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Re: [LUG] handwriting to font

 

On 22/09/12 12:25, tom wrote:
> Just wondering if there is an app to convert scanned handwriting into
> a ttf than anyone knows of?
> Tom te tom te tom
>
Fontforge (http://fontforge.org/) if you want full control. Use Potrace
plugin to get an initial outline, then you have to manually adjust each
glyph outline, and the kerning etc, so not for the fainthearted!

There is a bit about converting handwriting to fonts in "Start with a
Scan" by Ashford and Odam (Peachpit Press) 2000 but it is ancient and
uses Mac software in the examples.

Phil

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