How to change old style figures in After Effects?

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November 2, 2017
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There are fonts, where the numbers are "old style figures" (screenshot).

In InDesign and Illustrator it's no problem to change them to normal "Lining Figures" via OpenType configurations. I couldn't find that in After Effects. Is there any way to change that in AE?

Correct answer Rick Gerard

Fancy ligatures are best handled in Illustrator then imported into AE. You could also try setting the type in Photoshop and see if AE will convert the type to editable text and hold the formatting.

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PremiereBoris

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You can do it in After Effects! Just set the type to All-Caps. I kid you not. No clue why that works.

stephaniec48765397

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OMG thank you!!!!!!!

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jayfaker

Participant

Looks like copying and pasting from Illustrator works! I just tried it. It will paste the correct characters.

Davi Tavares

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The best

Dave_LaRonde

Inspiring

Change the typeface selected. AE isn't as good at handling typefaces as those other applications. If you don't plan to animate the type, import an Illustrator file.

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jarkor84120616Author

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That's the problem. I do want to animate them in this specific typeface. I know AE isn't the way to go to work with it, but if there is any way it would be really nice for me.

Mylenium

Legend

You could try the String.fromCharCode() approach using an expression, though AE may still refuse to actually display the character if it is not valid in the current context plus of course you would have to know the character's Unicode number in teh first palce.

Mylenium

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