Piston 3D text effect
Piston: a metal style in Archivo Black, metal letters with a solid backdrop and a green palette. Applies the text, font, material and background; everything stays editable.
About this effect
Piston is a Freebie metal 3D text effect set in Archivo Black. Open it in the Studio, type your own words and the style carries over.
Everything can be changed afterwards: font, colours, material and lighting. Export a PNG up to 4K with a transparent or solid background for thumbnails, posters, logos and social posts; see plans for export limits, or browse all 3D text effects.
Want the exact fonts, colour codes and values? See the technical specification.
Technical specification
These are the specialised specifications of the Piston 3D text effect: the exact font, colour codes, surface values, geometry and lighting it is built from. Every value is editable after you open it in the Studio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Typography | |
| Font | Archivo Black |
| Letter spacing | 0 |
| Line height | 0.92 |
| Material and surface | |
| Material | Iridescent |
| Face metalness | 1 |
| Face roughness | 0.1 |
| Iridescence | 1 |
| Side metalness | 0.85 |
| Side roughness | 0.25 |
| Colour palette | |
| Face colour | #D7FFD6 RGB 215, 255, 214 |
| Side colour | #3C9A3A RGB 60, 154, 58 |
| Accent colour | #9CFF9A RGB 156, 255, 154 |
| Background top | #10300F RGB 16, 48, 15 |
| Background bottom | #020802 RGB 2, 8, 2 |
| Extrusion and bevel | |
| Extrusion depth | 0.26 |
| Bevel thickness | 0.034 |
| Bevel size | 0.024 |
| Bevel segments | 4 |
| Lighting and scene | |
| Background | Solid |
| Glow | 0.42 |
| Bloom | 0.4 |
| Floor reflection | 0.38 |
| Shadow | 0.6 |
| Exposure | 0.93 |
| Environment light | 0.9 |
| Camera | |
| Camera | Hero view |