How to Animate Text Layers with Type

Type is an After Effects Script UI Panel that helps you animate text layers. The interface resembles After Effects' native Character & Paragraph panels while providing powerful animation capabilities.

Typewriter+

Typewriter+ animates text being typed out. You can animate in by character, word, or line. Adjust animation speed by moving keyframes or modifying default speed settings.

Blinking Text Cursor

Adds a customizable blinking cursor to text endings with adjustable appearance and speed. Integrates seamlessly with Typewriter+ functionality.

Vertical Text Align

The up button enables text to flow upward based on line breaks.

Highlight, Underline, & Strikethrough

Text markup functions like highlight, underline, and strikethrough have been missing from After Effects until now. Apply to entire layers or specific text ranges. Hold Shift + click to animate effects automatically.

Get Rect

Get Rect helps you make a perfect box around your text. Automatically conforms to text layers with customization options. Shift + click creates static rectangles.

Numbers

Num helps you animate and format numbers automatically with thousand separators, symbols, and abbreviators.

Counters

Count helps you animate automatic time counters. Count up or down -- no keyframes required.

Monospacing

Converts any font to monospaced format.

Split Text

Divides text into multiple layers -- standard click separates by word, Shift + click by line, CMD/CTRL + Shift + click by character.