Collect fonts

[Varangian]

This would be a VERY handy script:
A script that would collect all the fonts used in an AE project and copy them to a destination. Much like Collect files does for the linked files in an AE project.

I realize this is probaby not easy, and would be totally different for Mac and Windows, but WOW how handy!

[Mylenium]

This would be a VERY handy script:
A script that would collect all the fonts used in an AE project and copy them to a destination. Much like Collect files does for the linked files in an AE project.

I realize this is probaby not easy, and would be totally different for Mac and Windows, but WOW how handy!

Not easy? Impossible at this point. No way to access those properties with scripts or expressions.

Mylenium

[stweed]

This would be a VERY handy script:
A script that would collect all the fonts used in an AE project and copy them to a destination. Much like Collect files does for the linked files in an AE project.

I realize this is probaby not easy, and would be totally different for Mac and Windows, but WOW how handy!

Not easy? Impossible at this point. No way to access those properties with scripts or expressions.

Mylenium

Impossible? Never Not even close! See "text document object" in the AE scripting guide. Here's a function which will at least get you so far as telling you what fonts are used in the file. You'll have to handle the file copies yourself, personally I use the "os" module in python external to After Effects. (This function is part of a MUCH larger program I am in development on which handles archives for a number of applications including AE and Nuke.)
Lemme know if you have questions, I'd be happy to help!

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function FontSniff() {
 var fonts = [];

 var allItems = app.project.items;
 // for each item in the project
 for (i=1; i <= allItems.length; i++) {
     var curItem = allItems[i];
     // check if this item is a composition
     if (curItem instanceof CompItem) {
         var allLayers = curItem.layers;
         // for every layer in the composition
         for (j=1; j <= allLayers.length; j++) {
             var curLayer = allLayers[j];
             // check if it is a text layer
             if (curLayer instanceof TextLayer) {
             // ok now just grab the font name and put it in the fonts array!
             var textProp = curLayer.property("Source Text");
             var textDocument = textProp.value;
             fonts.push(textDocument.font);
             }
         }
     }
 }

 if (fonts.length < 1) {
 return false;
 } else {
 // we's got'z fontz!
 return fonts;
 }
}

alert(FontSniff());

[stweed]

Wow I just realized I answered this guy's question 10 years too late... for all I know he's dead by now... how sad.

[sanidhya077]

Wow I just realized I answered this guy's question 10 years too late... for all I know he's dead by now... how sad.

well i want to get the names of all the font styles used in the aep file so using node js im doing something like this but i cant get the spaces between the fonts. how do i get the fonts with spaces and all. here is my current code

function fileChosen(path){
effectsUsed = [];
fs.readFile(path, (err, data) => {
if (err) throw err;
file = data.toString();
getFontsUsed(file);
});
}

function getFontsUsed(file){
fontsUsed = [];
externalFonts.innerHTML = "";

var fonts = file.split("CoolTypeFont");
for(let index = 1; index < fonts.length; index += 3){
var font = fonts[index];
var indexStart = font.indexOf("(");
var indexEnd = font.indexOf(")");
var name = font.substring(indexStart+1,indexEnd);
name = name.replace(/[^\w\s\.]/gi,'');
if(!fontsUsed.includes(name)){
fontsUsed.push(name);
}
}

the problem with this script is that i dont get the spaces in between the character where they are supposed to be
in the font name

Hope you wont take 10 years this time
thank you