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Path Text Leveler

Expression Wed, 08/20/2008 - 15:09 — FredLewis
Special thanks to: 
Dan Wilk, David Simons and the entire AE team for pointers and suggestions

This expression was written before Text layers existed in After Effects. In those days, it was often desirable to use the Path Text effect even for text that goes in a straight line, because of it's kerning controls.

This Expression will automatically keep the text in Path Text level within the comp. Useful for when you simply want to make a straight line or paragraph of text in Path Text, without making it follow a path. It allows you to use the extra kerning, spacing and other features of Path Text with ordinary straight text.

expression: 


vert1 = effect("Path Text").param("Vertex 1/Circle Center");
[vert1[0]+200, vert1[1]]

Instructions: 

1. Set the Shape Type to "Line" under Path Options in the effects window for Path Text
2. Past the expression (below) into the "Vertex 2" parameter of Path Text in the Timeline
3. Use only Vertex 1 of the path to position the text.