Text partly invisible with P3D renderer

Processing Coding Questions
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needed complete rewrite to test something here,
-a- please post processing IDE testable code
with default path
if files needed ( here like font… ) provide or default

-b- your size numbers / for size() / font / PGraphics / translate / text position
is confusing and might be part of the problem

-c- a textFont.save(outfile); can not be used here?

-d- your structure
createGraphics in draw / save / exit i changed:
–1- i first create it in setup
–2- show by draw
–3- print by key ‘p’

// https://discourse.processing.org/t/text-partly-invisible-with-p3d-renderer/13575/3

PGraphics textLayer;
int iwidth = 800;
int iheight = 600;
String sfont = "Arial";
int mainFontSize = 100;

String outfile = "data/3dtest.png";

void settings() {
  size(iwidth, iheight, P3D);
}

void setup() {
  colorMode(RGB, 255);
  textLayer = createGraphics(iwidth, iheight, P3D);
  textLayer.beginDraw();
  textLayer.background(0,0,80);
  textLayer.textAlign(CENTER);
  textLayer.textFont(createFont(sfont, mainFontSize));
  textLayer.fill(color(255, 255, 255));
  textLayer.translate(0, 0, 20);  // change 200 to 20 to see full string
  textLayer.text("California", 300, 200);
  textLayer.endDraw();
  println("click canvas and use:\nkey [p] to save picture");
}

void draw() {
  background(200,200,0);   // should never be visible! or printed
  image(textLayer,0,0);    // show first what you created
}

public void keyPressed() {
  if ( key == 'p' )  {
    save(outfile);
    // textLayer.save(outfile);   // can NOT use!
    println("saved to "+outfile);
  }
}
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