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The Styled Text contextual menu includes the following options:
Animate: Used to animate the text over time.
Character Level Styling: Used to change the font, color, size and
transformations of individual characters or words through the Modifiers tab.
Comp Name: Places the name of the composition in the Styled text box for
creating slates.
Follower: A text modifier used to ripple animation across each character of the text.
Publish: Publishes the text for connection to other text nodes.
Text Scramble: A text modifier used to randomize the characters in the text.
Text Timer: A text modifier used to display a countdown or the current date and time.
Time Code: A text modifier used to display Time Code for the current frame.
Connect To: Used to connect the text to the published output of another node.
Font
Two Font menus are used to select the font family and typeface, such as Regular, Bold,
and Italic.
Color
Sets the basic fill color of the text. This is the same control displayed in the Shading tab
color swatch.
Size
This control is used to increase or decrease the size of the text. This is not like selecting a point
size in a word processor. The size is relative to the width of the image.
Tracking
The Tracking parameter adjusts the uniform spacing between each character of text.
Line Spacing
Line Spacing adjusts the distance between each line of text. This is sometimes called leading in
word-processing applications.
V Anchor
The vertical anchor controls consist of three buttons and a slider. The three buttons are used to
align the text vertically to the top of the text, middle of the text, or bottom baseline. The slider
can be used to customize the alignment. Setting the vertical anchor will affect how the text is
rotated as well as the location for line spacing adjustments. This control is most often used
when the Layout type is set to Frame in the Layout tab.
V Justify
The vertical justify slider allows you to customize the vertical alignment of the text from the V
Anchor setting to full justification so it is aligned evenly along the top and bottom edges. This
control is most often used when the Layout type is set to Frame in the Layout tab.
H Anchor
The horizontal anchor controls consist of three buttons and a slider. The three buttons justify
the text alignment to the left edge, middle, or right edge of the text. The slider can be used to
customize the justification. Setting the horizontal anchor will affect how the text is rotated as
well as the location for tracking (leading) spacing adjustments. This control is most often used
when the Layout type is set to Frame in the Layout tab.
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