You don’t necessarily need to complete Steps 2-4 to use the swashes, but it helps narrow down all the Glyphs so you’ll see them easier. To use the swashes, let’s go through the steps below. ♥ Accessing Glyphs and Swashes via Character Map
If you don’t see it in your font list, try typing it into the font box. You’ll see the Character Mapwindow open, as shown in the image below.įirst, let’s choose the Lilly Mae font from the drop-down font window and then view the Glyphs. Easy peasy! Accessing Character Map in Windows Type Character Map in your search browser on the bottom left of your screen. Next, click the StartIcon and go to Windows Accessories > Character Map. The example shown below is in a Microsoft Word document. Any application in which you want to use the font Glyphs. YOUTUBE ~ How to access and use font Glyphs in Windows and Photoshopįirst, let’s open a word document or Photoshop file. In addition to the video tutorial, I included some visuals below to help guide you through the steps. How to access and use font Glyphs and Swashes in Windows and Photoshop! In the video tutorial, I demonstrate just how easy it is to use these left and right swashes! ♥
ttf files to have full access to swashes. Melonade is a tall, handwritten script font that comes with both left and right swashes, in addition to the regular version. I love these Fonts and created a few graphics to display in this post.