Text Stroke Problem

[TenTin]

When you add an Inner/Centre Stroke to text with no fill, it results in a specific appearance (see screenshot below). Rather than creating a text image file (in Photoshop) and then importing it into Adobe Premiere, is there a way to avoid this issue?

 

[Annika Koenig]

That looks strange. I tried to repro but don't get the same result as you.

 

Can you share the project somehow?

Here my project: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10zmJZsXMgDpPBaz2X6LRFczmWeNhlA7z/view?usp=sharing

[TenTin]

Your file is the same (on my machine).

My file:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i81my52y5zvwroyez1fo0/txtStroke.prproj?rlkey=0cgqi0i0nwj8mrs18usmtiep...

Premiere: 2025 latest 

Windows 11: 24H2 (latest update)

Graphic: IntelArc (latest update)

[Annika Koenig]

Looks correct on my machine and not at all like in your screenshot. Very odd.

[TenTin]

I believe the issue may be related to the text engine. I've previously reported two problems regarding the text engines in Photoshop and Illustrator, and despite two recent updates, Adobe has yet to resolve them. I use a mix of RTL and LTR languages and fonts.

Unfortunately, Adobe's unified text engine has significant issues with handling RTL fonts and languages (particularly with Emoji fonts). The situation with RTL fonts is particularly problematic, as shown in the screenshots below.

 

[Stan Jones]

@TenTin,

Annika's and yours look the same for me: Win 11, PR 25.5.0.

Stan

[Ann Bens]

Looks fine on my machine too.

[MyerPj]

Looks good here too. (Using beta 25.6 b88)). You might try the actual Roboto Black font rather than Roboto with the Black font style, though here they appear similar.

[TenTin]

I previously mentioned that the issue lies with Adobe's text engine when handling variable fonts. I discussed this problem before the recent two updates in another thread that focused on the text engine issues in Photoshop and Illustrator, and Adobe has acknowledged it.

As you can see, the stroke behaves normally with the Segoe font family (the original Windows 11 font family, not the variable version). However, it exhibits abnormal behaviour with the variable version of Proxima.