<p>Could be a text encoding problem. Is the original text using the Latin alphabet, or something more complex (accents, cedillas, or right to left languages)? If not, maybe try copying the text into a plaintext editor (like Notepad on a PC or TextEdit on the mac). Then copy it again, and paste back into AE? I haven't tried the premiere import yet, so these are guesses...</p>

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2014-11-05T21:29:42.677Z
2014-11-05T21:29:42.677Z
tomh
<p>Upon importing the template composition, the layout get successfully imported, however the text is changed to random exotic characters. Why?</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SKdED.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2014-11-05T17:33:30.773Z
It's worth pointing out that it also looks like the kerning got screwed up somehow as well.
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Text templates made in after effects render gibberish characters in Premiere Pro
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# Text templates made in after effects render gibberish characters in Premiere Pro

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-05)

Upon importing the template composition, the layout get successfully imported, however the text is changed to random exotic characters. Why?

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/SKdED.png)

**Tags:** premiere, after-effects

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It's worth pointing out that it also looks like the kerning got screwed up somehow as well.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-11-05. Score: 2

Could be a text encoding problem. Is the original text using the Latin alphabet, or something more complex (accents, cedillas, or right to left languages)? If not, maybe try copying the text into a plaintext editor (like Notepad on a PC or TextEdit on the mac). Then copy it again, and paste back into AE? I haven't tried the premiere import yet, so these are guesses...


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