by Chef Keem
Make Your Own Handwriting Font!
April 14, 2009 in Cool Stuff, Featured by Chef Keem
Neat-oh! Your handwriting as a regular font – that’s so cool!
(Further down I’ll tell you where you can download a FREE trial version of a full-blown font creator. First about the handwriting font tool…)
They talked about this on the local news this morning and I had to check it out as soon as I had time:
YourFonts.com – add a personal touch to your computer!
Here’s what you do when you’re on this site:
1. Print template
2. Fill in the characters with your own handwriting
3. Scan and save template
4. Upload template
5. Preview font for free and if you like it you can…
6. Download to your computer (for a mere $9.95)
7. Install and use
The site offers clear and detailed instructions for every step of the way. It’s easy!
I had one tiny problem, though – the .pdf printout wouldn’t show the bottom border and render the template useless. I had to download the template file as an image (there’s a link on the site for that as well), and then it worked fine.
Make sure your characters are within the parameters of the boxes and don’t forget to center them. This is important for the correct letter spacing of your printed handwriting.
I might have to do mine again, but here’s what I’ve got, so far:
As I’ve announced at the beginning of this post, here is the link to fontcreator.com where you can play with a FREE trial version of their software.
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With thanks to 
Overheard on twitter...
That is so cool. I keep meanin to do this, but so far, have been sidetracked. :/
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