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How would you go about counting the number of characters in a line?
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For example, the first line has 19 characters and the second line has 15 characters.
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/t5/illustrator-discussions/how-to-count-characters-in-a-line/m-p/10431560#M133070 Mar 16, 2019 Mar 16, 2019
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Illustrator doesn't have such a function. So unless there is a script ...
In InDesign you can do this.
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lvoer,
You can also copy each line (or whichever amount of text) into a new word processor document and see it in the File>Properties.
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try the script in this post
Re: word-count in illustrator?
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Hi, Carlos,
The script isn't working for me with my current configuration:
MacOS 10.14.3
Illustrator 23.0.2
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Hi Peter, sorry about that, please download again, I fixed it.
thanks for letting me know.
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Thanks, Carlos. I was going to send you some pristine Alaskan sunshine for one of those rare moments you might need it, but…I missed my moment.
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my pleasure Peter, it's never too late
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Hi Carlos,
The link for the script says it's unreachable. I just wanted to ask if it's still valid. Thanks
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lvoer wrote
How would you go about counting the number of characters in a line?
This would be a great feature request and it can be made here:
In InDesign you can use the Info panel and click to get a word count of the entire story or select to get a word count of the selection. I would see this working about the same way if it were implemented in Illustrator.
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