YourFonts.com is Sweet
So, I checked out YourFonts.com today. YourFonts.com lets you make a font out of your own handwriting. The process is easy: you download a template, write all the letters of the alphabet and some punctuation in your own handwriting, on the printed-out template, and then scan the template. The template that I filled out looks like this:
Then, you upload the scanned image of your template to yourfonts.com, and they’ll make a font out of your handwriting. I did the whole thing in about 15 minutes - it’s way faster than I thought it would be. Then, you just install your font. Below are some screenshots of my desktop, etc. using my own handwriting.
This is my desktop - almost all the text uses my own font now. Click for a larger image, 1680x1050 pixels.
This is how the font integrates with Dolphin in KDE 4.1.
My handwriting isn’t particularly special - it’s rather childish, actually - but it’s always fun to be able to personalize things. I’m not sure if I’ll keep my KDE McReynolds-ified or not for the long term, but it’s certainly a lot of fun for the short term. 
Posted on Oct 20, 2008 - 04:30 PM
