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  • Does AE support SVG glyph font format? (suggest alternative if not?)

    Posted by Francesco Barese on January 30, 2021 at 9:39 pm

    hi there,

    im working with some pretty complex graphics that are a pain to put together. so i decided to make my own proprietary font where letters on the keyboard would be replaced by my own buttons and graphics and arrows.(they have different colors, blending, transparencies,glints,etc). this would save me a ton of time if i could just type my symbols like they were words . basically like webdings but with colorful svg. picture this, but each symbol is its own character corresponding to a letter on the keyboard:

    is there anyway this could work in after effects?

    and if not, is there any script or 3rd party solution that lets you place things down as if they were a font?(or any other suggestion?

    thanks in advance

    Francesco Barese replied 5 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Robert Müller

    February 1, 2021 at 9:45 am

    Hi, as far as I know AE does not support SVG fonts so far. What might work is an animated type face using Font Manager:

    https://aescripts.com/font-manager/

    You should be able to add your icons to this, but Ive never used it before so maybe try it out? Would love to hear your results 🙂

  • Francesco Barese

    February 1, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    thank you very much. i appreciate it! will give it a go

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