I FIXED IT!!!

turns out i had saved it wrong, the correction is in the “position” expression:

s=thisComp.layer(“TEXT 1”);

w=s.sourceRectAtTime().width/2;

h=s.sourceRectAtTime().height/2;

l=s.sourceRectAtTime().left;

t=s.sourceRectAtTime().top;

[w+l,h+t]

the width and height needed halving to prevent the overshooting.

So i have some fantastic expressions saved from a year or two ago that i periodically use. They are to make a shape layer (rectangle) fit exactly to a text layer and update with changing text. Just cracked them out for a job and they’re not working properly. The “size” seems to be doing it’s job but the “position” isn’t quite working, it IS…

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