![]() When you are done with adding alternative glyphs you can close and expand Procreate to style and continue working on your design. I’m going to follow steps 3 to 4 again to add an (s) with a swash. This will automatically paste the new Glyph we copied. The text options box will pop up, from there tap on “Paste”. This will copy the Glyph as a working text that you can paste into Procreate.Īfter the Glyph has been copied, tap on the text box in Procreate and then tap 2 times (Not double-tap) where you want to place the new glyph. From the options select “Share Glyph”.Ī new window will pop up, from the options tap on “Copy”. To copy the glyph tap on the share icon at the top right corner. The next step is to copy the glyph from Unicode Character Viewer and paste it into my Procreate text. With my split-screen, I’m going to look for an alternate glyph for the capital letter D and tap on it. To make this easier to see all Glyphs available and quickly add these to Procreate, I’m going to make it a split-screen between Unicode Character Viewer and Procreate. From there tap on the font name you want to use and it will display a character Glyph map. Tap on “Browse Fonts” which is the first option you see. To see alternate Glyphs for your font open Unicode Character Viewer. Once you are done making the changes tap on “Done”. You can also change your font “Design” like the size, spacing, and opacity. Below “Font” scroll and find the font you want to use. You will now see a new font options panel showing at the bottom of your screen. A text options box will pop up above your text, tap on the font name (My default font is Eina 01). To change the default font of your text, double tap on the text (it will be highlighted blue). Type out the word or phrase you want to add alternate Glyphs to. You can add text by tapping on the Actions (Wrench) icon at the top left of your toolbar. With our canvas open, the first step we are going to take is to add text. With the app and our font installed, let’s get started and add Alternative Glyphs in Procreate. In this tutorial, we will be using an elegant script font called Memories. If you are looking for ways to use Glyphs on other platforms, we also have tutorials on how to use Alternate Glyphs with Windows, and how to use Glyphs on Mac. Unfortunately, alternate Glyphs can’t be accessed directly within Procreate (but we sure hope they add an update for that). But, how exactly do you use alternate Glyphs in Procreate? I’m going to show you how you can do just that with an App called Unicode Character Viewer for $0.99. Make sure to tap ‘Done’ (in orange) to make sure you are good to go.You’ve found a beautiful Script font with loads of swashes and alternate Glyphs. This automatically imports your font into the Add Text font library. Now, you are in dropbox! If you can’t find your font file you might accidentally be on documents from your iPad so make sure that you are actually on Dropbox (see in video below). ![]() Tap on the ‘Import Font’ button at the top right of your panel. You should now see a new panel with a ton of different font settings. So go to the right and find the button that looks like Aa and tap it. ![]() TAP ‘Aa’ AT THE TOP RIGHT OF KEYBOARDīy default your keyboard will pop up to have you start typing. This is in the top left of your toolbar and the icon looks like a wrench. OPEN A PROCREATE CANVASĭoesn’t matter what size or which one. If you want to learn more in depth info about different font file formats check out my post HERE. ttf so make sure those are uploaded and ready. Go ahead and save your font files to your dropbox. Make sure to unzip your font files before you move onto the next step. I sell my script fonts on both of those platforms and in my online shop HERE.ĭesigning script fonts is not for the faint of heart and most fonts take me 3-6 months to create so when you’re purchasing one just know a ton of work has gone into making it beautiful!! 2. You can purchase beautiful script fonts from places like Creative Market and Etsy. But, if you’re like me, you probably want to add your own favorite fonts to the mix! Today, I’m walking you through how to do just that. Procreate Add Text tool already comes with a bunch of default fonts for you to use. Learning how to import fonts into Procreate can really enhance your artwork in so many ways.
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