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Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by ziari »

throwaway13337 wrote: post #36

I've noticed that I get junk mail now that appears hand written. They go so far as to depress the paper as if with pen in a convincing way. They seem indistinguishable except that they are marketing. I'm left wondering if there is some new innovation here combined with popularity in some marketing newsletter. I went looking for the device that could do this and have come up empty-handed. Does anyone know what could c…

Bulk mail is often produced using a letterpress-style machine. Personalized mail, on the other hand, is usually "handwritten" using a pen plotter (e.g., AxiDraw).

https://axidraw.com/

Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by pdamoc »

sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

This looks very interesting. I wonder how much data would be required in order to imitate a particular handwriting style? i.e. if I know someone with a lovely penmanship and I can ask that person to create such a reference data set, how much should that person write in order for the network to be able to reproduce the style reliably?

Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by pkphilip »

sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

You sure you don't have someone from India writing this out on a touchscreen when someone enters the text at the prompt?

(Just kidding)

Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by iforgotpassword »

MikeTheGreat wrote: post #10
sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

This is really neat! I love how it looks, and the selection of styles. A couple of times, using Style #2, it generated a bunch of loops at the end: Text: "The quick brown fox, etc" Image: https://pasteboard.co/Jn0O17a.png Still - nifty, and fun to play with. Makes me want to find an application / excuse to use it :)

I got that to after playing around a bit and then trying that phrase. It gave me a really good laugh, as if AI just went "ah shit, why does everyone enter this stupid phrase eventually?"

Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by richrichardsson »

sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

Very interesting. I did notice that with my input of "Hello, this is some hand written text!", the output of the word "text" consistently looked more like "tent" than text, regardless the style or legibility settings.

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Post by vibragiel »

sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

It breaks down catastrophically with diacritics https://imgur.com/8U3IKR9

Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by hombre_fatal »

vibragiel wrote: post #48
sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

It breaks down catastrophically with diacritics https://imgur.com/8U3IKR9

Heh, "¿Cómo estás?" -> "OC"

Re: Show HN: Handwritten.js – Convert typed text to realistic handwriting

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Post by adventured »

sjv wrote: post #5

Non-statistical methods of imitating handwriting are always fairly easy to identify as synthetic due to the uniformity of strokes and unnatural kerning (among other things). Even methods which incorporate random variations don't hide these artifacts sufficiently well. In my opinion, the only way to generate synthetic handwriting which is convincingly real is to use statistical methods (i.e. machine learning) to model…

That's a lot of fun to play with. Nicely done.
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