How can I make particles that flow and comes to rest of a text/shape layer

[jawad23426852633u]

Adding some refrence images too for further example. I am trying to achieve this sort of particle effect where the particle comes from offscreen and then rest at a outline of a said layer. I have used CC Particle System 1 & 2 and CC particle world to make such particles, but I cant make them flow into text and then resting at an outline part of an X layer. Is there even a way to make particles form to text layer using built in AE Plugins? Because I have tried using particular but it's so much pain in the ass with so many controls and even then I cant seem to get my desired result. Any help is much appreciated folks! Cheers...

- Examples : https://imgur.com/a/TvjootU
- Animator (@ChromeandLightning)

[Andrew Yoole]

Unfortunately, Particular really is the easiest way to approach this type of animation.  My approach would be to use your text layer as a layer emitter, explode the layer into particles, then reverse the comp so that the layers implode back into the text.  There are loads of tutorials around demonstrating this process.