Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - Manual (Page 315)

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2. In the drawing area, click where you want the text to begin.
3. Click or drag to create a second point.
4. Continue clicking until you create the path shape you want.
5. Type the text. When you type, the text begins along the top or right edge of the path. If necessary, adjust the path by dragging the object
anchor points.
Note: Resizing the text box created in this mode resizes only the visible area; the text remains the same size.
6. When you finish, choose the Selection tool and click outside the text box.
Edit and select text
Using the Selection tool, double-click the text at the point you want to edit or begin a selection. The tool changes to the Type tool, and a cursor
indicates the insertion point.
To move the insertion point, click between characters or use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys.
To select a single character or group of contiguous characters, drag from the insertion point cursor to highlight the characters.
You can format selected text using controls in the Titler main panel, the Title Properties panel, or menu commands. To format an entire text or
graphic object, click the object and then modify its properties.
Format text in titles
Some object properties—such as fill color and shadow—are common to all objects you create in the Titler. Other properties are unique to text
objects. Controls for font, font style, and type alignment are in the Titler panel above the drawing area. Other options are available in the Title
Properties panel and the Title menu of the main menu bar.
At any time, you can change the fonts that you use for your titles. The Font Browser displays all of your installed fonts using a set of default
characters, which you can customize.
When you choose a font in the Font Browser, it immediately applies to your title. The Font Browser remains open so that you can preview another
font.
Note: If you share title files with other users, make sure that their computers have the fonts that you used to create the shared title.
Specify a font
Select the text and do one of the following:
Choose Title > Font and choose a font from the menu.
In the Title Properties panel, click the Font Family triangle to open the drop-down menu, and select a font.
Change the letters that appear in the Font Browser
When you open the drop-down menus for Font Family and Font Style, the Font Browser appears, showing example characters set in the various
available fonts. You can determine which characters are used in the Font Browser.
1. Select Edit > Preferences > Titler (Windows), or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Titler (Mac OS).
2. Type the characters you would like displayed for Style Swatches (limit of two) and the Font Browser (limit of six) into their respective fields.
3. Click > OK.
Change the font size
Select the text and do one of the following:
Choose Title > Size and choose a font size.
Change the Font Size value in the Title Properties panel.
Change text orientation
1. Select a text object.
2. Choose Title > Orientation and select either Horizontal or Vertical.
Specify text properties
When you select any object in a title, its properties are listed in the Title Properties panel. Adjusting values in the panel alters the selected object.
Text objects possess unique properties, such as leading and kerning.
Note: Some text properties are not listed in the Title Properties panel. For example, you can set font, font style, and type alignment either in the
Titler panel or in the Title menu. The Title menu also includes options for orientation, word wrap, tabs, and inserting a logo into a text box.
1. Select the text object or range of text you want to modify.
2. In the Title Properties panel, click the arrow next to Properties, and set values. Some of the options include:
Font Specifies the font applied to the selected text object. To view a font in its typeface, use the Font Browser.
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