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November 29, 2017 01:24
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List all available fonts in Adobe Illustrator using example text. I use it for testing how words look in all my fonts.
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// script.name = fontList.jsx; | |
// script.description = creates a document and makes a list of all fonts seen by Illustrator; | |
// script.requirements = none; // runs on CS4 and newer; | |
// script.parent = eboney // 11/28/2017; | |
// script.elegant = false; | |
#target illustrator | |
#targetengine main | |
var edgeSpacing = 10; | |
var columnSpacing = 195; | |
var docPreset = new DocumentPreset; | |
docPreset.width = 800; | |
docPreset.height = 600; | |
var idoc = documents.addDocument(DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, docPreset); | |
var x = edgeSpacing; | |
var yyy = (idoc.height - edgeSpacing); | |
var fontCount = textFonts.length; | |
var col = 1; | |
var ABcount = 1; | |
var filterList = [ | |
"\-Light", | |
"\-Italic", | |
"\-Condensed", | |
"\-Medium", | |
"\-Bold", | |
"\-Black", | |
"\-Book", | |
"\-Heavy", | |
"\-UltraLight", | |
"\-Oblique", | |
"\-Thin", | |
"Hebrew", | |
"Braille", | |
"Algeria", | |
"Arabic", | |
"Hiragino", | |
"PingFang", | |
"Wingding" | |
]; | |
var content = prompt("Enter Sample Text (or empty for font names)", "", "Font List"); | |
var prevFontName = ""; | |
for (var i = 0; i < fontCount; i++) { | |
var sFontName = textFonts[i].name; | |
if (new RegExp(filterList.join("|")).test(sFontName)) { | |
$.writeln('-------> ' + sFontName); | |
continue; | |
// At least one match | |
} | |
var splitname = sFontName.split('-'); | |
if (splitname.length ==1 ) { | |
$.writeln(splitname[0] + ' ('+sFontName+')'); | |
} else if (splitname[1] !== "Regular" ) { | |
$.writeln('-------> ' + sFontName); | |
} else { | |
$.writeln(sFontName); | |
} | |
//continue; | |
var itext = idoc.textFrames.add(); | |
itext.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 12; | |
if (content.length > 0) { | |
itext.contents = content; | |
} else { | |
itext.contents = sFontName.replace('-Regular',''); | |
} | |
//$.writeln(yyy); | |
itext.top = yyy; | |
itext.left = x; | |
itext.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = textFonts.getByName(textFonts[i].name); | |
// check wether the text frame will go off the bottom edge of the document | |
if ((yyy -= (itext.height)) <= 20) { | |
yyy = (idoc.height - edgeSpacing); | |
x += columnSpacing; | |
col++; | |
if (col > 4) { | |
var ab = idoc.artboards[ABcount - 1].artboardRect; | |
var abtop = ab[1]; | |
var ableft = ab[0]; | |
var abright = ab[2]; | |
var abbottom = ab[3]; | |
var ntop = abtop; | |
var nleft = abright + edgeSpacing; | |
var nbottom = abbottom; | |
var nright = abright - ableft + nleft; | |
var abRect = [nleft, ntop, nright, nbottom]; | |
var newAb = idoc.artboards.add(abRect); | |
x = nleft + edgeSpacing; | |
ABcount++; | |
col = 1; | |
} | |
} | |
//else yyy-=(itext.height); | |
} |
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