---
title: "Text"
---
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A string of text, e.g. for labels and text documents.

## Rerun datatype
[`Utf8`](../datatypes/utf8.md)


## Arrow datatype
```
Utf8
```

## API reference links
 * 🌊 [C++ API docs for `Text`](https://ref.rerun.io/docs/cpp/stable/structrerun_1_1components_1_1Text.html)
 * 🐍 [Python API docs for `Text`](https://ref.rerun.io/docs/python/stable/common/components#rerun.components.Text)
 * 🦀 [Rust API docs for `Text`](https://docs.rs/rerun/latest/rerun/components/struct.Text.html)


## Used by

* [`Arrows2D`](../archetypes/arrows2d.md)
* [`Arrows3D`](../archetypes/arrows3d.md)
* [`Boxes2D`](../archetypes/boxes2d.md)
* [`Boxes3D`](../archetypes/boxes3d.md)
* [`Capsules3D`](../archetypes/capsules3d.md)
* [`Cylinders3D`](../archetypes/cylinders3d.md)
* [`Ellipses2D`](../archetypes/ellipses2d.md)
* [`Ellipsoids3D`](../archetypes/ellipsoids3d.md)
* [`GraphNodes`](../archetypes/graph_nodes.md)
* [`LineStrips2D`](../archetypes/line_strips2d.md)
* [`LineStrips3D`](../archetypes/line_strips3d.md)
* [`McapChannel`](../archetypes/mcap_channel.md)
* [`McapSchema`](../archetypes/mcap_schema.md)
* [`Points2D`](../archetypes/points2d.md)
* [`Points3D`](../archetypes/points3d.md)
* [`StateChange`](../archetypes/state_change.md)
* [`StateConfiguration`](../archetypes/state_configuration.md)
* [`TextDocument`](../archetypes/text_document.md)
* [`TextLog`](../archetypes/text_log.md)
