Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 123)

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10 Adjust the ending keyframe Slide value as needed for the right look, which can vary
depending on the length of the track and the text sliding on it.
Creative Use of Special Characters
Symbols and other kinds of special characters can be very useful and convenient as
titling elements. Because these characters are vector-based shapes, they have very
small file sizes, and no upper limit to their size in the Canvas. Plus, they’re easy to access.
This example shows you how to create a pattern of boxes, covering the Canvas, which
randomly change colors and fade away to reveal a message or image behind them.
1 Open a new LiveType project, and click in one of the text-entry areas.
2 Open the Character Palette.
 If your Character Palette is enabled in your Mac OS X System Preferences, it appears
as a small icon on the right side of the LiveType menu.
The text appears to spiral
down into a vortex.