{"id":128,"date":"2009-09-01T06:00:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/01\/TurnYourHandwritingIntoATrueTypeFontForFree.aspx"},"modified":"2009-09-01T06:00:07","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T06:00:07","slug":"turn-your-handwriting-into-a-true-type-font-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.little.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/01\/turn-your-handwriting-into-a-true-type-font-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn your handwriting into a true type font, for free!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want a vanity font to go with your vanity plates and vanity domains? You can do it without having to learn post script or hiring a typography expert. Just hop on over to <a title=\"http:\/\/www.fontcapture.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fontcapture.com\">http:\/\/www.fontcapture.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The process is simple: print out their form, write out the alphabet, scan the form back in and upload to their server. Your font is available pretty much instantly. Best part: it\u2019s free (we\u2019ve already established I\u2019m cheap).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelittles.smugmug.com\/photos\/636397768_F8cEY-S.jpg\" \/>     <br \/><em><font color=\"#808080\">How long does it take you to write 127 letters?<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s dirt cheap and spike-through-the-head easy. It\u2019s not, however, failsafe. Here\u2019s some stuff to keep in mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have crappy handwriting, this isn\u2019t going to make it look any better <\/li>\n<li>You\u2019ll probably be much happier with the results if you use your favorite image editor to line up letters vertically and horizontally <\/li>\n<li>Consistent width on the letters will also pay dividends (my \u201cy\u201ds are skewed, making the spacing look bad)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelittles.smugmug.com\/photos\/636397713_izbJq-S.jpg\" \/>     <br \/><em><font color=\"#808080\">If you take the time to line up all your letters your font will be much nicer<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It honestly is easy, I made the first draft of my font in less than 10 minutes. If you want a quality font, however, you will want to tweak the letter size and alignment to make them consistent and aligned. For me that was another 30 minute investment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelittles.smugmug.com\/photos\/636397815_sgTVV-M.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, no&#8230; this ain\u2019t one of them crappy bit-mapped fonts. The clever folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fontcapture.com\/\">fontcapture.com<\/a> turn your handwriting into a true type font, so you can blow it up to 120 points if you want:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.little.org\/photos\/636413060_FKnCW-X3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/thelittles.smugmug.com\/photos\/636413060_FKnCW-Ti.jpg\" \/><\/a>    <br \/><em><font color=\"#808080\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pictures.little.org\/photos\/636413060_FKnCW-X3.jpg\">Clickey for biggie<\/a><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, you should not scan letters from your friends and create a font to impersonate them. That would be wrong Steve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a vanity font to go with your vanity plates and vanity domains? You can do it without having to learn post script or hiring a typography expert. Just hop on over to http:\/\/www.fontcapture.com. 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