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Font Name in InDesign
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
def runAppleScript(scpt, args=[]):
p = Popen(['osascript', '-'] + args, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
stdout, stderr = p.communicate(scpt)
return stdout
nameOfFont = """
tell application "InDesign"
tell front document
tell character 1 of parent story of first text frame
applied font
end tell
end tell
end tell
"""
print "---%s---" % runAppleScript(nameOfFont).strip().replace("\t",">>>")
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