Letter spacing

[chrish20073666]

I'm developing HTML banners for a client and when I input text the tracking is awful, and it's automatically doing it by default. The spaces between each letter are all over the place, When I use 'Dynamic' the text is set relatively correct, but once I break the type so it becomes a shape it instantly goes back to looking like it does when input text using static.

I can't even reduce the tracking myself because some letters are much closer/further away than others. It's literally a mess. I've tried restarting/reopening. same result.

Why is Animate CC handling my text so poorly?

[kglad]

when you break apart text to create a shape you're breaking apart one letter.  you may be selecting a group of letters and doing that in one step, but there's no such thing as letter spacing in regard to shapes.

that said, i don't see any change in object spacing when breaking apart a sentence to create individual letters and then breaking it apart again to form shapes.

[chrish20073666]

I think you misunderstood what I meant, I have live text - the spacing is perfect. I right click and 'break' the text so it becomes a shape, but in the process of it changing from live text to a shape, the spacing between all of my letters shifts quite randomly. some letters stay put whilst others move. I have tried to post a screenshot but It's being moderated whatever that means.

But thank you for your response.

[kglad]

what do you mean by live text?  is that static text?

[chrish20073666]

Yes, static text

[ClayUUID]

Please post a screenshot of the awful, all over the place, literally a mess, poorly handled text so we can see what you're talking about.

[chrish20073666]

[ClayUUID · Accepted solution]

I don't see anything like that sort of change when I break apart a textfield, no matter whether it's static or dynamic, wrapped or unwrapped, different letter spacings, with any of the alignments. Tested with about a dozen different fonts.

Also you keep referring to "tracking". Are you talking about the letter spacing setting in text properties?

Maybe you should start over with a fresh document, default settings, Arial, and see if you're still having the same issue.

[chrish20073666]

Yeah as in tracking and kerning. It happens with all fonts, some days its fine and some days it's like this and I can't seem to figure out what causes it. I updated to the latest version last month and still it persists.

I'm now having to work all text in illustrator and bring it through as a .svg which isn't too difficult but I shouldn't have to...

It has happened to a few of my colleagues too, not just on my mac;  maybe it's a general glitch that needs looking into.

[chrish20073666]

I have posted a screenshot but it's 'being moderated'

Not too sure if you can see it? If not is there another way to show you?

[Janos Goosens]

Try google webmastertools.

[ClayUUID]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/Janos+Goosens  wrote

Try google webmastertools.

How would an SEO site help with creating text in Animate?