Setting font and color TextItems

Question

This script is failing to set font, and how can I set font color?; I am new to PS Scripting:
     var originalUnit = preferences.rulerUnits
      preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES
     var docRef = app.documents.add( 11, 17, 300, "Test", NewDocumentMode.CMYK)
    MyLayer = docRef.artLayers.add()
     MyLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT
     var myFont = app.fonts.getByName("ArialMT");
     // Set the contents of the text layer.
     var textItemRef = MyLayer.textItem
     textItemRef.font = myFont;
     textItemRef.size = UnitValue(36, 'pt');
     textItemRef.font = '_Aviano-Regular';
     textItemRef.style = "Italic";
     textItemRef.contents = "Sample Text";
     // Restore original ruler unit setting
      app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalUnit
Thanks

Answer 1

The font needs to be the postscript name, this will give you a list of them.
var Dlog =
"dialog{text:'Script Interface',bounds:[100,100,500,270],"+
"FontName:DropDownList{bounds:[30,40,370,60]},"+
"PostScriptName:DropDownList{bounds:[30,100,370,120]},"+
"statictext0:StaticText{bounds:[40,10,200,30] , text:'Font Name'},"+
"statictext1:StaticText{bounds:[40,70,141,87] , text:'Postscript Name'},"+
"button0:Button{bounds:[140,130,240,150] , text:'Ok' }}";
win = new Window(Dlog,"Use the Postscript Name in your script.");
var item;
var item2;
for (var i=0,len=app.fonts.length;i<len;i++) {
  item = win.FontName.add ('item', "" + app.fonts[i].name);
  item2 = win.PostScriptName.add ('item', "" + app.fonts[i].postScriptName);   
win.FontName.selection = win.FontName.items[0] ;
win.PostScriptName.selection = win.PostScriptName.items[0] ;
win.FontName.onChange = function() {
win.PostScriptName.selection = win.PostScriptName.items[parseInt(this.selection)] ;
$.writeln(win.PostScriptName.items[parseInt(this.selection)]);
win.PostScriptName.onChange = function() {
win.FontName.selection = win.FontName.items[parseInt(this.selection)] ;
win.center();
win.show();
Here is your code with colour addded...
     var originalUnit = preferences.rulerUnits
      preferences.rulerUnits = Units.INCHES
      var FillColor = new SolidColor;
    FillColor.rgb.hexValue = 'ff0000';
     var docRef = app.documents.add( 11, 17, 300, "Test", NewDocumentMode.CMYK)
    MyLayer = docRef.artLayers.add()
     MyLayer.kind = LayerKind.TEXT
     var myFont = "ArialMT";
     // Set the contents of the text layer.
     var textItemRef = MyLayer.textItem
     textItemRef.font = myFont;
     textItemRef.size = UnitValue(36, 'pt');
     textItemRef.font = myFont;
     //textItemRef.style = "Italic";
     textItemRef.fauxItalic = true;
     textItemRef.contents = "Sample Text";
     textItemRef.color = FillColor;
     // Restore original ruler unit setting
      app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalUnit