<p>Have you tried the parameter fontSize (note the lower case at beginning and upper case in the middle?)</p>
<p><a href="https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/expressions-accessing-text-property-fontsize-from-another-layer/m-p/10727207" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/expressions-accessing-text-property-fontsize-from-another-layer/m-p/10727207</a></p>

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2022-01-26T14:01:17.007Z
The problem is isolating the font size expression on a portion of a text layer! So '#' is one size and 'mins' another. 
I don't know how to integrate it into that expression I posted.
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tomh
<p>Would it work to right-align the number text layer, make a second left-aligned text layer for &quot;min&quot; and pick whip the position to the number text layer position?</p>
<p>If you wanted a different alignment you could grab the number layer width and add that to the position so it would always be offset correctly.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/CIjsm.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/CIjsm.gif" alt="example" /></a></p>

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Thanks for your reply! I know this would work but I need expression solutions only.
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<p>I'm making a complicated watch UI with a lot of expressions linked to different values of the display.</p>
<p>As you can see from the image below, <strong>9hrs</strong> isn't bonded to an expression yet, but it's graphically correct: <strong>9</strong> and <strong>hrs</strong> have different font sizes.</p>
<p><strong>100min</strong> instead is bonded to an expression and it does disrupt the font formatting making <strong>min</strong> the same size as <strong>100</strong>.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JhFtQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JhFtQ.png" alt="screenshot" /></a></p>
<pre><code>//This is the expression
Math.round(thisComp.layer(&quot;Orange&quot;).content(&quot;Trim Paths 1&quot;).end.value.toFixed(0)) + &quot;min&quot; 
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Is there a way to tell that string that the font size for 'min' needs to be of 40px?</strong></p>
<p><strong>PLEASE, EXPRESSION ANSWERS ONLY</strong></p>
<p>Thanks!</p>

<after-effects><animation><after-effects-expressions>
AE Expression: Define FontSize
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# AE Expression: Define FontSize

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-25)

I'm making a complicated watch UI with a lot of expressions linked to different values of the display.
As you can see from the image below, 9hrs isn't bonded to an expression yet, but it's graphically correct: 9 and hrs have different font sizes.
100min instead is bonded to an expression and it does disrupt the font formatting making min the same size as 100.

//This is the expression
Math.round(thisComp.layer("Orange").content("Trim Paths 1").end.value.toFixed(0)) + "min" 

Is there a way to tell that string that the font size for 'min' needs to be of 40px?
PLEASE, EXPRESSION ANSWERS ONLY
Thanks!

**Tags:** after-effects, animation, after-effects-expressions


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-01-26. Score: 0

Have you tried the parameter fontSize (note the lower case at beginning and upper case in the middle?)

<https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects-discussions/expressions-accessing-text-property-fontsize-from-another-layer/m-p/10727207>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: The problem is isolating the font size expression on a portion of a text layer! So '#' is one size and 'mins' another.  I don't know how to integrate it into that expression I posted.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2022-05-26. Score: 0

Would it work to right-align the number text layer, make a second left-aligned text layer for "min" and pick whip the position to the number text layer position?

If you wanted a different alignment you could grab the number layer width and add that to the position so it would always be offset correctly.

[![example](https://i.sstatic.net/CIjsm.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/CIjsm.gif)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for your reply! I know this would work but I need expression solutions only.  

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