Write on effect but not handwriting

[snazzyjer13]

Hello!

Trying to animate a write-on effect, but with a sans serif blocky font - so each line/section/curve of the characters "draw" on at varying times as a way to reveal the word. I don't want an organic, handwriting look though - more like trim paths, but the brand's font design is too specific to recreate using hand-made strokes. Is there a better way to accomplish this, or do I need to recreate with strokes and use trim paths?

[Mylenium]

Without seeing the font nobody can tel lyou much. From simple linear wipes to a bit of masking this could be anything, including of course Write-On and other effects.

Mylenium

[Olivia229619356lxn]

Sounds like it might be worth using the stroke effect with masks to 'draw' out the path of what you want to appear as and when. You could also convert the font to shape layers to make this easier. 🙂

[RobShultz]

I've used the pen tool to draw a mask line over letters and then used the Stroke Effect to apply an animated brush stroke and chose "reveal original" setting to get a nice write-on effect..

I hope this idea helps.