»Touch-Type« batch processing with random feature?

[Klаus]

Hi there!

Would you know of a way to apply »Touch-Type« to more than one character at a time, let’s say to a whole line? In order to give some random degree of deviation of position, size, rotation and shape proportions to all its characters? May be there’s some plugin out there able to do that?

Thanks –
Klaus

[Tom Winkelmann]

You can take a look at TextTweaker...

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnwun/js4ai/master/textTweaker.js

[Ton Frederiks]

TextTweaker sounds good.

You can also convert text to outlines, ungroup and use Object > Transform > Transform Each with Random checked.

Or before Transform Each, split the text to keep it as live text with a script from Carlos Canto:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/how-to-divide-all-textframes-in-one-character-per-textfra...

[Klаus]

Found the handling of TextTweaker a bit confusing. Besides: It would take several »runs«, right?

Will try Ton’s/Carlos-Canto suggestion next.

[Klаus]

That Carlos-Canto-Script doesn’t work for me, prompts me an error message 😞

[Ton Frederiks]

Did you select text with the arrow selection tool?

[Klаus]

Guess so, yes.

[Ton Frederiks]

I don't get that error message, just a sinhle line with all the characters pushed togeter.

The script seems to work with single lines only.

You could try Type > Create Outlines

Ungroup

Use the Transform Each with the Random option