# In P3D mode images not transparent when textSize \> 35 is used

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/in-p3d-mode-images-not-transparent-when-textsize-35-is-used/7138>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [January 3, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/in-p3d-mode-images-not-transparent-when-textsize-35-is-used/7138 "2019-01-03T16:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![companje](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/companje/32/2418_2.png) [@companje](https://discourse.processing.org/u/companje)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/in-p3d-mode-images-not-transparent-when-textsize-35-is-used/7138/1 "2019-01-03T16:27:46Z")

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Hi,

I noticed that when using a font size larger than 35 in P3D mode images stop being transparent. Is this a known bug? Does anyone know a workaround for this? I’m running Processing 3.4 on Windows 10.

```auto
PImage bg, fg;
PFont font;

void setup() {
  size(512, 512, P3D);
  bg = loadImage("bg.jpg"); //raster image
  fg = loadImage("duck.png"); //transparent duck image
  font = loadFont("Arial-Black-36.vlw");
  textFont(font);
}

void draw() {
  image(bg, 0, 0);
  image(fg, 0, 0);

  fill(255,0,0);
  text("In P3D mode images are NOT transparent\nwhen a textSize > 35 is used.",20,40);  
}

```

![P3D-fontsize-35](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/b/bca9550629fb0d39322fd28c556f4e6fe366c588.jpeg) ![P3D-fontsize-36](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/1/1be56b987e2ab1ac2d8f977d04ca715159a8d5af.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/in-p3d-mode-images-not-transparent-when-textsize-35-is-used/7138/2 "2019-01-14T22:54:26Z")

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@companje – belatedly: were you able to resolve this issue? If not it sounds like you should check issues and consider filing a bug report:

> **[processing/processing](https://github.com/processing/processing/issues)**
>
> Source code for the Processing Core and Development Environment (PDE) - processing/processing