I want to create a hollow sphere and from the center outward "loft cut" a shape like a star out of it. Using loft cut I have got that to work. I would like to do the same with text like the word "STAR". Loft cut will work with one letter like "S" but a letter like "A" is not working and the whole word does not work.

How can I do this with many words and text as well as other shapes. The text or shapes are seen as normal on a flat plane but all the shapes taper to a point on the inside of the sphere and the sphere is the solid that gets the projection holes in it.