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seb seb seba
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Mar 22, 2023 8:23 PM UTC
Question

Ligatures not working in After Effects

Hi,

 

I'm trying to use text with ligatures in After Effects, but it doesn't work. I have checked the box that says "Ligatures" in the Character Panel. I'm using the font FFF Acid Grotesk, that shows ligatures when used in Photoshop and other software. Copying + pasting the glyph from Photoshop into AE does not work.

 

Any ideas?

 

AE version 23.0 (Build 59)

macOS Ventura 13.2.1

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    Naim35998099ou1j
    Participant
    Aug 19, 2024 12:40 PM UTC

    Copy + paste the text directly from the text layer with ligatures from Photoshop into After Effects.

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    Purbinder
    Purbinder
    Participant
    Sep 18, 2024 4:54 PM UTC

    I just tested this and it works! 👍👍

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      markusGO
      Participant
      Sep 11, 2023 1:09 PM UTC

      Hello, same here...some (standard?) ligatures work, others (discretionary) won't  😞 while Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign have even dedicated panels, it's lacking in After Effects, despite having a checkbox in the type panel, saying "ligatures"...

       

      The only workaround i know seems to be "moving" these ligatures within the font file itself (with a font editor) and of course using outlines, but that's a real pain in the ***. Hope there's someone at Adobe listening/reading...

      AE 23.6.0 , btw

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        ShiveringCactus
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        ShiveringCactusCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 14, 2023 1:54 PM UTC

        What happens if... (and I'm guessing here as I don't have that font) you switch from Metrics to Optical,does that improve the situation?

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        seb seb sebaAuthor
        Participant
        May 15, 2023 11:06 AM UTC

        No, nothing changes. I just discovered that some ligatures work, but not all.
        In the attached images, red is Photoshop and black is After Effects.

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          Bzelinsc
          Participant
          May 12, 2023 2:33 PM UTC

          Same here with Georgia. The ligatures are not showing even though I have the option enabled.
          I solved this by pasting it from Windows Character Map. Go Bill Gates! 
          Win 10 Pro
          AE 23.4.0 (Build 53)

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