Using the Transform Glyph tool
The Transform Glyph tool allows us to adjust the individual characters of our text with ease and precision directly in the Canvas. Combine it with the Sequence Text behavior and we can make our animations come to life by dragging our text to where we want it to start.
Getting ready
Double-click on the 05_07 project from the exercise folder for this chapter folder. Play back the animation. This project consists of an animated alarm clock and some text.
How to do it...
We're going to begin by changing the size of a few characters.
Underneath the Selection tool, select the Transform Glyph tool as shown in the following screenshot:
Press F7 to bring up the HUD. Click on the letter M in the Canvas. Adjust its scale in the HUD to around
190, as shown in the following screenshot. Option + click to the left and right of the slider to increase the size by one. Repeat this step for the letter R:
Select Ring the Alarm in the Layers tab. Go to the gear icon to the right of the...
