Extend a part of a character

[williamf13256347]

Hello,

I am looking to extend the swash of the character in the attached image. I am a begginer with illustrator (i know enough to get by most times) I only want the line extended and not the rest of the "t".

using illustrator 23.1 (CC2019)

Thank you for any help.

Bill

[Ton Frederiks]

If you select Type > Create Outlines you will be able to modify the swash.

[williamf13256347]

I did that but I am not sure how to modify just the swatch. I tried the pen tool with no success on how I wanted to extend it.

[rcraighead]

Use the "Direct Select" tool to select just the points you want to move or edit.

[rcraighead]

Depending on the font there are sometimes alternate characters to choose from as well. These may include "swash" variations. Open "Window>Type>Glyphs" to view them. Double-click a charaacter to add it to an active text block.

[williamf13256347]

yes this is a glyph already. just the swish is not long enough for what I need. so I need to extend it a bit.

[Monika Gause]

Please find information here: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/editing-paths.html

[Mario Arizmendi]

One quick option if you have CC 2019 is to usse the puppet warp tool, very easy...

[annabiel]

Hi Bill,

Glyphs are treated by Illustrator as text so, to extend the line by dragging anchor points, first you need to turn the glyph into a shape so that you have actual anchor points to drag. You can do that by coping the glyph itself into a separate layer, selecting it, then going to Object > Expand. Then, you will have a shape to work with.

[kphotopage]

My vote would be to Outline text and

totally delete that existing swash of the t character.

Shown in Cyan.  A closed filled path.

Easy to create your own Swash!

Draw a new stroke path.

The Pencil Tool and the Width tool are your friends here.

Duplicate for safety

Finally Expand your stroke, now both are fills. One color

Pathfinders> Unite

K