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Mohamed Hameed21513110
Mohamed Hameed21513110
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August 2, 2023
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Preserve the size and colors of the letters when changing the font

  • August 2, 2023
  • 2 replies
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Hello guys and experienced people
I really hope you help me

After suffering and searching, I found some lines and modified them until I reached this script, but I only want a slight modification to it

When I change the font of a text layer with colored letters to another font, the color of the entire text is changed to Solid Color

I just want to modify the font to be changed while preserving the color of the letters of the text layer

 

The problem that appears with me when using the code

 

 

 

 

 

try {

var fpsname = "DINNextLTArabic-Heavy";
var fn="DIN Next LT Arabic"
var fnst= "Heavy"

var txt = activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.contents; // "blablablabla Sport blablablabla sport blablabla Sports";
var AC = activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.contents;

activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.contents = activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.contents; 
    color = activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.color;  

var domTextSize = activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.size;
domTextSize = Math.round(domTextSize*100)/100;


var substr = txt
if (substr)
    {
    var idx = [];
    var i = -1;
    while (1)
        {
        i = txt.indexOf(substr, i+1);
        if (i < 0) break;
        idx.push(i);
        }
    var len = substr.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < idx.length; i++)
        set_text_style(idx[i], substr.length,domTextSize , color, fpsname)
    }
function set_text_style(from, len, size, color, fname)
    {
    try {
        var d = new ActionDescriptor();
        var r = new ActionReference();
        r.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("textLayer"), stringIDToTypeID("ordinal"), stringIDToTypeID("targetEnum"));
        d.putReference(stringIDToTypeID("null"), r);
        var d1 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var list1 = new ActionList();
        var d2 = new ActionDescriptor();
        d2.putInteger(stringIDToTypeID("from"), from);
        d2.putInteger(stringIDToTypeID("to"), from+len);
        var d3 = new ActionDescriptor();
            d3.putUnitDouble(stringIDToTypeID("size"), stringIDToTypeID("pointsUnit"), domTextSize);
            d3.putString(stringIDToTypeID("fontPostScriptName"), fpsname);
            d3.putString(stringIDToTypeID("fontName"), fn);
            d3.putString(stringIDToTypeID("fontStyleName"), fnst);
            //d3.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("textLanguage"), stringIDToTypeID("textLanguage"), stringIDToTypeID("englishLanguage"));
            d3.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("textantiAliasMethod"), stringIDToTypeID("textantiAliasMethod"), stringIDToTypeID("SMOOTH"));
            d3.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("digitSet"), stringIDToTypeID("digitSet"), stringIDToTypeID("HindiDigits"));
            
           if (color != undefined)
            {
            var d4 = new ActionDescriptor();
            d4.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID("red"),   color.rgb.red);
            d4.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID("green"), color.rgb.green);
            d4.putDouble(stringIDToTypeID("blue"),  color.rgb.blue);
            d3.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("color"), stringIDToTypeID("RGBColor"), d4);
            }
        d2.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("textStyle"), stringIDToTypeID("textStyle"), d3);
        list1.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("textStyleRange"), d2);
        d1.putList(stringIDToTypeID("textStyleRange"), list1);
        d.putObject(stringIDToTypeID("to"), stringIDToTypeID("textLayer"), d1);
        executeAction(stringIDToTypeID("set"), d, DialogModes.NO);
        }

    catch (e) { throw(e); } 
    }

} catch (e) { alert(e); }

 

 

 

 

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

    @c.pfaffenbichler 

    Thank you for your interest, sir
    - What is the difference between these lines that you added and what I added to the text?
    I make a definition

    var fpsname = "Traditional Arabic";
var fn="Al-Kharashi 36"
var fnst = "regular"

     

     

    Then I added them inside the font change script

    var desc14 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc14. putInteger(idFrom, m );
desc14. putInteger( idT, m+1 );
var desc15 = new ActionDescriptor();
var desc15 = thisStyleRange;
//var aRandomFont = newFonts[Math. floor(Math. random()*3)];
desc15. putString(stringIDToTypeID("fontPostScriptName"), fpsname);
desc15. putString(stringIDToTypeID("fontName"), fn);
desc15. putString(stringIDToTypeID("fontStyleName"), fnst);
desc15.putEnumerated(stringIDToTypeID("digitSet"), stringIDToTypeID("digitSet"), stringIDToTypeID("HindiDigits"));
// desc15. putString( stringIDToTypeID( "fontPostScriptName") , aRandomFont);
desc14. putObject( idTxtS, idTxtS, desc15 );
list2. putObject( idTxtt, desc14 );
};

     


    Sorry, I hadn’t checked your code fully because it doesn’t do anything here. 

    I had reverted to the original code from the other thread, changed that and the font appears to be applied to the space character.

    So the issue might be that none of the characters in that type layer (except the space) exist in the new font. 

    // 2023, use it at your own risk;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
//////////////////
try {
var theFonts = new Array;
var theStyleRanges = new Array;
// get font of active layer;
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID("Lyr "), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") ); 
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var layerSet = typeIDToStringID(layerDesc.getEnumerationValue(stringIDToTypeID("layerSection")));
var isBackground = layerDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("background"));
var theName = layerDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('name'));
// if not layer group collect values;
if (layerSet != "layerSectionEnd" && layerSet != "layerSectionStart" && isBackground != true) {
var hasText = layerDesc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID("textKey"));
if (hasText == true) {
var textDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
var theText = textDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
//var shapeList = textDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('textShape'));
var paragraphRangeList = textDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('paragraphStyleRange'));
var kernRange = textDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('kerningRange'));
var rangeList = textDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('textStyleRange'));
// process the list;
for (var o = 0; o < rangeList.count; o++) {
var thisList = rangeList.getObjectValue(o);
var theFrom = thisList.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('from'));
var theTo = thisList.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID('to'));
var styleDesc = thisList.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textStyle'));
var aSize = styleDesc.getUnitDoubleValue(charIDToTypeID( "Sz  " ));
// check for default font;
if (styleDesc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('fontPostScriptName')) == true) {var aFont = styleDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('fontPostScriptName'))}
else {
	var theDefault = styleDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('baseParentStyle'));	
	var aFont = theDefault.getString(stringIDToTypeID('fontPostScriptName'));
	};
if (styleDesc.hasKey(stringIDToTypeID('impliedFontSize')) == true) {var aFont = styleDesc.getString(stringIDToTypeID('fontPostScriptName'))}
// add to array;
//////////////////
if (o == 0) {
    theFonts.push([aFont, aSize, theFrom, theTo]);
    theStyleRanges.push(thisList.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textStyle')));
    };
if (o > 0 && theFrom != theFonts[theFonts.length - 1][2] /*&& theTo != theFonts[theFonts.length - 1][3]*/) {
theFonts.push([aFont, aSize, theFrom, theTo]);
theStyleRanges.push(thisList.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textStyle')));
};
//////////////////
}
}
};
//alert (theFonts.length+"\n"+theFonts.join("\n"));
// the replacement-fonts array;
var anIndex = 0;
// change text;
// =======================================================
var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
var idTxtt = charIDToTypeID( "Txtt" );
var idFrom = charIDToTypeID( "From" );
var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );
var idTxtS = charIDToTypeID( "TxtS" );
var idTxLr = charIDToTypeID( "TxLr" );
var idTxt = charIDToTypeID( "Txt " );
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
    var desc6 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref1 = new ActionReference();
        ref1.putEnumerated( idTxLr, charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" ), charIDToTypeID( "Trgt"  ));
    desc6.putReference( idnull, ref1 );
        var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();
        desc7.putString( idTxt, theText );
            var list2 = new ActionList();
//////////////////
// define each letter individually;
var theIndex = 0;
var thisStyleRange = theStyleRanges[theIndex];
var thisFont = theFonts[theIndex];
for (var m = 0; m < theText.length; m++) {
// check for relevant style range;
    if (m == thisFont[3]) {
        theIndex++;
        var thisStyleRange = theStyleRanges[theIndex];
        var thisFont = theFonts[theIndex];
        };
// apply style range but change font;
    var desc14 = new ActionDescriptor();
    desc14.putInteger( idFrom, m );
    desc14.putInteger( idT, m+1 );
        var desc15 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var desc15 = thisStyleRange;
        desc15.putString( stringIDToTypeID( "fontPostScriptName" ), "Traditional-Arabic");
        desc15.putString( stringIDToTypeID( "fontName" ), "Al-Kharashi 36");
    desc14.putObject( idTxtS, idTxtS, desc15 );
    list2.putObject( idTxtt, desc14 );
    };
//////////////////
var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();
var list3 = new ActionList();
    for (var n = kernRange.count-1; n >= 0; n--) {
        var thisOne = kernRange.getObjectValue(n);
        var desc15 = new ActionDescriptor();
        desc15.putInteger( idFrom, thisOne.getInteger(charIDToTypeID("From")) );
        desc15.putInteger( idT, thisOne.getInteger(charIDToTypeID( "T   " )) );
        desc15.putInteger( charIDToTypeID( "Krng" ), thisOne.getInteger(stringIDToTypeID("kerning")));
        list3.putObject( stringIDToTypeID( "kerningRange"),  desc15);
        };
        desc7.putList( idTxtt, list2 );
        desc7.putList( stringIDToTypeID( "kerningRange"), list3);
    desc6.putObject( idT, idTxLr, desc7 );
executeAction( idsetd, desc6, DialogModes.NO );
}
catch (e) {};
};

     

    2 replies

    c.pfaffenbichler
    Community Expert
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 3, 2023

    The Script in this thread

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/change-each-letter-in-a-text-layer-to-have-a-random-font-from-set-list-with-a-script/m-p/12926386#M641937

    would apply a random one from an Array of fonts to a Type Layer; if you are willing to do the work it should be able to serve as an example for changing one property of individual letters while maintaining some other. 

      Mohamed Hameed21513110
      Mohamed Hameed21513110Author
      Inspiring
      August 3, 2023

      @c.pfaffenbichler 

      Thank you very much sir, you did a very great job and helped me solve a problem that I searched for a lot
      But you have helped me wonderfully. Thank you again

        c.pfaffenbichler
        Community Expert
        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 3, 2023

        You’re welcome! 

        Derek Cross
        Community Expert
        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 2, 2023

        Create a Character Style.

          Mohamed Hameed21513110
          Mohamed Hameed21513110Author
          Inspiring
          August 2, 2023

          @Derek Cross 

          How can I do that
          I do not understand very well the language of codes
          I rely on simple knowledge to take some lines and modify them to suit me in my personal work

          Derek Cross
          Community Expert
          Derek CrossCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          August 2, 2023

          Actually, you just need to create the text once then duplicate it, then you can change the font and it still retains the colours.

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