Symbol Draw

Symbol Draw is a lightweight drawing tool that uses glyphs from any installed font as your brush. The program allows you to "paint" with text directly onto a canvas.

Technical Features:

Any Font: Direct loading of .ttf and .otf files.

Dynamic Brush: Adjustable size, opacity, and character spacing.

Drawing Modes:

Cycle: Iterates through characters in a string as you move the mouse.

String: Renders the entire input string at once with a single click.

Navigation: Zooming and free canvas panning via Right Mouse Button (RMB).

Export: Save to PNG with support for transparency or a custom background color.

Hotkeys:

LMB — Draw.

RMB / MMB — Pan/Move canvas.

Wheel — Zoom.

Ctrl + Z — Undo.

Ctrl + Y — Redo (Ctrl + Shift + Z also works).

Short Description for Itch:

A tool for creating graphics based on text characters. Supports custom fonts, large canvas sizes, and transparency. Minimal interface — maximum control over glyphs.

Credits:

Developer: essofain

Made with: Python, Pillow (PIL), Tkinter.

Inspiration: Mr Typer