InDesign script to replace all fonts in a document

Question

I realize that this can be done with the find font dialogue box but I have too many files that require this text update to make that method practical.

I've tried tinkering around with GREP but I'm pretty inexperienced in it. I've gotten one font replacement set up but I can't seem to get GREP to focus on more than one font at a time.

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Having an automatic method to do this is important because the fonts for these documents MUST match the Calibri due to special character usage and overall look.

Answer 1

The easiest method would be to use this script:

// Replace fonts in current INDD doc according to a set list
// Each line in theFontReplacements: 'Existing Font', 'Existing Style', 'New Font', 'New Style',
// Styles are optional - leave blank ('') if unwanted

    var mydoc = app.activeDocument;

    var theFontReplacements = [
      'Minion Pro','Regular','Calibri','Regular',
      'Trade Gothic LT Std','Regular','Calibri','Regular',
      'Trade Gothic LT Std','Bold No. 2','Calibri','Bold',
      'Trade Gothic LT Std','Oblique','Calibri','Italic',
    ];

    for (i = 0; i < (theFontReplacements.length/4); i++) {

      app.findTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
      app.changeTextPreferences = NothingEnum.nothing;
      app.findTextPreferences.appliedFont = theFontReplacements[i*4];
      if (theFontReplacements[(i*4)+1] != ''){
        app.findTextPreferences.fontStyle = theFontReplacements[(i*4)+1];
      };
      app.changeTextPreferences.appliedFont  = theFontReplacements[(i*4)+2];
      if (theFontReplacements[(i*4)+3] != ''){
        app.changeTextPreferences.fontStyle  = theFontReplacements[(i*4)+3];
      };
      mydoc.changeText();

    };

The only downside is that you have to manually specify the font changes. The upside, however, is that you can specify premade conversions to be used again on recurring jobs or projects!

Installation is simple, copy the script into a Notepad editor and save it as a .jsx. Then you open the scripts panel and opposite click on User and click Reveal in Explorer.

Copy and paste your new .jsx file into the folder and you are all set!