Text Replacements and Formatting

When working with text in Darty-Ai, the Text method gives you precise control over how content is replaced, formatted, or dynamically inserted into your Illustrator documents. You can target text in several different ways depending on your workflow.

Text Targets:

• Replace and format tagged text frames
  Replaces the entire contents of a tagged text frame.
  
  Example:
  Before:
  [tag:product_name] Awesome Shoes™
  After (row value: "Running Pro 2000"):
  Running Pro 2000
  
  

  A
  product_name
  text
  replace
  Running Pro 2000
  Sleek Sneak
  Fast Track 7000

  
• Target {{template}} strings
  Replaces and formats placeholders like {{name}} or ((price)) without altering the rest of the text.
  
  Example:
  Before:
  Hello {{firstName}}, your order #{{orderId}} is ready.
  After (row values: firstName = "Alex", orderId = "91234"):
  Hello Alex, your order #91234 is ready.
  
  

  A	B	C	D
  *		*
  text		text
  find: firstName	replace	find: orderId	replace
  firstName	Alex	orderId	91234
  firstName	Tom	orderId	91235
  firstName	Anna	orderId	91236

  
• Replace and format plain text
  Searches for exact text and replaces it. Useful for correcting fixed strings or updating repeated terms.
  
  Example:
  Before:
  The artist selected Blue as the primary color.
  After (replace "Blue" → "Navy"):
  The artist selected Navy as the primary color.
  
  

  A	B	C
  *
  text
  find: Blue	replace	mode: all
  Blue	Navy	all
  Blue	Peacock	all
  Blue	Sapphire	all

  
  Note: mode: all is required in this case because the text you are matching is not wrapped in {{curly}} or ((round)) brackets. By default, find only targets wrapped template strings, so mode: all ensures the plain text is matched.
• Regex-based replacement and formatting
  Uses regular expressions to target patterns rather than exact text. This allows very powerful transformations.
  
  Example 1 – Update all name_1, name_2, name_3... templates:
  Regex: ^name_
  Matches: {{name_1}}, {{name_2}}, {{name_3}}
  
  Example 2 – Clean multiple spaces:
  Regex: \s{2,}
  Replacement: " "
  Before:
  Product   Name: Running  Shoes
  After:
  Product Name: Running Shoes
  
  Example 3 – Replace number formats:
  Regex: (\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})
  Replace: $1-$2-$3
  Before: 5551234567
  After: 555-123-4567
  
  Example 4 – Correct Emoji Fonts:
  Regex: /\p{Emoji}/
  Font: EmojiOne
  Before: ▯
  After: 😀

  A	B	C	D
  *
  text
  regex	replace	mode	font
  ^name_	Darty-Ai	{(	Arial Black
  \s{2,}	" "
  (\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4})	$1-$2-$3
  /\p{Emoji}/			EmojiOne

  
  Note: mode: {( is required when matching text wrapped in {{curly}} or ((round)) brackets using regex. By default, template placeholders are treated as whole phrases, so the brackets themselves are not matched unless mode: {( is specified.

You can mix and combine all of these techniques to build powerful, automated text workflows—whether you’re generating labels, packaging, product catalogs, proofs, or large-scale variable-data documents.