Turn your handwriting into a font!

Turn your handwriting into a font!
« on: Sep 27, 2013, 02:08 PM »
Hey guys, I've been looking for something like this for a while, and here it is!
http://www.myscriptfont.com/

You just print out a template, write on it, scan it in and upload it to their site, and they make a font for you. I just made one with my handwriting, and I can see so many possibilities with this for comic lettering. I just couldn't NOT share it! I hope you like it! :)

Re: Turn your handwriting into a font!
« Reply #1 on: Sep 27, 2013, 03:05 PM »
Yes, it's pretty rad.
I've been using Fred2 for almost all my comics, a font I made with that very thing. My handwriting has never been super legible, but it fits better with my drawings than anything else...
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Re: Turn your handwriting into a font!
« Reply #2 on: Sep 27, 2013, 06:58 PM »
Wow! I always assumed you hand-lettered each comic. It really does work for you, man!

Re: Turn your handwriting into a font!
« Reply #3 on: Sep 27, 2013, 09:16 PM »
I've made a few with varying weights and styles with this. It's pretty awesome except, if I remember correctly, none of my closing quotes work. I just get a default preset quote symbol :/ No problem though, just draw them in I guess hah

Oh and it's good to tweak your font using something like FontForge if you need to adjust the spacing or positioning.

Re: Turn your handwriting into a font!
« Reply #4 on: Oct 15, 2013, 04:53 PM »
Oh yeah! The quotes are messed up on that site. Turns out they have an updated site that works much better! http://www.paintfont.com/

It lets you choose all the characters you want in your font, and it works really well!

Re: Turn your handwriting into a font!
« Reply #5 on: Oct 15, 2013, 07:26 PM »
Oh my gosh, this is super amazing. * v*
I can't wait to use this thingy.

 


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