Export font downloads a standard .ttf file —
the same format every system uses. It is yours, under the
SIL Open Font License:
free to use, ship, and sell with your apps and games.
Install on your computer
- Windows: right-click the TTF → Install (or Install for all users).
- macOS: double-click the TTF → Install Font.
- Linux: copy it to
~/.local/share/fonts and run fc-cache.
Use in a game
- Unity: drop the TTF into
Assets/Fonts; for TextMeshPro create a Font Asset from it (Window → TextMeshPro → Font Asset Creator).
- Godot: copy the TTF into the project and set it as a FontFile on your theme or Label.
- Unreal: import the TTF as a Font asset (runtime-cached).
Use in a mobile app
- Android: put it in
res/font/ and reference with @font/yourfont (or Compose FontFamily).
- iOS: add the TTF to the app bundle and list it under
UIAppFonts in Info.plist.
- Flutter: declare it under
fonts: in pubspec.yaml.
- React Native / Expo: load with
expo-font or link the asset.
Use on the web
@font-face {
font-family: "MyFont";
src: url("MyFont.ttf") format("truetype");
}
Tools & shortcuts
- P pen · L line · O circle · E eraser · A anchor mode
- Ctrl/Cmd+Z undo · Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z redo
- [ ] previous / next glyph · N next empty glyph
- + − 0 zoom in / out / fit · F focus mode
- Ghost overlays a glyph you already drew (e.g. your က) so every letter keeps the same style; Copy from duplicates strokes between similar letters (ခ→ဂ, ပ→ဖ…).
- ⚓ Anchors shows where vowel signs and marks will attach in the full build — drag a point to adjust it, double-click to reset. Import SVG brings a vectorized paper sketch (Inkscape/Illustrator trace) onto the current glyph.
- On iPad: draw with the Apple Pencil (pressure varies the stroke), pan & zoom with two fingers. Add the studio to your Home Screen — it works offline.
Touch gestures (phone & tablet)
- Two-finger tap undo · three-finger tap redo — the same shortcuts drawing apps use.
- Pinch to zoom, two fingers to pan. Once a stylus is detected, fingers only pan and the pen draws (palm rejection).
- The bar along the bottom is built for your thumb: previous/next glyph, undo, redo, pen↔eraser, and jump to the next empty glyph.
- ⋯ opens the project menu (name, save, load, help, theme, language, gallery); ⚙ reveals pen, guide and anchor settings.
Guides
- The dimmed letter you trace comes from Padauk, bundled with the studio — so stacked guides (က္က) and kinzi (င်္က) are correct even when your device's own Myanmar font cannot draw them.
- ⚙ → Guide font traces over a different face instead: load any TTF/OTF (an earlier font of your own, a style you admire). It stays on your device. Press it again to return to Padauk.
Draft vs. full build
The in-browser export is a draft: perfect for testing your
letterforms, but complex syllables (stacks like က္က, kinzi, vowel-mark
positioning) need the full build. Save your project file and run
pipeline/build.sh from the repository — it produces a
shaping-correct font from the exact same drawings. See the README.