-
After Effects
Font Manager
Brand new way to work with animated typefaces. Create and write in a few clicks.
Unlock special upgrade price
Please log in to see if you qualify for upgrade pricing (see upgrade notice below).
-
Trial
-
EULAEND USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
This software ("the Software Product") and accompanying documentation is licensed and not sold. This Software Product is protected by copyright laws and treaties, as well as laws and treaties related to other forms of intellectual property. The author owns intellectual property rights in the Software Product. The Licensee's ("you" or "your") license to download, use, copy, or change the Software Product is subject to these rights and to all the terms and conditions of this End User License Agreement ("Agreement").
Acceptance
YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BY SELECTING THE "ACCEPT" OPTION AND DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT OR BY INSTALLING, USING, OR COPYING THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. YOU MUST AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MUST SELECT "DECLINE" AND YOU MUST NOT INSTALL, USE, OR COPY THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.License Grant
This Agreement entitles you to install and use one copy of the Software Product. In addition, you may make one archival copy of the Software Product. The archival copy must be on a storage medium other than a hard drive, and may only be used for the reinstallation of the Software Product. This Agreement does not permit the installation or use of multiple copies of the Software Product, or the installation of the Software Product on more than one computer at any given time, on a system that allows shared used of applications, on a multi-user network, or on any configuration or system of computers that allows multiple users. Multiple copy use or installation is only allowed if you obtain an appropriate licensing agreement for each user and each copy of the Software Product.Restrictions on Transfer
Without first obtaining the express written consent of the author, you may not assign your rights and obligations under this Agreement, or redistribute, encumber, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer your rights to the Software Product.Restrictions on Use
You may not use, copy, or install the Software Product on any system with more than one computer, or permit the use, copying, or installation of the Software Product by more than one user or on more than one computer. If you hold multiple, validly licensed copies, you may not use, copy, or install the Software Product on any system with more than the number of computers permitted by license, or permit the use, copying, or installation by more users, or on more computers than the number permitted by license.You may not decompile, "reverse-engineer", disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software Product.
Restrictions on Alteration
You may not modify the Software Product or create any derivative work of the Software Product or its accompanying documentation. Derivative works include but are not limited to translations. You may not alter any files or libraries in any portion of the Software Product.Restrictions on Copying
You may not copy any part of the Software Product except to the extent that licensed use inherently demands the creation of a temporary copy stored in computer memory and not permanently affixed on storage medium. You may make one archival copy which must be stored on a medium other than a computer hard drive.Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY AGREED TO IN WRITING BY THE AUTHOR, THE AUTHOR MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE LIMITED WARRANTY DOCUMENTS PROVIDED WITH THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT.The author makes no warranty that the Software Product will meet your requirements or operate under your specific conditions of use. The author makes no warranty that operation of the Software Product will be secure, error free, or free from interruption. YOU MUST DETERMINE WHETHER THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT SUFFICIENTLY MEETS YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURITY AND UNINTERRUPTABILITY. YOU BEAR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS INCURRED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT TO MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OF DATA ON ANY COMPUTER OR INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE AUTHOR, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS OR LOSS OF BUSINESS) RESULTING FROM THIS AGREEMENT, OR FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION, OR USE OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT, WHETHER DUE TO A BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF WARRANTY, OR THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE AUTHOR OR ANY OTHER PARTY, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR IS ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICABLE JURISDICTION LIMITS THE AUTHOR'S ABILITY TO DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL BE EFFECTIVE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED.
Limitation of Remedies and Damages
Any claim must be made within the applicable warranty period. All warranties cover only defects arising under normal use and do not include malfunctions or failure resulting from misuse, abuse, neglect, alteration, problems with electrical power, acts of nature, unusual temperatures or humidity, improper installation, or damage determined by the author to have been caused by you. All limited warranties on the Software Product are granted only to you and are non-transferable. You agree to indemnify and hold the author harmless from all claims, judgments, liabilities, expenses, or costs arising from your breach of this Agreement and/or acts or omissions.Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Costs
This Agreement is governed by the laws of New York, without regard to New York's conflict or choice of law provisions.Severability
If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. To the extent any express or implied restrictions are not permitted by applicable laws, these express or implied restrictions shall remain in force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by such applicable laws.Updated: Oct 21, 2025 1:35 AM

A BRAND NEW WAY TO CREATE AND WORK WITH ANIMATED TYPEFACES
Font Manager makes setting up and using Animated Typefaces fast and easy.

FAMILIAR INTERFACE
Font Manager's UI should be very familiar to anyone used to the After Effects Character panel so you can dive in without having to read a manual.

SUPPORTS KERNING AND METRICS
Automatically analyses and applies kerning and metrics. You don't have to adjust layers manually.

MULTILINE AND TEXT ALIGNMENT
Yes! Finally!

ONE CLICK TO CREATE A FULL TYPEFACE
Generate shape or solid layers for each character, create/copy the animation and sort them into comps. By the way, you can customize glyphs sets.

UNIQUE PARENTING FUNCTION
Select the properties you want to parent and Font Manager will do the rest! Inside all glyphs! You can find the properties by name and batch parent or add expressions to them.

SUPER EASY CONTROLLER
Manage all characters within one layer or manage each character separately.

QUICK START ASSISTANT
Will guide you through the whole process in a matter of minutes (or even seconds) so you won't miss anything.

LOTS OF ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
Everything you might need to setup and use an animated typeface such as:
Offset layers in time
Change layer order
Toggle parenting
Demo all glyphs
Easy navigation
and more.

WORKS NATIVELY WITH JSX TYPEFACES
JSX typefaces are a fantastic new light-weight format for animated typefaces the seamlessly integrate with Font Manager. Checkout our constantly growing library of JSX typefaces.

WORD A WEEK
A word, a week is year-long creative exploration help by Animography. They invite a new artist or studio for each week of 2018 to create a loop with our animated typefaces using animated typefaces and Font Manager. An opportunity to see how the people we admire put our products. Checkout the project here
FAQ:
Can I use FontManager with Animography typefaces?
Sure. They are 100% compatible. Just make sure that you have the latest version downloaded.
Does it work with Arabic or Hebrew Right to Left languages?
Yes, Font Manager now supports the TypeMonkey Text Modifiers.
VIDEO TUTORIALS
Please check out the VIDEOS tab above
Videos used in the presentation:
Lissajous Typeface Animated by Rocco Natale
algoriddim by Mario Brauer
Typeface Animation Design by HUTE DICH
Higher Animated Typeface by Yury Iliadi
국립 한글 박물관 by YOONDESIGN
머리정체2S NAVY _Animated Font by YOONDESIGN
Enigma by Bobby Voeten
Discussions
Want to talk about it?
Head over to r/aescripts to chat with fellow users about this product.
Need Support?
Please open a support ticket to be connected directly with the author of this product
Version History
2.1 -
Nov 21, 2023
- The "Custom code" feature allows to run custom script after the creation of words
[FIXED]
- Text auto-scaling when using the "Demo all glyphs" function
- UI borders
- Minor fixes
2.0.1 -
Feb 28, 2021
1. Controllers were not parented during the use of the "Precompose type" function
2. Wrong start time of the precomp and layers
2.0 -
Oct 8, 2020
1. Refined UI. Rebuild from scratch.
2. New "Mark Controller expressions" function. Use it to add support of precomps for your typefaces.
3. New parent expressions behavior.
4. Changed installation folder for JSX typefaces to "My Documents\FMTypefaces"
[FIXED]
1. Settings now support Unicode.
2. Correct comp's BG color while using the "Layers To Comps" function.
3. A lot of small fixes and improvements
1.6.9.5 -
Apr 27, 2019
- Bug with "Unable to execute script at line 136. undefined is not an object."
1.6.9 -
Feb 18, 2019
- You can now precompose your type automatically
[FIXED]
- Bug with setDate
1.6.8 -
Nov 21, 2018
- Added alert when user required to select the new typeface from the dropdown while creating new typeface
- Support bitcoin symbol
[FIXED]
- Lots of bugfixes
1.6.7 -
Jul 13, 2018
- Integration with AEViewer. You can now select the animated JSX typeface in AEViewer and with a double click, it will automatically be selected under the Fonts menu.
[FIXED]
- No more freezing AE on start
1.6.5 -
Jun 11, 2018
- Added ability to specify the constant version of the character
- Added two options under the Settings menu "Typesetting controls" and "Timing Controls"
[FIXED]
- Error at line136
1.6.1 -
May 13, 2018
- Updated the guide with JSX typefaces installation
1.6 -
Mar 19, 2018
- Added a few languages to the language sets
- Fixed keyframes on the type Controller
- Fixed issues with jsx framework, when FM didn't pick up the built characters
1.5.1 -
Feb 21, 2018
1.5 -
Feb 19, 2018
- New typefaces sorting. Now imported fonts will be at the top of drop-down menu
- Improved UI for creating new typeface template and typeface layers and some other parts
- Fixed parented properties offset
- Fixed wrong number naming of the compositions
- Fixed time-remap keyframes
- Fixed "Can't find Metrics" error
- Fixed bug when "Parent Properties" window didn't open after adding the Kerning and Metrics
- Fixed lots of "Undo" bugs
1.044 -
Oct 12, 2017
1.043 -
Oct 9, 2017
- Faster creation of the words
- Character versions and terminals support
- Full Unicode support
- Info button for typefaces
- Offline font converter (beta)
- Properly vertically aligned multi-lined texts
- Added Korean charset
- Fixed bug with the wrong size when typed only one character
- Fixed error "Could not create outlines from selected characters
1.042 -
May 16, 2017
- Support of parenting inside precomps
- Full support of Animography typefaces
1.041 -
May 13, 2017
- Few bug fixes related to metrics
1.04 -
May 8, 2017
- Added support for Japanese, Greek, Russian
- Customizable characters sets
1.03 -
May 7, 2017
1.01 -
Apr 30, 2017
- Fixed "Error during parsing" error
- Other minor bug fixes
1.0 -
Mar 14, 2017
Compatibility
After Effects
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014