Source Text¶
These functions are accessible from Text.sourceText after AE 17.0.
SourceText.style¶
Description
Returns the text style object for a given sourceText
property.
Type
Text Style object
SourceText.getStyleAt(charIndex
, t = time
)¶
Description
This function returns the style value 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.
Note
Using SourceText.style is the same as using text.sourceText.getStyleAt(0,0)
For example, to get the style of the first character at the beginning of the timeline:
text.sourceText.getStyleAt(0,0);
Parameters
|
Number. The index of the letter or character whose style is needed |
|
Number, optional. The time within the composition to get the style from. Defaults to |
Type
Text Style object
SourceText.createStyle()¶
Description
Used to initialize an empty Text Style object in which you’d manually bake in specific values.
For example, to create a new style with font size 300 and the font Impact:
text.sourceText.createStyle().setFontSize(300).setFont("Impact");
Parameters
None.
Type
Empty Text Style object