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Change font weight in scripting?
Hi guys! (this is repost but was told it would be better received in this forum)
I’m hoping this is something pretty simple I am overlooking, but I am trying to find how to set the font weight via script.
Currently I have my font set up like this. But I need to choose Helvetica Neue Medium instead. Thoughts?
fpoControl.resetCharStyle();
fpoControl.fontSize = 51;
fpoControl.fillColor = [0, 0, 0];
fpoControl.font = "Helvetica Neue";
fpoControl.text = myString;
fpoControl.justification = ParagraphJustification.CENTER_JUSTIFY;
fpoDocument.setValue(fpoControl); -
3 Replies
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You may need to set the style, but the first thing to do is make sure you know the names that AE is using. Create a comp with a text layer (Layer 1) with the desired font and try this:
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myTextLayer = myComp.layer(1);
var mySourceText = myTextLayer.property(“ADBE Text Properties”).property(“ADBE Text Document”);
var myTextDoc = mySourceText.value;
alert(myTextDoc.font + ” / ” + myTextDoc.fontStyle);Dan
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Thanks Dan!
This worked perfectly, I was actually just using the wrong name like you thought. Sometimes it’s best to start with what you know.
Thanks again!
Ben
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Hi
I just want to understand how to I write a very small script which could make the active layer’s font style property to bold. I want to assign a keyboard shortcut to my script file later on so that I can save tons of time of doing it through mouse.From one of Dan’s code, I tried to manipulate fontStyle property by using setValue method but it does not work.
var myComp = app.project.activeItem;
var myTextLayer = myComp.layer(1);
var mySourceText = myTextLayer.property(“ADBE Text Properties”).property(“ADBE Text Document”);
var myTextDoc = mySourceText.value;
myTextDoc.fontStyle = myTextDoc.fontStyle.setValue(“Bold”);Again what I am trying is to set the font weight of text layer from Regular to Bold. Any help would be much appreciated.
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