Alphabet block generator Photoshop Script (jsx) - Loop through and create a centered character for each character in @str, uses background defined by @fileRef, and saves everything in @fileLoc/str[i].png

AlphaBlocks.jsx

// Loop through and create a centered character for each character in @str, uses background defined by @fileRef, and saves everything in @fileLoc/str[i].png
// of all the characters on the keyboard, apparently : is the only character you cannot start a filename with ... :.png is invalid (manually excepted to colon.png)!
// @yosun 1/27/2013 11:11

var originalUnit = preferences.rulerUnits;
preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;

var docRef; var artLayerRef; var textItemRef;

var type="diffuse";

var str = "DEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890!@#$%^&*(),.;':\"<>?/\\|~`-_ ¢£€¥ƒ¤÷°±ÀÈÌÒÙÁÉÍÓÚÝÂÊÎÔÛÃÑÕÄËÏÖÜŸÇ¡¿ŒÆÐØÅߊŽ§¶";

var fileRef;

if(type=="diffuse")fileRef = new File("/Users/yosun_mbpr15/AlphaArm/Graphics/block_background-diffuse.png");
else fileRef = new File("/Users/yosun_mbpr15/AlphaArm/Graphics/block_background-normal.png");

var fileLoc = "/Users/yosun_mbpr15/AlphaArm/Graphics/blocks/";

for(var i=0;i<str.length;i++){
    docRef = app.open(fileRef);///.documents.add(1024,1024);

    artLayerRef = docRef.artLayers.add();
    artLayerRef.kind = LayerKind.TEXT;

    textItemRef = artLayerRef.textItem;
    textItemRef.justification = Justification.CENTER;
    textItemRef.size = 800;
    textItemRef.position = [512,512];
    textItemRef.baselineShift=-260;
    var sc = new SolidColor();
    if(type=="diffuse"){
        sc.rgb.red=Math.random()*255;
        sc.rgb.green=Math.random()*255;
        sc.rgb.blue=Math.random()*255;
    }else{
        sc.rgb.red=255;sc.rgb.blue=255;sc.rgb.green=255;
    }
    textItemRef.color = sc;
    var myFont = app.fonts.getByName("AmericanTypewriter");
    textItemRef.font=myFont.postScriptName;
    textItemRef.contents = str[i];
    
    var pngSaveOptions = new PNGSaveOptions();
    
    docRef.saveAs(new File(fileLoc+str[i]+".png"),pngSaveOptions,true,Extension.LOWERCASE);
    docRef.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
}

docRef = null;
artLayerRef = null;
textItemRef = null;

app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalUnit;