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Re: [LUG] handwriting to font

 

On 22/09/12 12:43, Philip Whateley wrote:
>
> 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!

I know of a man who has done it, as I collected a load of free fonts at
one point and got a couple of handwriting fonts. He used Fontforge, and
was experience font person, and it worked pretty well. But agree not for
the faint hearted, there are also plenty around if you aren't wedded to
your own handwriting.

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