Re: [Skim-app-users] Info about Font and Fons-Size

[Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...>]

This is possible with PDFKit, but IMHO this would amount to feature  
bloat, so it isn't and won't be possible in Skim. However you can  
write an AppleScript that does this. It's a bit complicated due to a  
longstanding bug AppleScript though.

tell document 1 of application "Skim"
	set theSel to get selection
	if theSel is not {} then
		set thePage to (get item 1 of (get pages for theSel))
		set theIndex to (get index for theSel)
		set theFont to font of character theIndex of thePage
		set theSize to size of character theIndex of thePage
		display dialog "Font for selection: " & theFont & space & theSize &  
"pt"
	end if
end tell

Christiaan

On 18 Nov 2008, at 1:15 PM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote:

> Hello Christiaan,
>
> I assume not supported by PDFkit, and thus not possible, but
> nevertheless something I would sometimes wish to have:
>
> Select a small piece of text in a PDF, and Skim tells me what font
> and/or font-size this is.
>
> I figured that when copying (at least) the font-size ends up in the
> Clipboard. Font-size would already be quite something to have in a
> status bar, tooltip, info-window, or whatever.
>
> Hope you don't mind feature ideas,
> /Konrad
>