TextFonts

app.textFonts

Description

A collection of TextFont objects.


Properties

TextFonts.length

app.textFonts.length

Description

The number of elements in the collection.

Type

Number; read-only.


TextFonts.parent

app.textFonts.parent

Description

The object’s container.

Type

Object; read-only.


TextFonts.typename

app.textFonts.typename

Description

The class name of the referenced object.

Type

String; read-only.


Methods

TextFonts.getByName()

app.textFonts.getByName(name)

Description

Get the first element in the collection with the provided name.

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

name

String

Name of element to get

Returns

TextFont


TextFonts.index()

app.textFonts.index(itemKey)

Description

Gets an element from the collection.

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

itemKey

String, Number

String or number key

Returns

TextFont


Example

Finding fonts

 // Creates a new A3 sized document and display a list of available fonts until the document is full.

 var edgeSpacing = 10;
 var columnSpacing = 230;
 var docPreset = new DocumentPreset;
 docPreset.width = 1191.0;
 docPreset.height = 842.0

 var docRef = documents.addDocument(DocumentColorSpace.CMYK, docPreset);
 var sFontNames = "";
 var x = edgeSpacing;
 var y = (docRef.height - edgeSpacing);

 var iCount = textFonts.length;

 for (var i=0; i<iCount; i++) {
  sFontName = textFonts[i].name;
  sFontName += " ";
  sFontNames = sFontName + textFonts[i].style;

  var textRef = docRef.textFrames.add();
  textRef.textRange.characterAttributes.size = 10;
  textRef.contents = sFontNames;
  textRef.top = y;
  textRef.left = x;

  // check wether the text frame will go off the edge of the document
  if ((x + textRef.width)> docRef.width) {
    textRef.remove();
    iCount = i;
    break;
  } else {
    // display text frame
    textRef.textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = textFonts.getByName(textFonts[i].name);
    redraw();

    if ((y-=(textRef.height)) <= 20) {
      y = (docRef.height - edgeSpacing);
      x += columnSpacing;
    }
  }
}