Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 464)

464 Chapter 7 Using Text
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 font browser in the Library, as well as the
Format pane of the Text Inspector. This includes fonts located in:
• Mac OS X disk/Library/Fonts
• Home/Library/Fonts
• Classic System Folder/Fonts
For information on installing fonts, see your system documentation. If you have Final
Cut Pro with the LiveType fonts installed, you can use the LiveFonts in Motion. If you do
not have Final Cut Pro installed, Motion includes ten LiveFonts. For more information
on LiveFonts, see “
Using LiveFonts ” on page 560.
You can preview and apply the available fonts in the font browser in the Library or in
the Format pane of the Text Inspector.
Using the Library Font Browser
The Motion Library includes a font browser that allows you to preview fonts or to
change the font of an existing text object.
For information on previewing and changing fonts in the Text Inspector, see “ Editing
Text Format ” on page 474.
Using the Dashboards
You can display a Dashboard for any object in Motion. To display a Dashboard, select
the object, then press D (or F7). The Dashboard that is displayed represents the
currently selected object. The parameters contained in a Dashboard depend on the
type of object selected. For example, a text object Dashboard displays text-specific
parameters, such as Typeface and Line Spacing. A particle emitter Dashboard displays
particle-specific controls, such as Birth Rate, Life, and Scale.
As you add effects (behaviors and filters) to an object, the displayed Dashboard
changes to the most recently added effect. The Dashboard name is displayed on the
top bar of the Dashboard. To cycle forward through the Dashboards of an object,
press D repeatedly. To cycle in reverse, press Shift+D. The Dashboards cycle in the
order in which the effects are applied.
To jump to a specific Dashboard, click the disclosure triangle next to the Dashboard
name, then choose a Dashboard from the list.
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