Adobe InDesign Script for Font Catalog

FontCatalog.jsx

/*
Adobe InDesign Script - FontCatalog.jsx
Erstellt einen Schriftartenkatalog
Designstudio, Philipp Speck - www.destio.de
Copyright (c) 2012 Designstudio, Philipp Speck
*/

var doc=app.documents.add();
var appFonts=app.fonts;

if (File.fs == "Windows") {
	var sysRoot=Folder.system.parent.fsName;
	var sysFontDir=sysRoot+"\\Fonts\\";
	var appFontDir=Folder.startup.fsName+"\\Fonts\\";
} else {
	var sysRoot=Folder.system.fsName;
	var libFontDir="/Library/Fonts/";
	var sysFontDir=sysRoot+"/Library/Fonts/";
	var appFontDir=Folder.startup.fsName+"/Fonts/";
}

var sampleTitle="Typography";

var sampleText="Letterforms have tone, timbre, character, just as words and sentences do. The moment a text and a typeface are chosen, two streams of thought, two rhythmical systems, two sets of habits, or if you like, two personalities intersect. They must not live together contentedly forever, but they must not as rule collide.";

var sampleLetters="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&0123456789$€!?@#%§.;:,{}";

fontCatalog();

function fontCatalog() {
	setupDocument();
	setupMasterSpread();
	skipCount=-1;
	docCount=0;
	insertTextFrame();
	getFontList();
}

function setupDocument() {
	// Einheiten auf Millimeter setzen
	with (doc.viewPreferences) {
		horizontalMeasurementUnits=MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
		verticalMeasurementUnits=MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS;
		rulerOrigin=RulerOrigin.PAGE_ORIGIN;
	}

	// A4 Dokument ertsellen
	with (doc.documentPreferences) {
		pageWidth="210mm";
		pageHeight="297mm";
		}

	// Farben hinzufügen
	doc.colors.add( {
		name: "Dunkelrot", 
		model: ColorModel.PROCESS, 
		colorValue: [0, 100, 60, 40]
		} );

	// Zeichenformate setzen
	doc.characterStyles.add({name:"Fußzeile"});
		with (doc.characterStyles.item("Fußzeile")) {
			pointSize=10;	
			fillColor = "Black";
		}

	doc.characterStyles.add({name:"Pagina"});
		with (doc.characterStyles.item("Pagina")) {
			pointSize=10;	
			fillColor = "Black";
		}

	// Absatzformate setzen
	doc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Schriftname"});
		with (doc.paragraphStyles.item("Schriftname")) {
			pointSize=12;
			justification=Justification.leftAlign;
			fillColor = "Black";
			spaceAfter = "3mm";
			ruleBelow=true;
			ruleBelowOffset="2mm";
			ruleBelowColor="Dunkelrot";
		}

	doc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Schriftinfo"});
		with (doc.paragraphStyles.item("Schriftinfo")) {
			pointSize=8;	
			justification=Justification.leftAlign;
		}

	doc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Typografie"});
		with (doc.paragraphStyles.item("Typografie")) {
			pointSize=24;	
			fillColor = "Black";
			spaceAfter = "2mm";
			hyphenation = false;
			leading=24;
		}

	doc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Schriftmuster"});
		with (doc.paragraphStyles.item("Schriftmuster")) {
			pointSize=10;	
			fillColor = "Black";
			justification=Justification.LEFT_JUSTIFIED;
			spaceAfter = "2mm";
			hyphenation = false;
		}

	doc.paragraphStyles.add({name:"Zeichensatz"});
		with (doc.paragraphStyles.item("Zeichensatz")) {
			pointSize=14;
			justification=Justification.leftAlign;
			fillColor = "Black";
		}
}

function setupMasterSpread() {
	with(doc.masterSpreads.item(0)) {
		with (pages.item(0).marginPreferences) {
			top=15;
			right=15;
			bottom=20;
			left=20;
			}
		with (textFrames.add()) {
			geometricBounds = [285, 20, 280, 140];
			textFramePreferences.verticalJustification=VerticalJustification.BOTTOM_ALIGN;
			insertionPoints.item(0).contents = "Designstudio Typeface Library | www.destio.de/typo";
			parentStory.appliedCharacterStyle="Fußzeile";
		}
		with (textFrames.add()) {
			geometricBounds = [285, 180, 280, 195];
			textFramePreferences.verticalJustification=VerticalJustification.BOTTOM_ALIGN;
			insertionPoints.item(0).contents = SpecialCharacters.autoPageNumber;
			insertionPoints.item(0).contents = SpecialCharacters.THIN_SPACE;
			insertionPoints.item(0).contents = String.fromCharCode(0x25A0);
			paragraphs.item(0).justification = Justification.rightAlign;
			parentStory.appliedCharacterStyle="Pagina";
		}
	}
}

function getFontList() {
for ( i = 0 ; i < appFonts.length; i++) {
	appFont=appFonts[i];
	fontName=appFont.name;
	fontLocation=appFont.location;
	fontVersion=appFont.version;
	fontType=appFont.fontType;
	 if (File.fs == "Windows") {
		fontVersion=appFont.version.substr(0, fontVersion.indexOf(';'));
		fontFilename=fontLocation.substr(fontLocation.lastIndexOf('\\')+1, fontLocation.length);
		fontFilepath=fontLocation.replace(fontFilename, '');
		(fontFilepath === sysFontDir) ? delete appFont : insertFontList();
		} else {
		fontVersion=appFont.version.substr(0, fontVersion.indexOf(';'));
		fontFilename=fontLocation.substr(fontLocation.lastIndexOf('/')+1, fontLocation.length);
		fontFilepath=fontLocation.replace(fontFilename, '');
		(fontFilepath === sysFontDir || fontFilepath === libFontDir ) ? delete appFont : insertFontList();
		}
}

function insertFontList() {
		skipCount++;
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory) {
			insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=fontName.replace(/\t/, ' ')+"\r";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedParagraphStyle="Schriftname";
		}
		skipCount++;
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory) {
			insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=fontVersion+", "+getFontType(appFont)+", "+fontFilename+"\r";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedParagraphStyle="Schriftinfo";
		}
		skipCount++;
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory) {
			insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=sampleTitle+"\r";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedParagraphStyle="Typografie";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedFont=fontName;
		}
		skipCount++;
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory) {
			insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=sampleText+"\r";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedParagraphStyle="Schriftmuster";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedFont=fontName;
		}
		skipCount++;
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory) {
			insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=sampleLetters+"\r";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedParagraphStyle="Zeichensatz";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).appliedFont=fontName;
		}
		skipCount++;
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory) {
			insertionPoints.item(-1).contents=" \r";
			paragraphs.item(skipCount).pointSize=10;
		}
	if(doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).overflows) {
		with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.item(0).parentStory.paragraphs) {
			item(skipCount-1).remove();
			item(skipCount-2).remove();
			item(skipCount-3).remove();
			item(skipCount-4).remove();
			item(skipCount-5).remove();
			item(skipCount-6).remove();
		}
		doc.pages.add();
		docCount++;
		insertTextFrame();
		skipCount=-1;
		}
		}
}

function insertTextFrame() {
	with (doc.pages[docCount].textFrames.add()) {
		geometricBounds=[15, 20, 277, 195];
		}
}

function getFontType(appFont) {
	switch(appFont.fontType) {
		case FontTypes.TYPE_1:
			return "PostScript Type 1";
		case FontTypes.CID:
			return "PostScript CID";
		case FontTypes.OCF:
			return "PostScript OCF";
		case FontTypes.OPENTYPE_CFF:
			return "OpenType CFF";
		case FontTypes.OPENTYPE_CID:
			return "OpenType CID";
		case FontTypes.OPENTYPE_TT:
			return "OpenType TT";
		case FontTypes.TRUETYPE:
			return "TrueType";
		case FontTypes.BITMAP:
			return "Bitmap";
		case FontTypes.ATC:
			return "Bitmap ATC";
		case FontTypes.UNKNOWN:
			return "Unknown Type";
		default:
		return "Unknown Type";
	}
}

Hello, Philipp. May I contact you to ask a few questions about this code?