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Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by dsr_ »

gxs wrote: post #36
apparent wrote: post #13

They say that you remember more when handwriting than when typing. I believe that. One thing I have wondered about is what if you write on a tablet and then it digitizes your handwriting. Do you still get the same benefit, from the process of having handwritten it? I would think that part of the value would be in seeing the information written in your own handwriting, which makes me suspect that having a font like th…

This is not a humble brag by any means, just sharing my experience I type 121 wpm and I simply can’t concentrate when writing by hand It’s too slow and instead of focusing on formulating my thoughts or capturing what’s being said I get super fidgety Not to mention my handwriting stinks For me it’s a lot easier to remember when I’m fully immersed and processing ideas vs tediously writing I do think this is probably ju…

My handwriting was terrible -- until I took a technical drafting course in school. The two things I got out of it that lasted were readable handwriting and better arrowheads on lines, when I remember to do them properly.

Good news: you don't actually have to take a technical drafting course. You just need to find an architectural lettering guide that you like, and practice for about fifteen minutes a day until it feels normal. (Architectural, not ASME. ASME is too rigorous to become anyone's daily handwriting.)

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by c4p0 »

I'm developing a web open source application to create your own handwritten font. It's already functional, and I have plans to add new features. I encourage you to try it out. https://ownfonts.cielo.ovh/ Here's the source code: https://github.com/c4p0/OwnFonts If you're interested in collaborating on the project, you can send me a message on GitHub.

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

fhuchut wrote: post #41

That font doesn’t suck. However, I can tell that you’re introvertive (retalics), a little ADHD (open/unconnected O character), have OCD tendencies (highly legible script), and borderline type A (lines in top of x close together and Fs)

Why do you believe in graphology?

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by ezequiel-garzon »

jlev wrote: post #5

I did something similar for my wedding website back in 2013. We used a mail-in service that produced a decent TTF, and then I converted it to a WOFF. Still online at https://ruthandjosh.net/story/ (warning, millennial cringe ahead)

This is awesome! A mere upvote wouldn't be enough to point this out, thanks for sharing.

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by cauliflower2718 »

jlev wrote: post #5

I did something similar for my wedding website back in 2013. We used a mail-in service that produced a decent TTF, and then I converted it to a WOFF. Still online at https://ruthandjosh.net/story/ (warning, millennial cringe ahead)

This is so cute!! I hope you two are having a lovely life together.

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by WhyNotHugo »

The author’s experience summarises well the sad state of GUI apps, especially in the open source world.

That’s why we end up using command line tools and text-based interfaces. Or I end up writing code to do things.

It’s not that I dislike the idea of GUI apps, it’s that in practice, they make me have a really bad time, and usually don’t even get the job done.

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by mrspuratic »

meander_water wrote: post #68

Others who have gone down a similar path: - Amy Goodchild: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40408291 - Kathleen Tuite: https://kaflurbaleen.blogspot.com/2012/12/creating-font-from... - Julia Evans: https://jvns.ca/blog/2020/08/08/handwritten-font/

There's also the old but excellent Tekton, based on architect Frank D.K. Ching's handwriting, albeit designed by David Siegel of Adobe.

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by KaiserPro »

globular-toast wrote: post #66
gxs wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not a humble brag by any means, just sharing my experience I type 121 wpm and I simply can’t concentrate when writing by hand It’s too slow and instead of focusing on formulating my thoughts or capturing what’s being said I get super fidgety Not to mention my handwriting stinks For me it’s a lot easier to remember when I’m fully immersed and processing ideas vs tediously writing I do think this is probably ju…

Your handwriting skills are due to lack of practice. You weren't born typing at 121wpm. I prefer typing for anything longer than a few words. But I can't type a picture (despite things like Mermaid and PlantUML) being useful. I make extensive use of paper (and whiteboards if I'm sharing) for making pictures, mostly graph-like things such as flow diagrams, sequences, ERD etc. I feel somewhat "disabled" if I'm forced t…

> Your handwriting skills are due to lack of practice.

I mean thats a broad generalisation. As someone who spent a lot of time in remedial English, I don't think thats actually true.

Typing enabled me to go to uni. It turns out that actually I'm shit at handwriting rather than english.

Ironically I have a wacom tablet as a pointer device, because its faster than a mouse.

Re: Making a font of my handwriting

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Post by AfterHIA »

I was abused as a kid so my handwriting is crap. I also don't know cursive very well. I feel like if they made a font of my handwriting everyone would say, "woah, oh! There goes Mr. Poory McIrresponsible Parents!" If you tried to pull it up in Microsoft Word the font (typeface) name would be, "Danny Wets The Bed."

That's an aside though; great job mate mega post!

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