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Kerning
Controls the horizontal distance between two characters. If you change the text, specified kerning is
preserved for all unchanged character pairs. You cannot use the Undo command to undo kerning changes. To change
horizontal spacing between characters over time, use Kerning Jitter Max or create keyframes for Tracking. (See
“Advanced controls for the Path Text effect” on page 537.)
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Kerning Pair
Specifies the pair of character you want to kern. Click the arrow to move among the pairs.
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Kerning Value
Specifies the amount of kerning you want to apply to the specified pair.
Orientation
Specifies the orientation or rotation values of each character.
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Character Rotation
Specifies the rotation of all characters. Each character is rotated by the specified number of
degrees from its current angle. The center of rotation is on the point where the character intersects the path. Note
that Perpendicular to Path changes the initial angle of the characters.
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Perpendicular To Path
Rotates each character so that it is perpendicular to the path. If Perpendicular to Path is
deselected, characters always remain upright (unless rotated by Character Rotation).
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Vertical Writing
Rotates each character so it is vertical along the path.
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Rotate Roman Characters
Rotates Roman characters vertically along the path; when Rotate Roman Characters is
deselected, only non-Roman characters are rotated.
Horizontal Shear
Slants characters left or right, similar to italics. The slant is based on the point where the character
intersects the path. To slant characters from their centers, set Baseline Shift to make the path go through the centers
of the characters.
Horizontal Scale, Vertical Scale
Resize the characters by the specified percentage in the horizontal and vertical direc-
tions. Text is scaled from the initial rasterization size, specified for Size. Setting the scaling percentage greater than
100 may result in blurred edges. For best results, set Size to a point size that does not require scaling beyond 100%
to achieve the largest desired text size. For example, to increase the size text from 48 to 88 points, set Size at 88 and
specify a starting value for both Vertical and Horizontal Scale at 55%; then increase both scale values to 100% when
you want the text displayed at 88 points.
Paragraph controls for the Path Text effect
You can specify the alignment and appearance of the paragraph using the following controls:
Alignment
Specifies the horizontal alignment of the text on the specified path.
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Left
Places the first character at the position specified by Left Margin; all other characters are drawn relative to it.
Right Margin is ignored.
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Right
Places the last character at the position specified by Right Margin; all other characters are drawn relative to
it. Left Margin is ignored.
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Center
Centers the text between Left Margin and Right Margin.
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Force
Places the first character at the position specified by Left Margin and the last character at the position
specified by Right Margin, spacing all other characters evenly between. Tracking is ignored.
Left Margin, Right Margin
Specify the margins. Left Margin specifies the position of the first character in pixels,
relative to the starting point; Right Margin specifies the position of the last character, relative to the ending point. In
path shapes, the starting point for Bezier curves and lines is Vertex 1, and the starting point for circles and loops is
Tangent 1. The ending point for Bezier curves and lines is Vertex 2, and the ending point for circles and loops is
Tangent 1. To move text across the path shape that you’ve defined, create keyframes for the Left or Right margins
(depending on the specified alignment). Positive values move the text to the right; negative values move it to the left.
Line Spacing
Specifies the space between lines of characters.
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