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sakeferret
sakeferret

Reputation: 315

How can I change font of currently selected text using Adobe Illustrator Extendscript?

I'd like to change the typeface for the currently selected text elements.

Here is the code I've tried:

var sel = app.activeDocument.selection; 
for (i = 0 ; i<sel.length ; i++) 
     { 
          sel[i].textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = textFonts.getByName("Arial");
     }

Here's the error I'm getting:

Error 1302: No such element

-> sel[i].textRange.characterAttributes.textFont = textFonts.getByName("Arial");

How can I get to the textFont element of the selection? Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1070

Answers (1)

sakeferret
sakeferret

Reputation: 315

OK it turns out if you don't have the exact font name it will throw the error. In this case, the font name is "ArialMT". It works now.

Upvotes: 1

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