SWISH

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How it works

A procedural swoosh spine is attached at the advance edge of the word, measured from the font's own metrics so it lands exactly where the type ends at any size. Curl, Height, Wave, Slope and Ratio shape the spine, Length sets how far it runs, and the Tail tip picks the ending. The swoosh is emitted as an extra glyph, so 3D, strokes and the rest treat it as part of the word. The SwishFx panel adds swoosh fonts and per-font defaults.

What you can adjust

Drag a slider to see what each control does to the type.

• Curlframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/curl/1.png
  Curl0–100, default 60
  1 / 5
• Heightframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/height/1.png
  Height0–150%, default 28
  1 / 5
• Waveframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/wave/1.png
  Wave0–100, default 20
  1 / 5
• Slopeframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/slope/1.png
  Slope−20 to 20°
  1 / 5
• Ratioframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/ratio/1.png
  Ratio0–80, default 29
  1 / 5
• Lengthframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/length/1.png
  Length50–150%
  1 / 5
• Tail tipframe 1 of 7
  /img/effects/swish/tail-tip/1.png
  Tail tipHorse / Shark / Duck / Rat / Beaver / Fox / Monkey tail
  1 / 7
• Sizeframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/size/1.png
  Size−100 to 100, default 50
  1 / 5
• H.Shiftframe 1 of 5
  /img/effects/swish/h-shift/1.png
  H.Shiftfine horizontal position
  1 / 5
• Swish positionframe 1 of 2
  /img/effects/swish/swish-position/1.png
  Swish positionAbove text / Under text
  1 / 2
• Gapframe 1 of 2
  /img/effects/swish/gap/1.png
  Gapon/off, with a weave gap amount
  1 / 2

Still live text

Swish is applied as an Illustrator live effect, so the text stays editable. Change the word, the font, or any slider afterwards, and save the result as a Graphic Style to reuse it.