use this script, select two or more Point Text Items before running...the key item is the top most item.
before
after
// script.name = alignSelectedTextBaseLines.jsx;
// script.description = aligns all selected text items by their Base Line, the key item is the top most item;
// script.requirements = two or more selected Point Text Items; (other selected items i.e. pathItems, will be ignored)
// script.parent = CarlosCanto // 03/10/2013;
// script.elegant = false;
#target Illustrator
if (app.documents.length>0) {
var idoc = app.activeDocument;
var sel = idoc.selection;
if (sel.length>1)
alignBaseLine (sel);
else alert ('Select two or more Point Text Items and try again');
}
else alert ('No document to process');
function alignBaseLine(sel) {
for (i=0; i<sel.length; i++) {
var itext = sel[i];
if(itext.typename=="TextFrame" && itext.kind=="TextType.POINTTEXT") {
var base = sel[i].anchor[1];
break;
}
}
for (j=i+1; j<sel.length; j++) {
var itext = sel[j];
if(itext.typename=="TextFrame" && itext.kind=="TextType.POINTTEXT")
itext.position = [itext.position[0], base+(itext.position[1]-itext.anchor[1])];
}
}
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