# Animated type

**URL:** <https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307>\
**Category:** Flame Questions\
**Tags:** text\
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307 "2022-12-16T23:29:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307/21 "2022-12-19T23:39:27Z")

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Text is Klunky

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**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307/22 "2022-12-19T23:40:37Z")

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do you remember in an old verion of text that we could animate the characters?

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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307/23 "2022-12-19T23:42:04Z")

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Text hasn’t changed since the Clinton administration . . . Not a joke. If you could do it then you can do it now.

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**Author:** ![ytf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/ytf/32/109_2.png) [@ytf](https://forum.logik.tv/u/ytf)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307/24 "2022-12-19T23:42:51Z")

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But in 3d text you can select Split String and it will give you an axis for every letter

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**Author:** ![cicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@cicero](https://forum.logik.tv/u/cicero)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307/25 "2023-08-21T15:05:02Z")

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> [@ytf](#):
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> Slow day . . .  
> Here’s an even better way.
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> 1. Type out your string of text
> 2. Go to Transform
> 3. Set the scale on frame 1 to 0
> 4. Set scale on frame 2 to 100
> 5. Set animation curve to Constant
> 6. Navigate to the frame you want the write on to end.
> 7. Adjust Time Offset to the negative until the last letter appears. Hold down space bar for fine adjustment
> 8. Bob’s yer Uncle.
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> That’s a trick I wish I’d taught myself sooner.

@ytf Tim, just to say this has just saved us a lot of pain on a couple of jobs… Thanks!

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**Author:** ![johnag](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/johnag/32/573_2.png) [@johnag](https://forum.logik.tv/u/johnag)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/animated-type/7307/26 "2023-08-22T09:19:21Z")

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Yeah. That was the trick I was looking for. Thanks &or sharing

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