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How do you make a tail or swish on a font?

Es — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 06:24:09 GMT

New at playing with fonts and wondered if someone would enlighten me on how you make tails or swishes on fonts in general?

Re: How do you make a tail or swish on a font?

idraw — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:46:50 GMT

@Es

Here’s an article with details—-

https://lauraworthingtondesign.com/news/article/accessing-swashes-alternates-ornaments-and-special-characters

GLYPH PALETTES
Some programs such as Adobe Illustrator® and InDesign® (CS versions), Quark Xpress 7.0® (and above), CorelDRAW X6® (and above) have OpenType and Glyphs palettes, Click here to download an instructional PDF for Adobe Illustrator® and InDesign®. Click here to view written instructions on using OpenType in CorelDRAW® or watch this video

STANDARD UTILITIES ON YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM
All operating systems have a utility program that can access the swashes, alternates, and ornaments in my fonts. In addition, some programs have an OpenType®, Glyph, or Symbol panel or menu that can be used to find and insert swashes, alternates, and symbols directly into your document.
Operating system’s utility programs include Character Map (Windows), Character Viewer (Mac OS versions prior to 10.9), or Font Book (Mac OS 10.9 and later).
Below are links to instructional PDFs, along with a how-to video for Mac Users (10.6-10.8):

Character Map (Windows) • Video | NexusFont (Windows) • Video

Mac OS 10.6-10.8 • Video | Mac OS 10.9 • Video

Re: How do you make a tail or swish on a font?

idraw — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:57:30 GMT

This link may be more useful than my earlier post:
Script Fonts with Extra Swashes, Tails, Alternate Glyphs for Free
https://allthesvgs.com/fonts-glyphs-tails-swashes-cricut-silhouette-free-commercial-use/

Re: How do you make a tail or swish on a font?

WHS_Designs — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 22:30:19 GMT

for fonts used on Zazzle:

1. find the font in the collection below.
2. open the font's contact sheet in the Zazzle design tool.
3. use the Edit text command and copy and paste the glyph (or glyphs) to your design.

latest special character charts for script fonts - Zazzle

Re: How do you make a tail or swish on a font?

Es — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:48:53 GMT

Thank you everyone. Very cool:)

Re: How do you make a tail or swish on a font?

PAZP — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:04:39 GMT

It doesn't seem to allow me to copy the glyph then paste it. I'm guessing so people don't copy and paste other creators work from the edit tool. Unless I'm doing something wrong but I followed the instructions you provided.