add special character as glyph or font

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August 10, 2023
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I hae a book that uses a special handdrawn image for the word "AND" - this image is used several times per page at different sizes as part of normal text. I've been trying to figure a way to make it into a glyph and add that or to make it a font [it is only the word "and"] to avoid having to place it as an image every time and then having to resize it. Think of it like an emoji - can I make the "and" into a glyph? or a font? I've made the "and" into an svg file via Illustrator and tried things like fontforge and birdfont but am not able to create the font

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Correct answer jmlevy

Did you contact Marc Autret or is it a chance? Answer is here, given by Marc:

https://twitter.com/indiscripts/status/1690354835101528064?s=20

jmlevy

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The 2 links given by @Eugene Tyson refer to the same product: Indyfont, which is exactly what you need.

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notannhavocAuthor

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thank you - I tried it and liked it - however - I keep gettign stack overflow error - I've reduced the number of anchor points drastically but am still gettign the error. Windows 10, ID 18.5 - lots of memory. I've created the path in ID using the pen tool and then adjusted teh bezier curves to try to match - so there are really minimal points. I tried with a simple shape [rectangle] and that worked but it really doesn't like my "and". Made sure to drop onto green layer and fill with black form InDEsign