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varDale_undefined
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November 19, 2018
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Font Names

  • November 19, 2018
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Hi,

Does anyone have a link to where I can see all the alias's for all fonts in the artLayers.textItem.font argument?

For example, "Arial" is "ArialMT".

Kind Regards,

Dale

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Correct answer JJMack

What font are available depends on what fonts are installed on a machine.  You can get a Font List from Photoshop.

You can see how I got the list for my scripts dialog pull-down list. Xtools has a FontList script.

It is posible for a text layer in a document to have a font that is not installed on the current machine. Also a text layer can have more than a single font in it.

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 20, 2018

What font are available depends on what fonts are installed on a machine.  You can get a Font List from Photoshop.

You can see how I got the list for my scripts dialog pull-down list. Xtools has a FontList script.

It is posible for a text layer in a document to have a font that is not installed on the current machine. Also a text layer can have more than a single font in it.

Re: how to select item into ListBox  ?

JJMack
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varDale_undefinedAuthor
Inspiring
November 20, 2018

Cheers JJ, I actually had xtools installed, so a bit embarrassing I hadn't seen that one!

V
varDale_undefinedAuthor
Inspiring
November 20, 2018

If it helps anyone, I made the log slightly more readable by changing the below code:

    fi.name       = names.getString(i) ;
    fi.postscript = psnames.getString(i);
    fi.family     = families.getString(i);
    fi.style      = styles.getString(i);

To:

    fi.name       = names.getString(i) ;
    fi.postscript = " = " + psnames.getString(i);
  //  fi.family     = families.getString(i);
  //  fi.style      = styles.getString(i);

I don't need the family or style values, so if you need these you can modify as I have for the postscript info.

Chuck Uebele
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Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 20, 2018

Create a text layer and run this script to show what it's name is:

#target photoshop
var doc = activeDocument;
alert(doc.activeLayer.textItem.font);

I don't think there is a master source to see all the fonts.

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