Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 629)

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Size: Drag this slider to set the point size of the text. The slider is constrained to a maximum
of 288 points. To create larger text, click the numerical value and drag to the right or type a
new number.
Drag up or right to increase
value beyond default maximum,
or click and type a number.
Note: You can also scale text in the Canvas using onscreen controls, but doing so scales text as
an object independently of type point size via the Size slider.
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Alignment: Click a button to set the alignment and justification of text to Left, Center, Right,
Left Justified, Center Justified, Right Justified, or Full Justified. Paragraphs of a text object can
be aligned by selecting the text and choosing an alignment option. Vertical Alignment can be
applied in addition to horizontal alignment choices.
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Vertical Alignment: Click a button to set the vertical alignment of text to Top Aligned, Middle
Aligned, or Bottom Aligned. The paragraphs of a text object can be aligned by selecting text
and choosing an alignment option.
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Line Spacing: Drag this slider to set the distance between each line of text (leading) in point-
size increments. Dragging to the right (above 0) increases the line spacing. Dragging to the left
(below 0) creates negative line spacing.
Tip: To modify the spacing for individual lines of text when hard returns are present, select
text with the Text tool, then adjust the Line Spacing slider. Spacing is modified on the line that
includes the selected text.
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Tracking: Drag this slider to set the spacing between text characters. Tracking applies a uniform
value between each character.
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Kerning: Drag this slider to adjust spacing between text characters.
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Baseline: Drag this slider to adjust the baseline of text characters. The baseline is an invisible
horizontal line defining the bottom alignment of characters.
Advanced Formatting parameters
The Advanced Formatting controls are used less often than Basic Formatting controls. They affect
additional aspects of selected text.
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Scale: Drag this slider to scale text characters proportionally. To scale in only X or Y space, click
the disclosure triangle to set separate X and Y scale values. In the following image, the text X
Scale is set to 50%, and the Y Scale is set to 100%.
Disclosure triangle
67% resize factor