I've been trying to create some textFrames via code and also tried to use the TextPencil script I found on the site:

it seems that the textFrames are created, but they are empty. (or contain unknown size letters - the textframe shows the red Wrapping button [+] but never shows any text, not even when i try to edit it, etc.

I did find out that when i save a file that I tried using textpencil on to SVG, suddenly all the letters appear (with my textframes from my other script as well.)

Also, I was trying to write a quick script to reverse text within selected frames -> console messages sometimes doesn't show up (unless there's something i'm missing) - and sometimes the same code seems not to work - also, Illustrator sometimes completely crushes when I try those things.

code:

function reverseText()
{
	var selection = activeDocument.selectedItems;

	var textFrameCount = 0;

	for (var i = 0; i < selection.length; i++)
	{
		item = selection[0];

		if (item instanceof TextFrame) 
		{
			textFrameCount++;
			
			var textFrame = TextFrame(item);

			var text = textFrame.getContent();
			
			var newText = "";
			
			for (var j=0; j<text.length; j++)
			{
				newText = text[j] + newText;
			}

			textFrame.setContent(newText);
		}
	}
	if (textFrameCount == 0)
	{
		Dialog.alert("no text frames are selected.")
	}
}