Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 769)

Note: When the Select/Transform tool is selected, you can double-click the text to
automatically enter text-editing mode. When Motion is in text-editing mode, the Text
tool is highlighted in the Toolbar.
• Adjust Glyph tool: Use this tool to select and transform glyphs (individual characters of
text objects). Once text is created, click the Select/Transform tool, hold the mouse
button down, and select the Adjust Glyph tool from the pop-up menu.
For more information on editing text glyphs, see Working with Text Glyphs .
About Fonts
Motion uses all supported fonts installed on your Mac OS X system. Mac OS X-supported
fonts include OpenType, Type1 (or PostScript), and TrueType. All supported fonts installed
on your system appear in the Library, as well as in the Format pane of the Text Inspector.
This includes fonts located in the following folders on your computer:
• /Library/Fonts/
• /Users/username/Library/Fonts/
For information on installing fonts, see your system documentation. If you installed
LiveFonts from the install DVDs when you installed Motion, the LiveFonts are available
in Motion. For more information on LiveFonts, see
Using LiveFonts .
You can preview and apply the available fonts in the Library or in the Format pane of the
Text Inspector.
Using the Library Font Preview
The Motion Library includes a Fonts category and Preview area to browse fonts or change
existing text.
For information on previewing and changing fonts in the Text Inspector, see Editing Text
Format .
769 Chapter 13 Creating and Editing Text