Enter text in titles

When adding text to a title, you can use any font on your system, including Type 1 (PostScript®), OpenType®, and TrueType fonts. Installing Premiere Pro (and other Adobe applications) adds fonts to the shared Adobe resources.
You can insert special characters, such as the © symbol, into point text or paragraph text by copying the characters from a word processor or from the Character Map accessory (Windows only) and pasting them at the correct text location in the Titler.

Depending on the tool you choose in the Titler, you can create point text or paragraph text. When you create point text, you specify an insertion point where you want to begin typing. Typing continues on a single line unless you enable the word wrap feature, which continues the text on a new line when it reaches the edge of the title-safe area. When you create paragraph text, you specify a text box in which the text fits. The text in a text box wraps automatically within the borders of the box.

Dragging the corner handle of a point text object scales the text, whereas dragging the corner of a text box reflows the text it contains. If a text box is too small to contain the characters you type, you can resize it to reveal the hidden text. Text boxes that contain hidden characters have a plus sign (+) on the right side of the box.

You can also create path text. Instead of following a straight baseline, path text follows a curve you create.

Any kind of text can be oriented horizontally or vertically along its baseline or path.

Type text without boundaries

  1. Open the Title Tools panel.

    • To type horizontal text, click the Type tool .

    • To type vertical text, click the Vertical Type tool .

  2. In the drawing area, click where you want to begin, and then type the text.
    Note: By default, text does not wrap. To make it wrap when it reaches the title-safe margin, choose Title > Word Wrap. When Word Wrap is deselected, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to begin a new line.
  3. When you finish typing, choose the Selection tool and click outside the text box area.

Wrap text automatically

You can set the titler to wrap text within the title safe area automatically.

 Select Title > Word Wrap.

Type horizontal or vertical text in a text box

  1. Open the Titler Tools panel.

    • To type horizontal text, click the Area Type tool .

    • To type vertical text, click the Vertical Area Type tool .

  2. In the drawing area, drag to create a text box.
  3. Type the text. The text wraps when it reaches the boundaries of the text box.
  4. When you finish typing, choose the Selection tool and click outside the text box.
    Note: Resizing the text box created with the Area Type tool or the Vertical Area Type tool resizes only the visible area of the box; the text remains the same size.

Copy text from other applications

You can copy text from other applications and paste them into the Titler in Premiere Pro.

  1. In the other application, select text and use the Copy command to copy it.
  2. In Premiere Pro, open the Titler, then select Edit > Paste to paste the text into a title.

If the text is copied from another Adobe application, many of the attributes set in that application will be transferred to the text in the Titler. For more information, see Copy text objects to other applications.

Type text along a path

  1. In the Titler, click the Path Type tool or the Vertical Path Type tool . Using the path type tools is similar to drawing with Pen Tool.
  2. In the drawing area, click where you want the text to begin.
  3. Click or drag to create a second point.
  4. Continue clicking until you create the path shape you want.
  5. Type the text. When you type, the text begins along the top or right edge of the path. If necessary, adjust the path by dragging the object anchor points.
    Note: Resizing the text box created in this mode resizes only the visible area; the text remains the same size.
  6. When you finish, choose the Selection tool and click outside the text box.

Edit and select text

 Using the Selection tool, double-click the text at the point you want to edit or begin a selection. The tool changes to the Type tool, and a cursor indicates the insertion point.

  • To move the insertion point, click between characters or use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys.

  • To select a single character or group of contiguous characters, drag from the insertion point cursor to highlight the characters.

You can format selected text using controls in the Titler main panel, the Title Properties panel, or menu commands. To format an entire text or graphic object, click the object and then modify its properties.