Text mosaic

[floatuponourtears]

I'm trying to do this text mosaic effect, like there are lots of letters randomized all over the screen, then the camera kinda zoom out to reveal it's actually a picture or something made out of letters.
sorry if i'm not clear enough.


I tried filling the screen with letters, then using track matte and Per-Character 3D to create the effect, but the render times were just impossible to work with.

does anyone have any idea how to do this one?

Thanks a lot.

[floatuponourtears]

I didn't notice it's in the wrong forum, It'll be great If you could lock it.