About Glyphs
Glyphs is a free Figma plugin published by Yury Zeliankouski in 2020. It works in Figma Design and FigJam and has 95,257 users and 861 likes on the Figma Community. It ranks #16 in FigJam on our lists.
In the developer's words
Discover the wonderful world of glyphs, ligatures, emojis, and other symbols and characters right in Figma design and FigJam whiteboard using the Glyphs plugin.
The plugin currently includes 184 Unicode Blocks.
How to use:
- Drag the glyph from the plugin window and Drop anywhere on the canvas.
- Left-click on a glyph to paste onto the canvas or into the text layer(s).
- Right-click on a glyph to copy it to the clipboard.
Supported objects:
- Texts;
- Connectors;
- Shapes with text (Square, Ellipse, Diamond, etc.);
- Sticky notes;
- "Code block" snippet (experimental).
Note:
Some fonts may not include all the characters that you see in the plugin. If you don’t see a glyph after pasting, this means that the glyph doesn't exist in the font. Please select a glyph layer and select a different font in the Figma properties panel or use the Change Font plugin.
The glyph and block names are from the Unicode Character Database.
Donation:
You can support the development and maintenance of this plugin by donating via destream.
Creator:
My other projects:
- Change Font plugin;
- Translation Suggestions plugin;
- Code Block to File plugin;
- Base64 plugin;
- Translate widget;
- How many Sticky Notes? widget.
What's new
Version 17 · released Jun 8, 2022
- Improved accessibility, search and user interface design;
- Added Drag and Drop function.
Permissions and privacy
Network access
This plugin's manifest doesn't declare its network access, which is common for older plugins. Figma shows a warning on the Community page for plugins like this.
Extra permissions
None beyond the standard access to the file you run it in.
Read from the plugin's published manifest.
Where Glyphs ranks
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Glyphs FAQ
What does Glyphs do?
Discover the wonderful world of glyphs, ligatures, and other characters right in Figma and FigJam. It's a Figma plugin by Yury Zeliankouski that runs in Figma Design and FigJam.
Is Glyphs free?
Yes. Glyphs is free to install and run from the Figma Community, with no paid tier listed.
How do I install Glyphs?
Open it on the Figma Community, or search for it in the Actions menu (Cmd/Ctrl + K) inside any file you can edit. See how to install Figma plugins.
What are the best alternatives to Glyphs?
By user count, the closest alternatives are Iconify, Streamline and Flaticon by Magnific. Compare all of them on the best Figma plugins for figjam.
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