Using superscript in After Effects editable text in Premiere 2025

[kayward]

I'm running into an issue while editing in Premiere Pro 2025. I created a simple graphic template in After Effects 2025 and I'm using dynamic link to bring the AE file into PR to make my graphics for the project using the After Effects Editable Text in the Effects Controls panel. I have a number of graphics that include the registered trademark symbol (®), I'm copy/pasting it from a document that has it formatted as superscript and it even displays as superscript in the Editable Text box, but when I view the graphic in the Program panel, it's not formatted as superscript. 

The trademark symbol (™) doesn't seem to have this issue; it displays as superscript in both places. I am able to go into the AE file and format the registered trademark symbol as superscript, but once I make any changes to the rest of that line of text in Premiere, it gets rid of that formatting and makes the registered trademark symbol full size again.

Has anyone else run into this issue and found a workaround?

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hey there, @kayward,

Thanks for the message and welcome to the forum. I have not heard of this issue before. Apologies for the hassle. You said this is a dynamic link situation. Tell me, have you tried creating a .mogrt with this composition and then using that, or is that what you've already done? Let me know.

Thanks,
Kevin

[kayward]

Hey @Kevin-Monahan thank you for the reply! I hadn't tried creating a .mogrt but just did and am having the same issue. I tried enabling custom font selection, font size adjustment, and faux styles when creating the .mogrt, but unfortuantely super/subscript aren't faux style options when I bring the .mogrt into Premiere.

I also tried including the "Freightliner®" text as the placeholder text in After Effects when setting up the .mogrt and ensured that the registered trademark symbol is superscript there, but that formatting isn't carrying over when I export it and import it into Premiere.

[kayward]

UPDATE: I may have found a root cause for the issue, but not quite a solution. The font I'm using is Heebo bold, and when I tried changing the font temporarily, the registered trademark symbol immediately displayed as superscript in all places, across the dynamic link and the .mogrt.

So I'm thinking there's something funky going on with that font.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Try reinstalling the font.

Thanks,
Kevin

[kayward]

Thank you for the suggestion @Kevin-Monahan, I tried this and restarted all programs and my computer between uninstalling and reinstalling the font, but am not seeing any difference. I did try cycling through some other fonts to see if it was only happening with Heebo, and it seems to also happen with a number of other fonts - maybe like half of the ones I tried? I don't know enough about how different fonts work in Adobe programs to know if there's a workaround or reason for this.

In case it's useful, examples of some fonts that don't produce this issue: Minion Pro, Proxima Nova, Calibri, Abril. Examples of some fonts that do produce this issue: Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, Open Sans.

[R Neil Haugen]

There are some things that are different when working with fonts and symbols in Ae/Pr workflows. So I'd ask about this on the Ae forum, as that's where the wizards of Ae hang. They can solve most such issues.

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi @kayward,

Yes, you should probaby head to the AE forum and search. If you cannot find a solution that way, create a new post. Let us know the URL on this thread so we can keep up with the progress of this case.

The only thing I can think of regarding certain fonts work and others don't. I would inspect the filetype of these fonts. Are the TTF, OTF, for example? Let the community know. Sorry for the hassle.

Thanks,
Kevin