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Attempting to Highlight First Letter

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KKevinGutowski
Last edited Jun 13, 2020
Created on Jun 13, 2020

This Sketch plugin example demonstrates how to highlight the first letter of a selected text layer. The script calculates the bounding box of the first glyph using Sketch’s text layout APIs, including `NSTextContainer`, `NSLayoutManager`, and `boundingRectForGlyphRange`, then draws a red rectangle behind that letter. The gist creates a reusable highlight shape and removes any previous version, making it easy to re-run the code. The plugin relies on the Sketch.js library to access and manipulate the document’s layers and shapes.

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