Installed fonts

[billgarv2007]

Hi,

I'm writing script and need it to check if a particular font is install.  Does anyone know if this is possible and how it would be done??  I can't seem to find any documentation on it.

Bill

[Dan Ebberts]

I don't know of any way currentlyt to get all the installed fonts, but if you just need to know if a font is installed, you could just set your text layer (or maybe a temporary text layer) to that font, read the font back and see if they match:

var myFontName = "xxxx";

var myComp = app.project.activeItem;

var myTextLayer = myComp.layer(1);

var mySourceText = myTextLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property("ADBE Text Document");

var myTextDoc = mySourceText.value;

myTextDoc.font = myFontName;

mySourceText.setValue(myTextDoc);

myTextDoc = mySourceText.value;

if (myTextDoc.font != myFontName) alert ("failed");

Something like that.

Dan

[billgarv2007 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your help Dan...that seems like the best solution. 

Bill

[jackaroo89]

Hello!

I needed to do a font test today.

With fontName as it is typed in the character window font dropdown, this code seems to work...

var fontName = "Times New Roman";

var fontExists = false;

try {

    ScriptUI.newFont(fontName, "REGULAR", 1);

    fontExists = true;

} catch(err) {}

if (fontExists) alert("Font exists!");

else alert("Font does not exist!");

As far as getting a list of available machine fonts, I can't seem find a solution so...help needed!

The 'newFont()' function has to look it up...so why can't we? I'm pretty sure you can for InDesign

Jack

[Byron Nash]

Is there a way to determine what the name is for a particular font installed?

[jackaroo89]

In AE, I believe it's just the string used in the font family dropdown in the character window.

So you'd have to have the font installed for testing.

Jack

[Byron Nash]

I tried that but AE just put Myriad in instead. Do you need to specify the weight as well? I'm trying to call "Helvetica Neue LT STD" for example. Do I need to write in that I also want "77 Bold Condensed" too?

[Byron Nash]

I just make a quick tweak to Dan's script snippet and had AE show me the font with it. Apparently, what I wanted is below. I'll use that trick in the future to find how AE spells the font in question.

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Script Alert

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HelveticaNeueLTStd-BdCn

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OK  

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[Dan Ebberts]

Ah, I was just getting ready to jump in. This should be all you need (assuming the text layer is layer 1):

var myTextLayer = app.project.activeItem.layer(1);

var mySourceText = myTextLayer.property("ADBE Text Properties").property("ADBE Text Document");

var myTextDoc = mySourceText.value;

alert(myTextDoc.font);

Dan