https://github.com/supermarcel10/adobeaitextcontourscript

Script for Adobe Illustrator: Changes text into rectangle contours
https://github.com/supermarcel10/adobeaitextcontourscript

adobe-illustrator-script helper-tool tool

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Script for Adobe Illustrator: Changes text into rectangle contours

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/supermarcel10/adobeaitextcontourscript
• Owner: Supermarcel10
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-10-29T20:50:57.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-02T14:23:14.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-03T15:47:35.822Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: adobe-illustrator-script, helper-tool, tool
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Illustrator Text to Bounding Rectangles Script

This Adobe Illustrator script creates bounding rectangles around each line of a selected text frame.

It's useful for quickly writing up some text, and visualising it in a neat layout.

## Features

- Generates a separate rectangle for each line of text.

- Adjusts rectangle width based on the number of characters in the line.

- Sets default colour based on the text colour.

- Skips empty lines (e.g., line breaks between paragraphs).

- Adjusts the starting position of the rectangle based on leading whitespace.

- Creates rounded rectangles for a visually appealing representation.

## Usage

> [!NOTE]

> It is advised to use a monospaced font to ensure accurate bounding rectangle dimensions.

1. Open an Adobe Illustrator project.

2. Select the text frame you want to create bounding rectangles for.

3. Run this script (`File > Scripts > Other Script...`) and select this script file.

4. Enjoy!

## Example

Before:

![image](https://github.com/Supermarcel10/AdobeAiTextContourScript/assets/47798787/3dc153d5-8021-485a-9e6e-d078720b798c)

After:

![image](https://github.com/Supermarcel10/AdobeAiTextContourScript/assets/47798787/f4884080-8ad7-45fd-a056-7d7246da2a62)

## Contribution

Feel free to fork this repo and submit pull requests for any enhancements!

## License

[Licence](https://github.com/Supermarcel10/AdobeAiTextContourScript/blob/main/LICENSE)