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121007_buchstaben-mosaik2.jsx

main();
function main (){
    
    /*** create document ***/
    
    var phw = 200; // variable that holds the width/height of the page
    var doc = app.documents.add();
    doc.documentPreferences.pageWidth = phw;
    doc.documentPreferences.pageHeight = phw;
    doc.documentPreferences.facingPages = false;

    var page = doc.pages.item(0);


    /*** create swatches for the first textframe ***/

    var colors1 = new Array(); // array that holds the swatches

    for(var i=0; i<5; i++){
            var my_color = doc.colors.add();
            
            var R = Math.random() * 255;
            var G = Math.random() * 255;
            var B = Math.random() * 10;
            
            my_color.name = "my new color"+ i;
            my_color.model = ColorModel.PROCESS;
            my_color.space = ColorSpace.RGB;
            my_color.colorValue = [R,G,B];
            
            // determine the brightness of the color
            my_color_brightness = R + G + B;
            
            colors1.push({"color": my_color,"name":my_color.name,"brightness":my_color_brightness});
        }

    alert(colors1.toSource());

    /*
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    @fabiantheblind
    Now lets sort these colors with our custom sort function below the main function
    */

    colors1.sort(custom_compare);


    //alert(colors1.toSource());

    /*
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    @fabiantheblind
    you can acess your color now via
    you need to use an index or an loop
    colors1[i].color ID Color object
    colors1[i].name String
    colors1[i].brightness Number
    */


    /*** create textframe ***/
    
    var topLeft = 0 + 10; // variable that holds the xy-coordinates of the upper-left corner of the textframe
    var rightBottom = phw - 10; // variable that holds the xy-coordinates of the bottom-right corner of the textframe

    // format text
    var myfont = app.fonts.item("Delicious"+"\t"+"BoldItalic");

    // create textframe
    var tf = page.textFrames.add({
            geometricBounds: [topLeft, topLeft, rightBottom, rightBottom],
            contents: TextFrameContents.PLACEHOLDER_TEXT
        });

    var all_char = tf.characters.everyItem(); 
    all_char.appliedFont = myfont; 
    all_char.leading = 8; // Textrahmen ist danach nur noch halb voll ????????????
    //alert(myfont.name);  


    /*** Apply colour to the characters ***/
    
    var chars = tf.characters; // all characters
    for(var j=0; j < chars.length; j++){
        for(var k=0; k < 5; k++){
        //chars[j].fillColor = colors1[k].brightness;  // ?????????????
        }
    }

}


/*
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is deep Javascript Stuff
you can write your custom comparator
read this Stackoverflow post
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1129216/sorting-objects-in-an-array-by-a-field-value-in-javascript
*/

function custom_compare(a,b) {
  if (a.brightness < b.brightness)
     return -1;
  if (a.brightness > b.brightness)
    return 1;
  return 0;
}