• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  Change font style within block of text for mogrts

  Posted by Jon Miguel on April 21, 2021 at 4:48 pm

  Hi all,

  Have an interesting request to make a mogrt that emphasizes text and be able to change the font on specific emphasized words. So I guess I’m trying to forward the text style for certain words. The result I’m going for is have a sentence be in Arial and let’s say the 3rd word be in Garamond for example

  I’ve added an animation expression on the text layer:

  string = thisComp.layer(“Highlighted Words”).text.sourceText.split(“+”);

  result = 0;

  for (i = 0; i < string.length; i++){

  if (textIndex == parseInt(string[i],10)){

  result = 100;

  break;

  }

  }

  result

  and using the aforementioned expression, I can add on different properties such as controlling the skew, color, scale, etc. but I want to add a font change control as well

  so I think I’m trying to pair it to another text layer “Parent” and meld it with

  style = thisComp.layer(“Parent”).text.sourceText.getStyleAt(0);

  style.setText(thisComp.layer(“Parent”).text.sourceText);

  is this something feasible or am I way off base?

  Jon Miguel replied 5 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
• 2 Replies

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  Yoan Boisjoli

  April 21, 2021 at 6:21 pm

  Hi Jon ! It is not yet possible for a single text layer to have multiple character/font values driven by expression. Although, there are some work arounds.

  Maybe you can check this script: https://aescripts.com/text-chain/

  It allows you to have multiple text layers behave as one!

  Also be sure to check this one out since it can help a lot for a faster workflow: https://ukramedia.com/product/smart-text/

  I’ll check on my side see if something else is doable and will let you know!
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  Jon Miguel

  April 21, 2021 at 9:48 pm

  Thanks for the reply, Yoan, I’ll take a look at these, thank you!

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