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

• Curl0–100, default 60
• Height0–150%, default 28
• Wave0–100, default 20
• Slope−20 to 20°
• Ratio0–80, default 29
• Length50–150%
• Tail tipHorse / Shark / Duck / Rat / Beaver / Fox / Monkey tail
• Size−100 to 100, default 50
• H.Shiftfine horizontal position
• Swish positionAbove text / Under text
• Gapon/off, with a weave gap amount

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.

Prefer to do it by hand?

How to add a swoosh to text in Illustrator → walks through the manual Illustrator steps, then shows the one-click version.