Hi.
I have a very common and boring task here: check in a file full of text for all characters smaller than 1mm hight (need it before sending some package design to print due to local regulation). To make it easier I assembled the script below, but the problem is when texts are converted to outline, the script will check even the holes inside the characters, and will count them if they are smaller than 1mm.
I've tried to maybe select a word and Pathfinder / Unit it, to make sure all holes will me merged, but didn't find a way.
Does someone has a better idea?
Thanks,
Luiz
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
tell document 1
set layers's visible to false
-- Select all text and put in a new layer
make layer with properties {name:"1_LayerTextosMenores"
set myText to every text frame
duplicate myText to layer "1_LayerTextosMenores"
-- Convert those texts to Outlines.
tell layer "1_LayerTextosMenores"
repeat with x from (count every text frame) to 1 by -1
tell text frame x
try
convert to paths
end try
end tell
end repeat
end tell
-- make all Stroked part of the text, to avoid it to not be counted in height
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
activate
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "a" using command down
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "g" using command down & shift down
tell application "System Events"
click menu item "Outline Stroke" of menu "Path" of menu item "Path" of menu "Object" of menu bar item "Object" of menu bar 1 of process "Adobe Illustrator"
end tell
end tell
-- create layer to put all text that it's not important to me: bigger than 1mm
make layer with properties {name:"2_LayerTextosMaiores"}
set Tcount to count of every path item
repeat with i from 1 to Tcount
set CH to the (height of path item i) / 28.3439902
if CH > 0.1 then
try
move path item i to layer "2_LayerTextosMaiores"
end try
end if
end repeat
end tell
end tell
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