Questions asking: "Multiple Text Styles on a Single Text Layer", "How can I bold inline words?" or "how do I use Essential Graphics and allow some words to be bold?" come up a lot on the forums and it's a bit tricky. Thanks to After Effects 2025, we can now (finally) use expressions to set Per Character styling.
Back in 2023, I made a video showing how to fake bold text using Text Animators and while it was a good enough solution for most people, sometimes you just need the real thing. So in this video, I break down how to use the new expression, then I add some slider controls to make it easier to adjust. And finally, I share my latest work in progress which allows to you select words instead of characters.
