You can make the best use of the available glyphs and extra swashes from purchased fonts.
Create a glyph how to#
There you go, now you know how to insert glyphs in Canva. Now, this is our text with the copied glyphs. Repeat the steps above to copy and paste other glyphs. This was our text with regular font. We can now see that our regular H was changed to an H with extra swash. Here, we want to change the regular H to an H with a swash so we will highlight it > right-click > paste or highlight > Ctrl/Command + V. Go back to your design space in Canva, click the text box, and highlight the specific letter you want the copied swash to be added. Select/highlight the one that you like > right-click> copy or press Ctrl/Command + C. Scroll down through the pages until you see the swashes you want to add to your texts in Canva.
Create a glyph pdf#
Or you have the option to download the PDF file and save it to your computer for future reference. Orchid Key font has 45 pages of PDF Glyphs guide. There you will see all the font variations and alternate glyphs available. Scroll down further until you see the “View Font Glyphs” option.
To add the glyphs to your text, you have to go to the product page of the font you’ve purchased and see its PDF Glyphs guide. This time we will use the third style variation "Orchid Key Spurs Regular". Click the color tile and select the white tile from the left panel to apply the color change.Īdd your second text, and follow the same process above. We will also change our text color to white. We're going to select "Orchid Key Inline Regular". We will use the pre-uploaded Orchid Key font. Change the font by clicking on the font name drop down and scroll through the options. It will automatically change the sample text. You can make the text bigger by dragging the white circle handle out. With the sample text selected/highlighted, start typing your own text. You can add text by clicking the text button> Add a heading or just simply type "T" to quickly add a text box. Open your existing design where you want your text with glyphs and swashes added. We will be using the Orchid Key font by Missy Meyer as there are tons of glyph variations and swashes available. There are a lot of other great adventure fonts available on Font Bundles. You can check out our tutorial on using purchased fonts in Canva if you don’t know how to do it yet. This is because you have to upload your purchased fonts in Canva.
Create a glyph pro#
You need a Canva Pro account for this feature. We use them as an embellishment for words and letters to give extra flair to your text. In this tutorial, we will be looking at how to use the alternate glyphs and swashes of purchased fonts for Canva. It could be a letter, an accented letter, a ligature, a punctuation mark, or a dingbat. A glyph is an assortment of designs of a certain character and a part of a specific font.