Scrawl-Glyphs

TypeCooker™-style drawing for Glyphs.app

Features

• No undo. Just Tipp-Ex®
• No outline tracing. Learn to draw with Béziers yourself, you lazy dog!

Installation

• If you are running macOS Catalina, install Scrawl Tool and Scrawl Viewer through Glyphs’ built-in plugin manager (Window > Plugin Manager) to avoid security warnings.

Tips

• Best used with a pen tablet.
• Press C to activate Scrawl Tool
• Press E to switch between Draw and Erase modes
• Press 1–9 to quickly adjust the drawing tool size (check context menu for wider size range)
• You can view the scrawl in other tools by activating the Scrawl Reporter via menu View > Show Scrawl
• Change the ratio of vertical pen size relative to horizontal pen size by adding a custom parameter called "ScrawlPenRatio" to a master. A value of 1.0 means the pen is an exact circle.

Bugs

• Image size and position are fixed, e.g. when you change the sidebearings, the image will stay at its initial position.
• Use a recent Glyphs version. Older versions had a bug when saving more than 64 kB in the user data lib. Complex drawings may reach that limit.