Answers.Body: <p>The Characteristic plugin for After Effects is built specifically for this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://aescripts.com/characteristic/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://aescripts.com/characteristic/</a></p>
  
  <p>You can set  kerning and spacing parameters for each character. Check out this tutorial to see how the font is set up:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/72438545" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://vimeo.com/72438545</a></p>
  
  <p>I hope this helps your situation!</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've made a series of comps each representing a letter from the alphabet.
  Is there an expression or plugin where I can convert the relevant text character on screen to be replaced by the appropriate comp.</p>
  
  <p>e.g. I've made a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg.</p>
  
  <p>I type "abc" into a text field, apply a magic expression/plugin, and the letters abc are overlaid/replaced by my comps?</p>
  
  <p>I'm not expecting perfect kerning, spacing etc.. Just a quick way to get a start on this.</p>
  
Tags: <after-effects><after-effects-expressions><after-effects-scripting>
Title: using images as text characters in after effects
UserDisplayName: tomh
ThreadText: # using images as text characters in after effects
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-09)
  
  I've made a series of comps each representing a letter from the alphabet.
  Is there an expression or plugin where I can convert the relevant text character on screen to be replaced by the appropriate comp.
  
  e.g. I've made a.jpg b.jpg c.jpg.
  
  I type "abc" into a text field, apply a magic expression/plugin, and the letters abc are overlaid/replaced by my comps?
  
  I'm not expecting perfect kerning, spacing etc.. Just a quick way to get a start on this.
  
  **Tags:** after-effects, after-effects-expressions, after-effects-scripting
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  The Characteristic plugin for After Effects is built specifically for this:
  
  <https://aescripts.com/characteristic/>
  
  You can set kerning and spacing parameters for each character. Check out this tutorial to see how the font is set up:
  
  <https://vimeo.com/72438545>
  
  I hope this helps your situation!
  
  
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