Why can't I get the font with this code in Photoshop 2021, while I can retrieve the font in other ve

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October 4, 2024
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alert(app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.font);

When my text layer uses the font: Adobe Heiti Std, I want to retrieve the property as: AdobeHeitiStd-Regular using this code. However, on some systems, it cannot be retrieved and shows that the text property cannot be obtained. The version being used is PS 2021. Do you have any solutions for this?

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Correct answer Stephen Marsh

What about this?

var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
var textDesc = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
var fontName = textDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('textStyleRange')).getObjectValue(0).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textStyle')).getString(stringIDToTypeID('fontPostScriptName'));
alert(fontName);

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Can you provide a sample-file?

If the result is faulty only on some stations I am not sure the problem can be isolated except on those stations.

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w30290083o9nnAuthor

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When I use the font: Adobe Heiti Std, and type text in the image, the code will prompt that it cannot retrieve the text attributes. However, when I use a different font and then switch to Adobe Heiti Std, I can retrieve the text attributes.

Untitled-1.zip

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

I'm not in front of Photoshop to test, but what do you get with:

font.postscriptName

// or perhaps

font.postScriptName

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w30290083o9nnAuthor

Known Participant

The result I received is: undefined

Stephen Marsh

Correct answer

Community Expert

What about this?

var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putProperty(charIDToTypeID('Prpr'), stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
ref.putEnumerated(charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt'));
var textDesc = executeActionGet(ref).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textKey'));
var fontName = textDesc.getList(stringIDToTypeID('textStyleRange')).getObjectValue(0).getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('textStyle')).getString(stringIDToTypeID('fontPostScriptName'));
alert(fontName);