# How to get and set the font?
**URL:** https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-get-and-set-the-font/10216
**Category:** UXP Plugin API
**Tags:** uxp, javascript
**Created:** [March 10, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-get-and-set-the-font/10216 "2025-03-10T14:03:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@amide](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/amide)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-get-and-set-the-font/10216/1 "2025-03-10T14:03:17Z")
If I try to get the font of the current text layer through the .psjs file, the code I wrote below is incorrect for some reason. How can I set the font of the current text layer to: DOUYINSANSBOLD-GB?
```auto
const { app } = require("photoshop");
async function getSelectedTextLayerFont() {
try {
let font = app.activeDocument.activeLayer.textItem.font;
await app.showAlert(`Font: ${font}`);
} catch (error) {
await app.showAlert(`Error: ${error.message}`);
}
}
getSelectedTextLayerFont();
```
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### Author:  [@jduncan](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/jduncan)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-get-and-set-the-font/10216/2 "2025-03-10T15:44:37Z")
Try this out. There are some edge cases you’ll need to address in a complete solution but this should get you headed in the right direction.
```javascript
const { app } = require("photoshop");
//check for an active document
const doc = app.activeDocument;
if (!doc) {
app.showAlert("No active documents.");
return;
}
// get the **first** selected layer
const layer = doc.activeLayers[0];
// update the layer to use the target font
targetFontPostScriptName = "ArialMT";
try {
layer.textItem.characterStyle.font = targetFontPostScriptName; //
} catch (error) {
app.showAlert(error);
}
// If you are unsure of the PostScript name of the font you want to use
// here is a little helper function that will show all fonts whose name includes
// the string argument you supply to the function.
/**
* Log the PostScript names of any fonts whose name includes `s`.
* @param s String to search for inside of a font name.
*/
function logMatchingFonts(searchString) {
const matches = app.fonts
.filter((font) => font.name.toLowerCase().includes(searchString.toLowerCase()))
.map((font) => font.postScriptName);
app.showAlert(`Found ${matches.length} matches:\n\n${matches.join("\n")}`);
}
// logMatchingFonts("arial");
```
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### Author:  [@amide](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/amide)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-get-and-set-the-font/10216/3 "2025-03-11T00:32:26Z")
Thank you for guiding me in the right direction, thank you.