main(); 
 
function main(){ 
// setup some variables 
var theDoc = app.activeDocument; // active doc 
var thePage = theDoc.pages.item(0); // first page 
var theTextFrame = thePage.textFrames.item(0);  
for(var i = 0;i < theTextFrame.characters.length; i++){ 
	var theValue = Math.floor(Math.random()*app.fonts.length-1); 
	theTextFrame.characters.item(i).appliedFont = app.fonts.item(theValue); 
	} 
} 

function try_char (uni, ch, diacr) 
    { 
    var ip = app.selection[0]; 
    var pos = ip_position (app.selection[0]); 
    try 
        { 
        // insert the character 
        ip.contents = uni; 
        // create outline 
        ip.paragraphs[0].characters[pos].createOutlines(); 
        // if we got here it worked, so delete the outline 
        ip.paragraphs[0].characters[pos].remove(); 
        // insert the character (again) 
        ip.contents = uni; 
        exit(); 
        } 
    catch(_) 
        { 
        // couldn't create outline, so delete it 
        ip.paragraphs[0].characters[pos].remove(); 
        // and create overstrike of ch and diacr 
        overstrike (stripdot (ch), diacr) 
        } 
    } 

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main(); 
// this is the function 
function main(){ 
// setup some variables 
var theDoc = app.activeDocument; // active doc 
var thePage = theDoc.pages.item(0); // first page 
var theTextFrame = thePage.textFrames.item(0); // the one Textframe that is there 
 
// now we can loop thru the Text 
for(var i = 0;i < theTextFrame.characters.length; i++){ 
	//make a random value for the font 
	var theValue = Math.floor(Math.random()*app.fonts.length-1); 
	// store the character 
	var theChar = theTextFrame.characters.item(i); 
	//apply the font  
	theChar.appliedFont = app.fonts.item(theValue); 
	//check with try_char() if the character can be displayed with the random font 
	try_char(theChar); 
	} 
	 
} 
 
function try_char (theChar)  
    {  
 
    try  
        {  
	// save the character 
	var storage = theChar.contents; 
        // create outline  
        theChar.createOutlines();  
        // if we got here it worked, so delete the outline  
	// if not it will cause an error  
        theChar.remove();  
        // insert the character (again)  
        theChar.contents = storage;  
        }  
    catch(e)  
        {  
        // couldn't create outline, apply a basic font. 
	// this could hold an array of working fonts 
	//to simulate the randomness twinkle twinkle 
        theChar.appliedFont = "Times";  
        }  
    } 

// fontify.jsx 
// written by fabiantheblind 
// function try_char (theChar) 
// with some help from Martin Fischer 
// based on Peter Kahrel's compose_cs3.jsx http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/compose_cs3.jsx 
 
// warning this takes a long time. 
 
var theDialoge =  app.dialogs.add({name:"WARNING!", canCancel:true}); 
with(theDialoge){ 
	with(dialogColumns.add()){ 
	staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"This takes a very long time!"}); 
	staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"Abort running process with \"ESC\""}); 
	staticTexts.add({staticLabel:"or resize the page in function buildDoc()"}); 
	 
	} 
} 
if(theDialoge.show() == true){ 
	theDialoge.destroy(); 
 
main(); 
} 
 
function main(){ 
// setup some variables 
var theDoc = buildDoc(); 
var thePage = theDoc.pages.item(0); // first page 
 
var theTextFrame = thePage.textFrames.add({ 
	geometricBounds:getBounds(theDoc,thePage) 
	 
}); 
theTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount = thePage.marginPreferences.columnCount; 
theTextFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnGutter = thePage.marginPreferences.columnGutter; 
 
theTextFrame.contents = TextFrameContents.placeholderText; 
 
// now we can loop thru the Text 
for(var i = 0;i < theTextFrame.characters.length; i++){ 
	var theValue = Math.floor(Math.random()*app.fonts.length-1); 
	// store the character in a variable 
	var theChar = theTextFrame.characters.item(i); 
	// apply the font 
	 theChar.appliedFont = app.fonts.item(theValue); 
	 
	try_char(theChar); 
	} 
	 
} 
 
function try_char (theChar)  
    {  
 
    try  
        {  
		// save the character 
		var storage = theChar.contents; 
        // create outline  
        theChar.createOutlines();  
        // if we got here it worked, so delete the outline  
        theChar.remove();  
        // insert the character (again)  
        theChar.contents = storage;  
        }  
    catch(e)  
        {  
        // couldn't create outline, apply a basic font. 
	var theValue = Math.floor(Math.random()*app.fonts.length-1);	 
        theChar.appliedFont = app.fonts.item(theValue);  
		try_char_again(theChar); 
        }  
    } 
 
	function try_char_again (theChar)  
	    {  
 
	    try  
	        {  
			// save the character 
			var storage = theChar.contents; 
	        // create outline  
	        theChar.createOutlines();  
	        // if we got here it worked, so delete the outline  
	        theChar.remove();  
	        // insert the character (again)  
	        theChar.contents = storage;  
	        }  
	    catch(e)  
	        {  
	        // couldn't create outline, apply a basic font. 
var theValue = Math.floor(Math.random()*app.fonts.length-1); 
 
	        theChar.appliedFont = app.fonts.item(theValue);  
			try_char_forTheLastTime(theChar); 
	        }  
	    } 
		function try_char_forTheLastTime (theChar)  
		    {  
 
		    try  
		        {  
				// save the character 
				var storage = theChar.contents; 
		        // create outline  
		        theChar.createOutlines();  
		        // if we got here it worked, so delete the outline  
		        theChar.remove();  
		        // insert the character (again)  
		        theChar.contents = storage; 
		        }  
		    catch(e)  
		        {  
		        // couldn't create outline, apply a basic font. 
		        theChar.appliedFont = "Times"; 
				// now we have about 0,12% non working characters so we can live with Times 
		        }  
		    } 
		 
 
			function buildDoc(){ 
				var theDoc = app.documents.add() 
				with (theDoc.documentPreferences) { 
					pageWidth = "210mm"; 
					pageHeight = "210mm"; 
					//BleedBox settings 
					documentBleedBottomOffset = "3mm"; 
					documentBleedTopOffset = "3mm"; 
					documentBleedInsideOrLeftOffset = "3mm"; 
					documentBleedOutsideOrRightOffset = "3mm"; 
				} 
				// have to look up why the size is declared in 2 ways 
					with (theDoc.viewPreferences) { 
					pageWidth = "210mm"; 
					pageHeight = "210mm"; 
					// to make shure we have the right positions and units 
					horizontalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS; 
					verticalMeasurementUnits = MeasurementUnits.MILLIMETERS; 
					rulerOrigin = RulerOrigin.pageOrigin; 
 
				} 
 
				with(theDoc.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(0).marginPreferences){ 
					left = "13mm"; 
					top = "23mm"; 
					right = "13mm"; 
					bottom = "23mm"; 
					columnCount = 3; 
					columnGutter = "4mm"; 
				} 
				with(theDoc.masterSpreads.item(0).pages.item(1).marginPreferences){ 
					left = "13mm"; 
					top = "23mm"; 
					right = "13mm"; 
					bottom = "23mm"; 
					columnCount = 3; 
					columnGutter = "4mm"; 
				} 
 
 
				return theDoc; 
			} 
 
			function getBounds(myDocument, myPage){ 
				var myPageWidth = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageWidth; 
				var myPageHeight = myDocument.documentPreferences.pageHeight 
				if(myPage.side == PageSideOptions.leftHand){ 
					var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.left; 
					var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.right; 
				} 
				else{ 
					var myX1 = myPage.marginPreferences.left; 
					var myX2 = myPage.marginPreferences.right; 
				} 
				var myY1 = myPage.marginPreferences.top; 
				var myX2 = myPageWidth - myX2; 
				var myY2 = myPageHeight - myPage.marginPreferences.bottom; 
				return [myY1, myX1, myY2, myX2]; 
			}