reconnecting expanded script

Hi @Robin233487402z9x , What script font are you using? If the text’s paragraph has been justified or tracked you might get gaps. For a single pair, you can put your cursor between the letters and reduce the Kerning or Tracking:

What do you mean expanded? Increased letter spacing?

If you only need to expand the text a small amount you should try scaling the glyphs instead of changing the spacing. Script fonts are generally pretty rigidly designed for a specific spacing.

Maybe by copying and pasting the expoanded characters in a new TextFrame?

var doc = app.activeDocument;
// You can use an easy to find style for expanded words
var expandedStyle = doc.paragraphStyles.item('expanded');
// Find your expanded letters
var findOptions = {
    includeHiddenLayers: true,
    includeLockedLayersForFind: true,
    includeLockedStoriesForFind: true,
    includeHiddenLayers: true,
    appliedTo: Document,
};
app.findGrepPreferences = null;
app.findGrepPreferences.properties = findOptions;
app.findGrepPreferences.appliedParagraphStyle = expandedStyle;
app.findGrepPreferences.findWhat = /^[^\r\s]/.source;
var expanded = doc.findGrep();
// Create the container of your new word
var newFrame = doc.pages[0].textFrames.add({
    geometricBounds: ['50pt', '50pt', '100pt', '150pt'],
});
// Iterate through your expanded letters
for (var i = expanded.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    var expandedChar = expanded[i];
    if (
        expandedChar &&
        expandedChar.isValid &&
        expandedChar.constructor.name === 'Character'
    ) {
        // If they are valid letters just copy and paste
        expandedChar.select();
        app.copy();
        newFrame.insertionPoints[0].select();
        app.paste();
    }
}