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Figma plugin#16 in FigJam

Glyphs

Discover the wonderful world of glyphs, ligatures, and other characters right in Figma and FigJam

by Yury Zeliankouski

users
95K
likes
861
saves
29K
comments
18
FreeWorks inFigma DesignFigJam
Price
Free
Latest version
v17 · Jun 8, 2022
First published
Jun 1, 2020
Features

What Glyphs does

Summarised from Yury Zeliankouski's description on the Figma Community.

  • Supported objects

    Texts;. Connectors;

  • Donation

    You can support the development and maintenance of this plugin by donating via destream.

  • Creator

    Yury Zeliankouski

  • My other projects

    Change Font plugin;. Translation Suggestions plugin;

  • Manifest

    Glyphs

    A quick action you can run from the Actions menu (Cmd/Ctrl + K).

On this page
Overview

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:

  1. Drag the glyph from the plugin window and Drop anywhere on the canvas.
  2. Left-click on a glyph to paste onto the canvas or into the text layer(s).
  3. Right-click on a glyph to copy it to the clipboard.

Supported objects:

  1. Texts;
  2. Connectors;
  3. Shapes with text (Square, Ellipse, Diamond, etc.);
  4. Sticky notes;
  5. "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:

Yury Zeliankouski

My other projects:

  1. Change Font plugin;
  2. Translation Suggestions plugin;
  3. Code Block to File plugin;
  4. Base64 plugin;
  5. Translate widget;
  6. How many Sticky Notes? widget.
Changelog

What's new

Version 17 · released Jun 8, 2022

  • Improved accessibility, search and user interface design;
  • Added Drag and Drop function.
Trust

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.

Rankings

Where Glyphs ranks

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FAQ

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.

For developers

Built this plugin?

Use this page as a landing page for Glyphs: link to it from your site, README or launch posts, or add a badge. Pick a style and copy the code.

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