Re: 3 random typefaces intermixed
Re: 3 random typefaces intermixed
- Subject: Re: 3 random typefaces intermixed
- From: Doug <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:57:40 -0400
> > I'm also looking for suggestions on an
> > elegant way to program it so that the
> > computer does the work--not me.
>
> That's the only way to script.
*sigh*...:-)...I meant that in a few lines of code, the applescript is
(tersely?) written to randomly select and create three sets of
characters throughout the document in a way that the three sets of
characters don't overlap, and in a few lines of code change their
typefaces. As Emeril might say,
"Bam, bam, bam!"
rather than
"...okay...let's watch TextEdit plod
through one character at a time...zzzzz..."
I can imagine what the code *might* look like, I just don't know if
applescript has the ability to do that.
> >>> Is it possible to use AS to create
> >>> three sets of pointers-to-characters, so
> >>> each pointer-to-character in the document
> >>> is only represented once, and then
> >>> have AS change
>
> Yes, sort of, but not as you might expect
This is what I'd like to know more about.
> > set{1}=font(1),
> > set{2}=font(2), and
> > set{3}=font(3)
>
> That's not appleScript.
Nope! Pseudocode!
> Well, yea, but you still haven't let us know which app you want to use...
TextEdit is what I'm working with right now.
> Reminds me of that old ransom note font Macs used to have. They called it
> "San Francisco," an allusion to the "Dirty Harry" villain?
Similar approach. One might find three Ransom Note fonts and randomize
the body copy.
My other thought was to build a new type of postscript font with the
randomization built into the font description, but I never got that
far with it. That's a discussion for another list. Anyone? Bueler?
Doug Parker
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