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Creating text objects
Use the tools and commands in the Title window to create objects containing text that are known as text objects. You can choose a number of text formatting options and a wide range of fonts, including PostScript or TrueType fonts. When you change text attributes, the change affects all future items.
Compared to paper, video displays at a much lower resolution and is viewed from much farther away (often from across a room). For maximum legibility, use the following guidelines when specifying type for video:
Use large sans-serif fonts. Avoid small type and serif fonts; the thin strokes of some small or serif characters do not display well on interlaced television sets, causing them to flicker.Use semibold and boldface type weights, which are generally easier to read on television than regular or light type weights.Use few words in your titles. Long paragraphs of small type are difficult to read on television.When designing a title to be superimposed, use colors that contrast well with the background video. You can import a sample frame to check a title against its background (see Importing a sample frame). If the background is complex, consider adding a shadow (see Adding a shadow) or a semitransparent shape behind the type (see Creating graphic objects).Make sure that the fonts you use in the title file are installed on any other computer where you plan to open the title file or the project that includes it. Font names are often different between Windows and Mac OS, even when the fonts are identical. After you complete editing and record the final cut on videotape or export it to a video file, you no longer need the title fonts.
To create text:
1 Select the type tool ( ).
2 Click to position the top left corner of the text object in the Title window, and type the text you want.
3 When the type is complete, click outside the text.
The new text uses the current color, transparency, and gradient settings. See Using color, transparency, and gradients.
To edit existing type:
1 Choose how your edits will affect the text by doing one of the following:
To change attributes uniformly within a text object, select the selection tool ( ) and click the text. The entire text object is selected, and handles appear at the corners of the text object.
To edit the text or apply different type attributes to individual characters, select the type tool, click a text object, and then drag to select the text you want to change. For example, you can apply a different color and size to one of the words in a title.
Note: The selection tool overrides uniquely formatted characters. For example, if you use the type tool to apply a blue color to one word, and then you use the selection tool to apply a red color to the text object containing the blue word, all the characters in the text object become red. However, any text attributes you don't change remain intact.
2 Do any combination of the following:
To change the font, choose Title > Font and select a font. In Windows, click OK.To change the type style, choose Title > Style and select a style. (In Windows, you can also change the style by choosing Title > Font and selecting a new style from the Style menu.) The Plain, Bold, Italic, and Underline styles work as they do in a word processor. The Emboss style creates a slightly offset copy of the text behind the original text.To change the font size, choose Title > Size and choose a type size. (In Windows, you can also change the size by choosing Title > Font and selecting a new size from the Size menu.)To change the color, see Using color, transparency, and gradients.To specify spacing between lines, choose Title > Leading and choose a leading (line spacing) adjustment from the menu. Reset Leading restores the default leading for the font.To kern (adjust the spacing between characters), click an insertion point between the letters you want to kern, or select a range of characters. Then click the Decrease Kerning button ( ) to remove space between characters or click the Increase Kerning button ( ) to add space between characters.To change paragraph alignment, click an insertion point in the paragraph you want to align, choose Title > Justify, and choose an alignment.
 Edit existing text by double-clicking text with the selection tool. Premiere changes the selection tool to the text tool so that you can select individual characters.
To stretch type:
With the selection tool, click a text object. Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag any of the object handles. The selection tool changes to a stretch tool as you drag.
Creating Titles > Creating text objects
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