gingerbreadmann Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I've always wanted to do this but never wanted to pay for Fontifier...Yourfonts is a site that lets you download their template, print it, write your own written letters on, scan it, and make a TTF font of your handwriting, for free! Also, the template is a PDF, so I don't see why anyone couldn't load this into AI and make real fonts with this tool, and if you do it all virtually, no printing or scanning required. I have to go try this now. Awesome!I love you, Lifehacker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohelmets Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Sweet...Thanks for sharing...I'll have to give this a try sometime...Let us know how it worked for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I downloaded it. Great find gingerbreadmann! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I heard about this before, but when I looked for it I couldn't find it. Thanks for the link gbm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StPatty33 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hot job--thanks! The below to be updated once the newest banner is raised! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHcreative Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Wow, you know, I've fantasized about this for a while now. When I was younger I would always think "what if there was some sort of software that let you scan in your own handwriting?". Damn YourFonts, stole my 'idea'. Great find gingerbreadmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 Alright, it doesn't scale great, but seeing my writing in Word is really amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throwback Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 wow.I'm going to have to try this.btw has anyone here used FontStruct ~?~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spammy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Now one quick question how can i be able to type like that here?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 You can't. The board tells you which fonts you can use, and you can't use any other ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throwback Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Now one quick question how can i be able to type like that here??No because then the font would have to be installed on the computer on which it is viewed. You see, the text is saved on the ccslc's server as text in a certain font (say Arial) on a way that looks similar tv he bb code that these posts are in and then that is decifered by your browser and a displayed as you see it. If Arial weren't installed on your computer then it wouldn't be able to display it properly. For example, the quote in my sig is set in Garamond but on my iPod is appears to be set in Arial; this is because Garamond isn't installed on the device, so safari uses a default typeface (arial) to display it in. So if you were to do text in that font it would only properly appear to those who have that font installed on their computer, this is why there are a set of standard typefaces that are usually packaged with OSes. So in short no. ~?~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Shelf Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SG30 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 damn grammar. I mean really well. Not really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 damn grammar. I mean really well. Not really good.You by far have the best handwriting of anyone on the board thus far... everyone else's is poor at best.Signed, Your 1st grade teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (I tried to use all the letters of the alphabet.)I know my hand writing sucks, but I usually write in cursive, which is much cleaner than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 GFB, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHcreative Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 And yes, I type using all capital letters, but the uppercase letters are larger than the ones that normally would be lowercase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JamieRose Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I can dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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