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To translate a distance (in points) to a kerning value, you multiply that distance by (1000 / point size). So to add 6 points between two characters, you do
app.selection[0].kerningValue = 6 * (1000 / app.selection[0].pointSize);
I used that in the compose script (https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/compose.html).
I was never aware of Dave’s script. It’s a very clever solution, but for me the sidebearing showing up at the start of a line is a kerning problem, and my kerning script deals with it:
Bad sport!
Did you check whether there are any paragraphs that end in a space (or more spaces even)? If there are any they would trip up the solutions suggested above. To delete any trailing spaces, use this query:
Find: +$
Replace with: <leave empty>
And for sport here’s yet another query to find paragraphs that don’t end in a period and insert a period:
Find: (?<!\.)$
Replace with: .
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