Creating a custom glyph?

[bfcreativenyc1]

Hi,

Is it possible to create a symbol, such as a custom bullet point to insert in type in Illustrator? If so, how?

Thanks!

[Monika Gause]

Illustrator can't put graphics in text objects as inline objects and Illustrator can't edit font files.

[bfcreativenyc1]

Ok. Thanks!

[Steve Fairbairn]

But there are all kinds of funny dingbat fonts that have plenty of bullety things to choose from. Maybe you could use something from there. Try Zapf Dingbats for starters.

[Ton Frederiks]

But InDesign can.

So if you have both, you can create a graphic in Illustrator and paste it into text in InDesign.

If you want you can copy that text object from InDesign and paste it into Illustrator.

[Larry G. Schneider]

Actually, Ton, the IndyFont script from Jongware that is available on the InDesign Scripts forum will allow the making of a single character font which will be usable as any other font when installed on your machine.

[Ton Frederiks]

Thanks Larry, found it:

[Ann] IndyFont Demo: make your own (1 character) font

Also interesting is Michael Chaize's post:

http://creativedroplets.com/how-to-create-symbol-fonts-with-illustrator-cc/