Word art is a fun and creative way to add visual elements to your documents, making them more interesting and eye-catching. Whether you’re a graphic designer or just looking for a way to add some personality to your work, word art on the iPad can be a great tool.
In this article, we’ll take you through a step-by-step guide on how to create word art on the iPad using apps such as Font Book, FontForge, and PaperPort. Let’s get started!
Creating Word Art using Font Book
Font Book is an app that allows you to create custom fonts by adding characters or symbols to existing fonts. To create word art using Font Book, follow these steps:
1. Open Font Book and select the font that you want to add characters or symbols to.
2. Choose “New Glyph” from the menu at the top of the screen.
3. In the new window that appears, click on “Symbol” in the “Glyph Type” section.
4. Type in your desired symbol or character in any size of your choosing.
5. Save your font by clicking on “Save.”
Once you’ve created your word art using Font Book, you can use it in other applications such as Words (a free document editor) by selecting it from the Document & Drawings pane in Apps.
Creating Word Art using FontForge
FontForge is an open-source software application that allows you to edit and manipulate fonts in order to create custom designs such as logos or business cards. To create word art using FontForge, follow these steps:
1. Open FontForge and select “Manage Fonts.”
2. In the new window that appears, drag one of your existing fonts into a new text layer by dragging it over it’s corresponding text box.
Click on any individual character or symbol within the text box in order to customize it’s appearance.
Once you’ve created your word art using Font Forge ,you can use it in other applications such as Words (a free document editor) by selecting it from Document & Drawings pane Apps
Creating Word Art using PaperPort
PaperPort is an app that allows you create vector graphics using various pre-defined shapes or brush strokes. To create word art with PaperPort, follow these steps:
Step: Open PaperPort and choose “Art” >”Text Art”.
In order for PaperPort’s brushes and shapes not conflict with each other when creating vectorized characters ,you’ll need have already exported selected glyphs as separate files into an external image library before starting Text Art
Note: When exporting glyphs as separate files make sure each file has an extension of “.stb”, otherwise they will be read-only
