It's easy enough to add parameters to change by lifting code out of Script Listener output.
My example usage here, followed by the function as I'm using it.
var text = docRef.activeLayer.textItem.contents;
// changes font for single or double quotes (') (")
for (var l = 0; l < text.length; l++ ) {
if (text == '"' || text == "'") {
setFormatting(l, l+1, "ITC Avant Garde Gothic Std", "Bold Condensed", 120, 80, 100, 0, [255,255,255]);
}
}
function setFormatting(start, end, fontName, fontStyle, fontSize, vScale, hScale, baseline, colorArray) {
//Sanity checking: is the active layer a text layer?
if(app.activeDocument.activeLayer is ArtLayer){
var activeLayer = app.activeDocument.activeLayer;
if(activeLayer.kind == LayerKind.TEXT){
//More checking: does the text layer have content, and are start and end set to reasonable values?
if((activeLayer.textItem.contents != "")&&(start >= 0)&&(end <= activeLayer.textItem.contents.length)){
var idsetd = app.charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
var action = new ActionDescriptor();
var idnull = app.charIDToTypeID( "null" );
//The action reference specifies the active text layer.
var reference = new ActionReference();
var idTxLr = app.charIDToTypeID( "TxLr" );
var idOrdn = app.charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
var idTrgt = app.charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
reference.putEnumerated( idTxLr, idOrdn, idTrgt );
action.putReference( idnull, reference );
var idT = app.charIDToTypeID( "T " );
var textAction = new ActionDescriptor();
var idTxtt = app.charIDToTypeID( "Txtt" );
//actionList contains the sequence of formatting actions.
var actionList = new ActionList();
//textRange sets the range of characters to format.
var textRange = new ActionDescriptor();
var idFrom = app.charIDToTypeID( "From" );
textRange.putInteger( idFrom, start );
textRange.putInteger( idT, end );
var idTxtS = app.charIDToTypeID( "TxtS" );
//The "formatting" ActionDescriptor holds the formatting. It should be clear that you can
//add other attributes here--just get the relevant lines (usually 2) from the Script Listener
//output and graft them into this section.
var formatting = new ActionDescriptor();
//Font name.
var idFntN = app.charIDToTypeID( "FntN" );
formatting.putString( idFntN, fontName );
//Font style.
var idFntS = app.charIDToTypeID( "FntS" );
formatting.putString( idFntS, fontStyle );
//Font size.
var idSz = app.charIDToTypeID( "Sz " );
var idPnt = app.charIDToTypeID( "#Pnt" );
formatting.putUnitDouble( idSz, idPnt, fontSize );
//Vertical Scale
var idVrtS = charIDToTypeID( "VrtS");
formatting.putDouble( idVrtS, vScale);
//Horizontal Scale
var idHrzS = charIDToTypeID( "HrzS" );
formatting.putDouble (idHrzS, hScale);
//Vertical Baseline Height
var idBsln = charIDToTypeID( "Bsln" );
var idPxl = charIDToTypeID( "#Pxl" );
formatting.putUnitDouble( idBsln, idPxl, baseline );
//Fill color (as an RGB color).
var idClr = app.charIDToTypeID( "Clr " );
var colorAction = new ActionDescriptor();
var idRd = app.charIDToTypeID( "Rd " );
colorAction.putDouble( idRd, colorArray[0] );
var idGrn = app.charIDToTypeID( "Grn " );
colorAction.putDouble( idGrn, colorArray[1]);
var idBl = app.charIDToTypeID( "Bl " );
colorAction.putDouble( idBl, colorArray[2] );
var idRGBC = app.charIDToTypeID( "RGBC" );
formatting.putObject( idClr, idRGBC, colorAction );
//end color.
//
textRange.putObject( idTxtS, idTxtS, formatting );
actionList.putObject( idTxtt, textRange );
textAction.putList( idTxtt, actionList );
action.putObject( idT, idTxLr, textAction );
app.executeAction( idsetd, action, DialogModes.NO );
}
}
}
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