0

I work on a lot of projects where I have to put little spans of text in big paragraphs. These spans are always a - and a capitol letter. I've been trying to make a library of these spans like, -A, -B, -C where the dash is black and the letter is a different color in a different font than what I normally type.

My hope with the libraries is that I can type a sentence and click on the element in the library to insert the -A formatted the way I want it and then go back to typing in the usual font.

Is this even possible? Are there any workarounds or ways to get close to this?

Improve this question
1

The best you're going to get is using the Paragraph and Character Styles which I believe was added in CS6. Type your text:

A-Body of text and whatever content belongs here.

Change it to a Paragraph Style to save time overall.

Then highlight A- and click on a Character Style to quickly change it to right font and color.

enter image description here

Beyond this you'll need to start using a Page Layout program such as InDesign.

Improve this answer
1
  • Thanks, I think this is putting me on the right track. In InDesign I use grep to detect the -1 or -A and format it on the fly. I wish Photoshop had that option or InDesign could integrate with After Effects better.
    – horribly_n00bie
    Jun 14 '17 at 19:08

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.