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  Align on specific character within a word (for a lower-third template)

  Posted by Joey Harvey on September 20, 2014 at 1:42 pm

  I am trying to create a template for a lower-third template that aligns a word on the centre of specific character.

  In my case, I always want the 4th letter to be in the same position.

  My client is requesting a specific non-monofaced font which makes all the solutions I can think of inconsistent.

  So far my closest solution is divide the word into 3 parts a,b,c:

  a|b|c

  I centre align b then right align a and left align c either side.

  eg. com|m|unity

  unfortunately, as b’s width changes depending on the character, the spacing looks rubbish. If only I could find the width of b then adjust the position of a and c accordingly I would have what I want!

  Can anyone advise me? Thanks!

  Joey

  Joey Harvey replied 11 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Roland R. kahlenberg

  September 20, 2014 at 11:21 pm

  The only way this is possible is to have each character on its own layer; coupled with Sample Image to discern each character’s width in order to ensure proper kerning. Your best bet is to create a slider to allow a user to move the text’s xPosition into place.

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  Joey Harvey

  September 23, 2014 at 4:59 pm

  Ah Ha! Yes, SampleImage will do nicely, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

  (And apologies for not acknowledging this sooner, I’m kinda new around here and got sidetracked waiting for my enquiry to be moderated!)

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