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Fontifier

From the creators of the always helpful IdentiFont comes Fontifier, a web site that allows you to upload a sample of your handwriting, which is then turned into a Win/Mac compatible system font for use in your favorite graphics app!

You just download the template, print it out, write in the letters in your own handwriting, upload it to the site, and then you’re sent back a free font file made out of your own handwriting. If you don’t have a printer/scanner you can just draw in the letters with a mouse or wacom. I’ll be trying it later today most likely, and will post my results.

Here is my first quick attempt… I’ll probably do another one later and spend more time on it so all the baselines align and stuff. Strangely this doesn’t really look like my handwriting… Mostly because when you do the template you have to write each letter individually, whereas my natural writing all flows together into a big mess. My wife didn’t even believe it was my hand writing, except for the numbers, which do look like my numbers. Still, I wrote it with my own hand and now I can type with it, which is pretty cool! I did this one with my Wacom, Photoshop, and one of the default caligraphy brushes. I’ll probably experiment with different brushes and sizes later.

Great find Derek - that is one superb idea! I can’t wait to try it out :)