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title: "Bring in a headline by word"
description: "Make each word rise and fade into place while keeping the headline on one text layer."
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last_updated: 2026-10-29
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# Bring in a headline by word

Make each word rise and fade into place while keeping the headline on one text layer.

1. Press `⇧T` to choose **Text**.
2. Click the stage. A text insertion point appears.
3. Type a short headline with at least two words. Your text appears on the stage.
4. Press `esc` to finish typing.
5. Press `0` to return to the first frame.
6. Scroll over the rail (the Properties panel in After Effects or Figma) to **TEXT**.
7. Click **rise** beside **Animate**. The rail shows **Animate text** and its controls.
8. Click **word** beside **By**. The effect now moves each word together.
9. Press `space`. The words rise and fade in one after another.

![Animate text set to move words, with its order and ending controls visible](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/assets/shots/draw-text-controls.png)

Next, change **Delay** to space the words further apart or **Duration** to slow each word's
arrival. See [Text and fonts](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/docs/layers/text.md#text-controls) for all the controls.

Watch: [Animate text](https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/animate-text/).