Insert superscript 2 in text field Illustrator Javascript scripting

[marca12945532]

Dear All,

I've been trying to add and remove certain pieces of text based on their font and whenever I need to add a certain piece of text back into it's original place again I need to insert a superscript 2 after this text.

This is the piece of code in which I add the text back in again:

if (textGroupItem.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont.toString().toLowerCase().match(regP attern)){

                textGroupItem.textRange.characters.removeAll()

                textGroupItem.textRange.characters.add(un + " - " + sm + "m" + "²")

}

This doens't give a superscript 2 but some kind of broken token as text.

So far i've also tried:

- translatePlaceholderText("c2b2")

- "2".sup()

-  ²

- textGroupItem.textRange.characterAttributes.baselineShift = height;  <-- height = 2 but this shifts the whole text item

How can you succesfully add a supercript 2 to a group of characters?

[Ten A]

Here is a basic code of superscript.

app.selection[0].characters[1].characterAttributes.baselinePosition = FontBaselineOption.SUPERSCRIPT;

[marca12945532]

Thanks a lot for this code. I can see that the baseline position of the text item is indeed NORMALBASELINE

But if I try to execute the code last character  of the text with: textGroupItem.textRange.characters[-1]

I get that this is undefined.

Is it possible to acess this last character and change just the baseline of that character?

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi marca12945532,

unfortunately, Illustrator Scripting is a bit more complicated in this regard.

One possibility

var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
aDoc.textFrames[0].textRange.characters[aDoc.textFrames[0].textRange.characters.length-1].characterAttributes.baselinePosition = FontBaselineOption.SUPERSCRIPT;

Have fun