getMaterial() method is gone from method on BitmapText, so how do I access it?

I’m using BitmapText like this:

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BitmapText txt = new BitmapText(fnt, false);

txt.setQueueBucket(Bucket.Opaque);

txt.setSize( 50f );

txt.setColor(colour);

txt.getMaterial().getAdditionalRenderState().setBlendMode(BlendMode.Alpha); //there is no longer a getMaterial() method on BitmapText



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how do I set the blendmode etc now? I cant see anything that looks useful.



thanks

Jase.

The text already has blendmode set to alpha