What is TextMesh ?

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hello
It’s may be a silly question but I’m new with unity and when I create Text using canvas there is (text) and (TextMesh) what is TextMesh mean ?

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TextMesh is the old legacy text component for text in World space.

The Text - TextMeshPro component is the newer and still on active development replacement for the old TextMesh.

UI.Text is the legacy text component for text using the Canvas system.

The UI - TextMeshPro text component is the newer and still on active development replacement for the UI.Text component.