Below is offered a script that creates a Font Catalog of all currently selected fonts in FontBook, and is what I think a much improved version of the standard script that comes with Mac OS X.
The script has the following features:
*Asks the user for a name to call the catalog using a prompt (this will form part of the page header)
*Applies a bit of paragraph spacing in TextEdit
*Saves it as a Word docx file
*Opens the file in Word 2008
*Applies further formatting in Word, including adding page numbering, a horizontal line along the top and bottom of the page in header/footer, and adds a header that includes the title of the font collection input by the user.
Right, first off I’d like to say a big thank you StefanK, a member of these forums who has given me all the help needed towards producing this. The script is essentially 99.9% Stefan’s work. I simply added the Word 2008 formatting, and it would have taken me ages to do this all myself.
The script has been tested fully and tweaked, but has one limitation which members may like to offer possible solutions to.
The script doesn’t allow for complete unattended operation to produce the final formatted catalog:
Should “font-cat.docx” already exist before the script is run, when TextEdit tries to save the “font-cat.docx” it will generate a prompt asking to confirm whether or not to replace the file. To avoid the script opening up the OLDER catalog in Word 2008 rather than the new one (which would occur without some sort of conditional), I needed a way to pause the script whilst I confirmed TextEdit’s dialog to replace the existing “font-cat.docx” file. The only way I knew how to do this was to display a prompt “Open file in Word?” to condition execution of the rest of the script from the point where TextEdit’s docx saved file should open in Word.
Anyway, here is the working script:
global paraIndex
property black : {0, 0, 0}
property grey : {32867, 32867, 32867}
set sampleString to "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789"
set myCat to ""
repeat while myCat is ""
display dialog "the text" default answer "Adobe Font Folio 11" buttons ["OK", "Cancel"] default button 1
if (text returned of result) ≠"" then
set myCat to (text returned of result)
else
display dialog "Please enter a name for the catalog." buttons ["OK"] default button 1
end if
end repeat
tell application "Font Book" to set {selectedFamilies, selectedTypefaces} to {selected font families, selection}
set numFamilies to count selectedFamilies
set numFaces to count selectedTypefaces
set paraIndex to 1
tell application "TextEdit"
close documents
make new document with properties {text:return}
my insert_Paragraph("Font Samples - " & numFamilies & " families " & numFaces & " typefaces", "LucidaGrande", 8, black, 3)
end tell
repeat while selectedTypefaces is not {}
tell application "Font Book"
set thisFace to first item of selectedTypefaces
set familyName to family name of thisFace
set selectedTypefaces to the rest of selectedTypefaces
set postScriptNames to {PostScript name of thisFace}
repeat while selectedTypefaces is not {}
set anotherFace to first item of selectedTypefaces
if family name of anotherFace is familyName then
set the end of postScriptNames to PostScript name of anotherFace
set selectedTypefaces to the rest of selectedTypefaces
else
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
tell the front document of application "TextEdit"
-- my insert_Paragraph(familyName, "LucidaGrande", 14, grey, 2)
repeat with psName in postScriptNames
my insert_Paragraph(psName, "LucidaSans", 10, black, 2)
my insert_Paragraph(sampleString, psName, 15, black, 3)
end repeat
-- set paragraph paraIndex to return & return
-- set paraIndex to paraIndex + 1
end tell
end repeat
activate application "TextEdit"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "TextEdit"
keystroke "a" using {command down}
click menu item "Spacing..." of menu "Text" of menu item "Text" of menu "Format" of menu bar item "Format" of menu bar 1
repeat until exists sheet 1 of window 1
delay 0.2
end repeat
tell sheet 1 of window 1
set value of text field 6 to "2.1"
click button "OK"
end tell
keystroke "s" using {command down, shift down}
tell window 1
repeat until exists sheet 1
delay 0.1
end repeat
tell sheet 1
keystroke "d" using command down -- make destination Desktop
tell pop up button 1 of group 1 of group 1
click
delay 0.2
click menu item "Word 2007 Format (docx)" of menu 1
delay 1
end tell
set value of text field 1 to "font-cat.docx"
click button "Save"
set question to display dialog "Open in Word?" buttons {"Open in MS Word 2008", "Exit"} default button 1
set answer to button returned of question
end tell
end tell
end tell
if (answer = "Open in MS Word 2008") then
activate "Microsoft Word"
tell application "Microsoft Word"
open ((path to desktop as text) & "font-cat.docx")
set theName to name of active document
set theDoc to document theName -- this allows the document to be identified should it not still be the currently active document (Word always re-evaluates references)
set myPgSetup to page setup of theDoc -- ORIGNALLY: set myPgSetup to page setup of active document
set left margin of myPgSetup to 42
set right margin of myPgSetup to 42
set top margin of myPgSetup to 42
set bottom margin of myPgSetup to 42
set footer distance of myPgSetup to 25.5
set myTopBorder to get border section 1 of theDoc which border border top
set myBtmBorder to get border section 1 of theDoc which border border bottom
set line style of myTopBorder to line style single
set line width of myTopBorder to line width25 point
set line style of myBtmBorder to line style single
set line width of myBtmBorder to line width25 point
set surround header of border options of section 1 of theDoc to false
set surround footer of border options of section 1 of theDoc to false
set space before of paragraph 1 of active document to 3
set myFooter to (get footer section 1 of theDoc index header footer primary)
set myHeader to (get header section 1 of theDoc index header footer primary)
set content of text object of myHeader to "Font Catalogue: " & myCat
set myRange to text object of myHeader
set font size of font object of myRange to 8
set alignment of paragraph format of myRange to align paragraph right
set name of font object of myRange to "Arial"
set space after of paragraph format of myRange to 3
make new page number at myFooter with properties {alignment:align page number outside}
set myRange to text object of myFooter
set font size of font object of myRange to 9 -- just to make page numbering size 9pt
save document "font-cat.docx"
end tell
end if
on insert_Paragraph(theText, theFont, theSize, theColor, numberOfReturns)
local ret
set ret to ""
repeat numberOfReturns times
set ret to ret & return
end repeat
tell the front document of application "TextEdit"
count paragraphs
try
tell paragraph paraIndex
set font to theFont
set size to theSize
set characters to theText & ret
set color of every word to theColor
set paraIndex to paraIndex + numberOfReturns - 1
return true
end tell
on error
return false
end try
end tell
end insert_Paragraph
Just wondering how I can get TextEdit to close the document and quit after its saved the .docx (before the Word 2008 code). I’m supposing I need a conditional on it, rather than just writing the necessary close and quit commands after the save command. i.e. to test if actually saved.