Outlines Groups Alignment

    /*
        This script create outlines from text
        aligns some objects
        builds a group
    
    
    */
    // this is only prerequisite make a doc with some objects
    // create a doc with a size of 200 w and h
    var doc = app.documents.add({
            documentPreferences:{
                    pageWidth : 200,
                    pageHeight: 200
                }
            });
    // some colors
    var polycol_stroke = doc.colors.add({
        name:"polycol_stroke",
        model:ColorModel.PROCESS,
        space:ColorSpace.RGB,
        colorValue:[10,0,10]});
    
    var circlecol_fill = doc.colors.add({
        name:"circlecol_fill",
        model:ColorModel.PROCESS,
        space:ColorSpace.RGB,
        colorValue:[200,255,200]});
    
    // create a circle for styling
    var circle = doc.pages.item(0).ovals.add({
        geometricBounds:[25,25,175,175],
        strokeWeight:0,
        fillColor: circlecol_fill 
        });
    
    // create a background in white
    var bg = doc.pages.item(0).rectangles.add({
        geometricBounds:[0,0,200,200],
        strokeWeight:0,
        fillColor: doc.swatches.item(2) /* This is white */
    
    });
       
    // create a text frame with a content "5" 
    var tf = doc.pages.item(0).textFrames.add({
            geometricBounds:[25,25,175,175],
            contents: "5"
            });
        
        
    var firstPar = tf.paragraphs.item(0); // get the first paragraph
    // set some properties
    firstPar.properties = {
                    pointSize: 500,
                    hyphenation : false
                    };
    
    tf.fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT); // now fit the box onto the character
    
    /*
    This is the gist.
    - create outlines
    - center the object
    - make a group from polygon and rectangle bg
    - apply some styling
    - with the styling the circle gets visible again
    */
    
    
    var poly = tf.createOutlines(true); // if true the original gets deleted returns an Array
    poly[0].strokeWeight = 5; // give him a stroke
    poly[0].strokeColor = polycol_stroke; // give him a stroke color
    
    // center the polygon align expects an array
    doc.align(poly, DistributeOptions.HORIZONTAL_CENTERS, AlignDistributeBounds.PAGE_BOUNDS);
    doc.align(poly, DistributeOptions.VERTICAL_CENTERS,AlignDistributeBounds.PAGE_BOUNDS);
    
    
    var groupArray = new Array(); // create an array for the objects we want to group
    
    groupArray.push(bg); // push the bg into it
    groupArray.push(poly[0]);// push the polygon into the Array
    var the_group = doc.pages.item(0).groups.add(groupArray); // add a group to the first page
    
    the_group.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.blendMode = BlendMode.DIFFERENCE;
    the_group.transparencySettings.blendingSettings.opacity = 77;