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Change UI Font size in indesign using javascript

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October 30, 2020
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Hi All,

How ti change UI font size in indesign using javascript.

Os : MAc

Thanks

Balaji Murugesan

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Correct answer Sunil Yadav

Try this:

var dialog = new Window("dialog"); 
var statictext1 = dialog.add("statictext", undefined, undefined, {name: "statictext1"}); 
statictext1.text = "This 30 pt"; 
statictext1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Helvetica", "Bold", 30);
dialog.show();

P.S. : ScriptUI.newFont() for ScriptUI will only show effect in InDesign CC 2017 or lower. In New version is not working.

Best

Sunil

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi together,

properties like point size, font etc. do not work anymore with ScriptUI since InDesign version 9.

A long-standing bug. Never fixed.

Sunil's code with InDesign CS6 version 8.1:

The same code with e.g. InDesign 2021:

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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Jeffosaure

Known Participant

Same isue with Illustrator

Why ?????

L

Laubender

Community Expert

Hi @Jeffosaure ,

it's a bug with ScriptUI. So this happens in all products that utilize ScriptUI.

Among them InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop…

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

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Dirk Becker

Legend

Please stop cross-posting to unrelated forum "topics" (former sub-forums) - any but "Scripting" in this case.

Balaji MurugesanAuthor

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Hi Dirk,

I cant understand this...

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brian_p_dts

Community Expert

You tagged this post with the following categories:

Activation billing and install, Bug, EPUB, Feature request, How to, Import and export, InCopy workflow, Performance, Scripting, SDK, Server developers, Sync and storage, Type

He's saying don't overtag your posts with irrelevant topics. Tags are how users search for useful information on these forums, and this post is not relevant to "Activation, billing and install", for example.

Sunil YadavCorrect answer

Legend

Try this:

var dialog = new Window("dialog"); 
var statictext1 = dialog.add("statictext", undefined, undefined, {name: "statictext1"}); 
statictext1.text = "This 30 pt"; 
statictext1.graphics.font = ScriptUI.newFont("Helvetica", "Bold", 30);
dialog.show();

P.S. : ScriptUI.newFont() for ScriptUI will only show effect in InDesign CC 2017 or lower. In New version is not working.

Best

Sunil

brian_p_dts

Community Expert

For the script UI, Page 81 of Peter Kahrel's Scripting UI for Dummies discusses this in detail:

https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/scriptui.html

There is no option for the regular InDesign interface.

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