[JS] Setting font of a textRange

[moniuch]

Hi

In Ai CS3, I am trying to set the font of an entire textFrame, using this type of syntax:

newFrame.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont.family = "Arial";

Either using 'family' or 'name', this produces no result whatsoever.
Anyone willing to shed light on me - why?

Cheerz,
Art

[Larry G. Schneider]

characterAttributes is Read Only according to the JS Reference.

[moniuch]

Hm...

If so, then what is the trick to set a font of a frame or a text range?

I have also tried a looped statement like this:
newFrame.textRange.character.characterAttributes.textFont.family = "Arial";

This produces no result either. :(
Artur

[JETalmage]

See the example given in the textFont object section of the CS3 Javascript Reference. Copy that script and run it. Then, change:

textArtRange = app.activeDocument.textFrames.textRange;

to:

textArtRange = app.activeDocument.textFrames.characters[0];

and run it again.

Then change:

textArtRange.characterAttributes.textFont = app.textFonts[0];

to:

textArtRange.characterAttributes.textFont = app.textFonts.getByName("Verdana");

and run it again.

You cannot always trust the name that is displayed in AI's font menu as the actual name of the font. For example, on my machine, the font listed as "Arial" is actually named "ArialMT".

JET

[moniuch]

Noooow you got me working :)
Thank you. Indeed, the font names got fancy sometimes.