sourcetext
Source Text
text.sourceText
These functions are accessible on the Text.sourceText object in AE 17.0 and later.
Attributes
SourceText.isHorizontalText
text.sourceText.isHorizontalText
Description
Returns true if the Text layer is horizontal and false if it is vertical.
Type
Boolean
SourceText.isParagraphText
text.sourceText.isParagraphText
Description
Returns true if a Text layer is Paragraph text. If the Text layer is a Point text, it returns false.
Type
Boolean
SourceText.isPointText
text.sourceText.isPointText
Description
Returns true if a Text layer is Point text. If the Text layer is Paragraph text, it returns false.
Type
Boolean
SourceText.isVerticalText
text.sourceText.isVerticalText
Description
Returns true if the Text layer is vertical and false if it is horizontal.
Type
Boolean
SourceText.style
text.sourceText.style
Description
Returns the Text Style object for a given sourceText property.
Type
Text Style object
Methods
SourceText.createStyle()
text.sourceText.createStyle()
Description
Used to initialize an empty Text Style object in which you’d manually bake in specific values.
Returns
Empty Text Style object.
Example
To create a new style with font size 300 and the font Impact:
text.sourceText .createStyle() .setFontSize(300) .setFont("Impact");SourceText.getStyleAt()
text.sourceText.getStyleAt(charIndex[, time])
Description
This function returns the Text Style object of a particular character at a specific time.
In case the style is keyframed and changes over time, use the second time parameter to specify the target time to get the style at.
Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
index | Number | The index of the letter or character whose style is needed |
time | Number | Optional. The time within the composition to get the style from. Defaults to time. |
Returns
Text Style object
Example
To get the style of the first character at the beginning of the timeline:
text.sourceText.getStyleAt(0,0);