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Decrease font size of all stories by 1 or 2 points

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March 21, 2024
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone knows a script that decreases the font size of all stories by 1 or 2 points? I have lots of translated documents and the content is no longer fitting on the pages, so I could use a script 🙂

Thanks in advance for the help!
Rogerio

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Correct answer m1b

Hi @Rogerio5C09, how about this script? It aims to quite literally reduce the point size of all text and doesn't care about Paragraph or Character Styles. I would imagine that, after running script, you might go through and use the "Redefine Style" command for your main styles.

- Mark

/**
 * Reduce point size of all text in document by 1.
 * @author m1b
 * @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/decrease-font-size-of-all-stories-by-1-or-2-points/m-p/14506004
 */
function main() {

    // adjust this function to suit your needs
    function myTextAdjuster(text) {

        if (text.pointSize <= 6)
            return;

        // reduce point size by 1 point
        text.pointSize -= 1;

        /* remove auto leading */
        if (Leading.AUTO === text.leading)
            text.leading = (text.pointSize * text.autoLeading / 100);

        /* reduce leading by 2 points - only do this if you already removed auto leading! */
        text.leading -= 2;

        /* turn autoleading on and set auto value to 120% */
        // text.leading = Leading.AUTO;
        // text.autoLeading = 120;

    };

    app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;

    var everyStory = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem();

    var textStyleRanges = everyStory.paragraphs.everyItem().textStyleRanges.everyItem().getElements();

    if (
        everyStory.tables.length
        && everyStory.tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.length
    )
        textStyleRanges = textStyleRanges.concat(everyStory.tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().textStyleRanges.everyItem().getElements())

    if (everyStory.footnotes.everyItem().paragraphs.length)
        textStyleRanges = textStyleRanges.concat(everyStory.footnotes.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().textStyleRanges.everyItem().getElements());

    for (var i = textStyleRanges.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        myTextAdjuster(textStyleRanges[i]);

};
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Reduce Document Text Sizes');

Edit 2024-03-23: for clarity of idea.

Edit 2024-04-05: to possibly help with OP's error by adding a couple of checks, and also structuring so easier to edit using `myTextAdjuster` function.

Edit 2024-04-15: fixed bug in one of the predicates. Then fixed bug in the other predicate.

m1b

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi @Rogerio5C09, how about this script? It aims to quite literally reduce the point size of all text and doesn't care about Paragraph or Character Styles. I would imagine that, after running script, you might go through and use the "Redefine Style" command for your main styles.

- Mark

/**
 * Reduce point size of all text in document by 1.
 * @author m1b
 * @discussion https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/decrease-font-size-of-all-stories-by-1-or-2-points/m-p/14506004
 */
function main() {

    // adjust this function to suit your needs
    function myTextAdjuster(text) {

        if (text.pointSize <= 6)
            return;

        // reduce point size by 1 point
        text.pointSize -= 1;

        /* remove auto leading */
        if (Leading.AUTO === text.leading)
            text.leading = (text.pointSize * text.autoLeading / 100);

        /* reduce leading by 2 points - only do this if you already removed auto leading! */
        text.leading -= 2;

        /* turn autoleading on and set auto value to 120% */
        // text.leading = Leading.AUTO;
        // text.autoLeading = 120;

    };

    app.scriptPreferences.measurementUnit = MeasurementUnits.POINTS;

    var everyStory = app.activeDocument.stories.everyItem();

    var textStyleRanges = everyStory.paragraphs.everyItem().textStyleRanges.everyItem().getElements();

    if (
        everyStory.tables.length
        && everyStory.tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.length
    )
        textStyleRanges = textStyleRanges.concat(everyStory.tables.everyItem().cells.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().textStyleRanges.everyItem().getElements())

    if (everyStory.footnotes.everyItem().paragraphs.length)
        textStyleRanges = textStyleRanges.concat(everyStory.footnotes.everyItem().paragraphs.everyItem().textStyleRanges.everyItem().getElements());

    for (var i = textStyleRanges.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        myTextAdjuster(textStyleRanges[i]);

};
app.doScript(main, ScriptLanguage.JAVASCRIPT, undefined, UndoModes.ENTIRE_SCRIPT, 'Reduce Document Text Sizes');

Edit 2024-03-23: for clarity of idea.

Edit 2024-04-05: to possibly help with OP's error by adding a couple of checks, and also structuring so easier to edit using `myTextAdjuster` function.

Edit 2024-04-15: fixed bug in one of the predicates. Then fixed bug in the other predicate.

R

Rogerio5C09Author

Inspiring

Hi again @m1b! I just gave it a try, but I'm getting this error:

Also, I was wondering if it's possible to change leading as well? To AUTO leading? OR maybe we could decrease it 2 points?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Rogerio

m1b

Community Expert

Hi @m1b, the script worked just as expected. Thanks again! 🙂 I'm trying to figure out now a way to make it work on all stories, except for paragraphs with small font-size (equal or lower than 6 pt). Would it be possible by any chance?

Hi @Rogerio5C09, the simplest approach would be to add a check to the start of the `myTextAdjuster` function that bails out if the point size is too small:

// adjust this function to suit your needs
function myTextAdjuster(text) {

    if (text.pointSize <= 6)
        return;

    ...

However, this doesn't address your *exact* request, because it checks TextStyleRange objects, not Paragraph objects. This means that if a paragraph has 6pt text and 10pt text, the script will still change the 10pt to 9pt even though it won't change the 6pt to 5pt. Let me know if you meant actual paragraphs.

- Mark

C

cronban

Participant

This reduces the point size of the selection by a factor of .05 and rounds the number:

#targetengine "session";
TextContents = app.selection[0].characters;
TextLength = TextContents.length;
for (i=0; i<TextLength; i++)
{
Opera = TextContents[i].pointSize/1.05
PointSizeRound = Number(Opera.toFixed(1))
TextContents[i].pointSize = PointSizeRound;
}

Yould reduce by 1 point changing the operation:

#targetengine "session";
TextContents = app.selection[0].characters;
TextLength = TextContents.length;
for (i=0; i<TextLength; i++)
{
Opera = TextContents[i].pointSize-1
PointSizeRound = Number(Opera.toFixed(1))
TextContents[i].pointSize = PointSizeRound;
}

C

cronban

Participant

This works also if your selection contains different sizes. Each changes proportionally.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

I suppose that you use paragraph styles as never a work should be done without styles or with manual overrides, change the size in your PARAGRAPH Styles. That is the correct way.

Anantha Prabu G

Legend

@Rogerio5C09

Sample script for reducing font size by one point for specific paragraph styles.

var doc = app.activeDocument;

// Define the paragraph styles you want to modify
var paragraphStyles = ["H1", "H2"];

// Loop through each paragraph style
for (var i = 0; i < paragraphStyles.length; i++) {
    var styleName = paragraphStyles[i];
    var style = doc.paragraphStyles.itemByName(styleName);
    
    // Reduce font size by one point
    if (style.isValid) {
        var currentPointSize = style.pointSize;
        style.pointSize = currentPointSize - 1;
        alert("Font size reduced by one point for paragraph style: " + styleName);
    }
    }

Design smarter, faster, and bolder with InDesign scripting.

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Rogerio5C09Author

Inspiring

Hi @Anantha Prabu G, thanks for the script! 🙂

Is it possible to adapt it, so that it works with all stories in the document?

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

Hi @Anantha Prabu G, thanks for the script! 🙂

Is it possible to adapt it, so that it works with all stories in the document?

By @Rogerio5C09

If you've your text formatted using Paragraph Styles - it will work.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

Do all Stories have exactly the same PointSize - or each one can have different PointSize?

And WHOLE Story have exactly the same PointSize - or parts of the text withing the Story can have different sizes?

First para.

Second para.

Third para.

R

Rogerio5C09Author

Inspiring

Hi @Robert at ID-Tasker, thanks for checking!

Each story can have different PointSize and yes, parts of the text withing the Story can have different sizes.

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