,
+				word,
+
+				//layout
+				direction = getComputedStyle(document.body).direction,
+				inherit,
+				resolution = parseFloat(props.resolution) || 256,
+				wrap,
+				fontSize,
+				padding,
+
+				//measurements
+				lineHeight,
+				i, x, y, measure,
+				width,
+				height = 0;
+
+			wrap = parseFloat(props.wrap);
+			if (isNaN(wrap) || wrap < 0) {
+				wrap = 5;
+			}
+			width = resolution * wrap;
+
+			ctx.font = props.font;
+			parse = fontSizeRegex.exec(ctx.font);
+			fontSize = parseFloat(parse && parse[1]) || 50;
+
+			lineHeight = fontSize * 1.5;
+
+			text = props.text === 0 ? '0' : String(props.text || '');
+			if (wrap) {
+				text = text.trim() + ' ';
+				for (i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
+					letter = text.charAt(i);
+					if (newLineRegex.test(letter)) {
+						lines.push((line ? line + ' ' : '') + word);
+						line = word = '';
+					} else if (spaceRegex.test(letter)) {
+						measure = ctx.measureText(line + ' ' + word).width;
+						if (measure < width) {
+							if (line) {
+								line += ' ' + word;
+							} else {
+								line = word;
+							}
+						} else if (!line && ctx.measureText(word).width >= width) {
+							//one very long word
+							lines.push(word);
+							line = word = '';
+						} else {
+							lines.push(line);
+							line = word;
+						}
+						word = '';
+					} else {
+						word += letter;
+					}
+				}
+				if (line) {
+					lines.push(line);
+					//lines.push((line ? line + ' ' : '') + word);
+				}
+			} else {
+				lines.push(text);
+			}
+			if (!width) {
+				width = lines.reduce(function (previous, line) {
+					return Math.max(previous, ctx.measureText(line).width);
+				});
+			}
+			width = Math.min(width, 2048);
+
+			height = lines.length * lineHeight;
+			canvas.width = nextPowerOfTwo(width);
+			canvas.height = nextPowerOfTwo(height);
+			mesh.scale.set(canvas.width / resolution, canvas.height / resolution, 1);
+
+			//debug
+			// ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(100, 100, 100, 0.5)';
+			// ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+			// document.body.appendChild(canvas);
+			// canvas.style.cssText = 'position: absolute; width: auto !important; height: auto !important; max-width: 80%';
+
+			/*
+			set all these properties again because they get reset
+			when you resize the canvas
+			*/
+			ctx.font = props.font;
+			ctx.textAlign = props.textAlign;
+			ctx.textBaseline = props.textBaseline;
+			ctx.direction = props.direction;
+			ctx.fillStyle = props.fillStyle;
+			//todo: add maxWidth?
+
+			padding = (canvas.width - width) / 2;
+			y = (canvas.height - height) / 2 + lineHeight / 2;
+
+			inherit = (ctx.direction === '' || ctx.direction === 'inherit');
+			if (ctx.textAlign === 'center') {
+				x = canvas.width / 2;
+			} else if (ctx.textAlign === 'right' ||
+				ctx.textAlign === 'end' && (ctx.direction === 'ltr' || inherit && direction === 'ltr') ||
+				ctx.textAlign === 'start' && (ctx.direction === 'rtl' || inherit && direction === 'rtl')) {
+
+				x = canvas.width - padding;
+			} else {
+				x = padding;
+			}
+
+			for (i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
+				ctx.fillText(lines[i], x, y);
+				y += lineHeight;
+			}
+
+			textWidth = width / resolution;
+			textHeight = (y) / resolution;
+
+			tex.needsUpdate = true;
+		}
+
+		canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+		ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+		tex = new THREE.Texture(canvas);
+		tex.minFilter = THREE.LinearMipMapLinearFilter;
+		tex.generateMipmaps = true;
+
+		geometry = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry(1, 1);
+
+		material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
+			side: THREE.DoubleSide,
+			transparent: true,
+			map: tex
+		});
+
+		mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
+
+		container = new THREE.Object3D();
+		container.name = 'text';
+		container.add(mesh);
+		parent.add(container);
+
+		if (typeof options === 'string') {
+			props.text = options;
+		} else if (options) {
+			Object.keys(props).forEach(function (key) {
+				props[key] = options[key] || props[key];
+			});
+		}
+		update();
+
+		Object.keys(props).forEach(function (key) {
+			Object.defineProperty(self, key, {
+				get: function () {
+					return props[key];
+				},
+				set: function (val) {
+					props[key] = val;
+					update();
+				}
+			});
+		});
+
+		Object.defineProperty(self, 'width', {
+			get: function () {
+				return textWidth;
+			}
+		});
+
+		Object.defineProperty(self, 'height', {
+			get: function () {
+				return textHeight;
+			}
+		});
+
+		return container;
+	};
+}());
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