![]() ![]() With the current design trend for flat graphics, the contemporary thought for good design is to use san-serif fonts. Serif fonts include Times, Courier and Copperplate which you should all find on a standard install of FCPX & OS X.įonts without serifs are called sans-serif and include the Helveticas, Arials and Lucida Grande for example. By varying the pressure and angle of the brush, these additions or flourishes to each character were added. They originated from the days when text was written with a brush. Hang on a minute, what on earth is a serif?Ī serif is a small extra line attached to a letter, indicated below by the red arrows on the image. Place the cursor in-between the letters and kern away until it looks good. You will find the kerning control in the text inspector, but you'll have to twiddle down the Advanced disclosure triangle to see it. You can see there has been a lot of movement between the A and V, with not as much between the V and I.ĭon't forget that good kerning rules should also be applied to numbers. The third, kerned David shows an easier to read version where the character positions have been adjusted correctly. The second David highlights the different spacing between characters. The top name in the example below shows the text uncorrected. Take the name David for example as this is quite common in credits and shows the problem up well. Some fonts auto-kern, but still need a tweak to get looking right. Well kerned text should have the same surface area between each pair of letters or indeed numbers. Kerning is the adjustment of spacing between individual characters - not to be confused with tracking which adjusts the spacing between all characters at the same time. It is also one of those things where once you have been made aware of it, you will see it everywhere. My pet hate is bad kerning and yes I shout at the television when I see text with incorrect spacing. The examples are shown with the FCPX GUI, but the most of the techniques apply to all editing systems with a character generator. So here's my top ten tips for making good looking, readable text in Final Cut Pro X. The days of molten metal and Linotype machines are long gone, but that doesn't mean that we can't apply some old basic rules and guides to laying out text, this time in an NLE. That's why there are graphic designers who do nothing but concentrate on the design and layout of text. There is no doubt that good typography is hard. We take a look at ten tips that should help to make your words on screen look good and avoid some common mistakes. See how REAL Professionals are using our Title Presets.Yes, the 3D text in Final Cut Pro X is amazing, but it is not a one-click solution to getting good looking text. Newly updated to work with Apple's powerful M1 chip and works great with Intel chip models. Simply drag and drop your preset over the clip you want to animate, and you're ready to go.Īll our presets work seamlessly with the latest versions of Final Cut Pro.įCPX Text Box works with any resolution, from mobile to high quality 4K monitors. Our products are made with creators in mind. All for FREE!Įasily attach text boxes to moving objects in your footage with our awesome built-in track editor. We're constantly updating our products, so you can look for future updates to FCPX Text Box. ![]() FCPX Text Box is ready to go for content creators of all skill levels and allows editors to create professional text boxes for any type of video project quickly and easily. ![]() Easily stylize text with a wide variety of boxes. Pixel Film Studios introduces FCPX Text Box, the ultimate collection of stylized text boxes for Final Cut Pro. ![]()
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