5 More Essential Type Effects in After Effects by Ben Marriot
Roughen Edges Effect
Border is “depth” of “dents”
Add time expression to add boiling animation
Duplicate and edit settings to add more visual interest
Typewriter
You can use toggle hold keyframes to full words appear on screen (easier than having multiple text layers)
Write-On
Animated start/end of stroke
Blur Background
Create layer, add blur effect
Repeat Edge pixels to prevent weirdness on edges
Apply masks to further separate BG from text, feather edges to hide it or add stroke to highlight it
Text Tracking
Add 3d Camera tracker to analyze for reference points
Right click on point where you want text and Create Text and Camera
Edit 3d position, scale, etc.