How to Count Characters in a Line

[lvoer]

How would you go about counting the number of characters in a line?

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For example, the first line has 19 characters and the second line has 15 characters.

[Monika Gause]

Illustrator doesn't have such a function. So unless there is a script ...

In InDesign you can do this.

[Jacob Bugge]

lvoer,

You can also copy each line (or whichever amount of text) into a new word processor document and see it in the File>Properties.

[CarlosCanto]

try the script in this post

Re: word-count in illustrator?

[tromboniator]

Hi, Carlos,

The script isn't working for me with my current configuration:

MacOS 10.14.3

Illustrator 23.0.2

Peter

[CarlosCanto]

Hi Peter, sorry about that, please download again, I fixed it.

thanks for letting me know.

[tromboniator]

Thanks, Carlos. I was going to send you some pristine Alaskan sunshine for one of those rare moments you might need it, but…I missed my moment.

[CarlosCanto]

my pleasure Peter, it's never too late

[jane-e]

lvoer  wrote

How would you go about counting the number of characters in a line?

This would be a great feature request and it can be made here:

Adobe Illustrator Feedback

In InDesign you can use the Info panel and click to get a word count of the entire story or select to get a word count of the selection. I would see this working about the same way if it were implemented in Illustrator.