I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):

https://arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html

Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works. ;) Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!

#fonts #typography #web #app #ai #vibecoding #free

@ChrisPirillo Love it! But I'm german and need Ää, Öö, Üü and ß
Will you add them to your template? that would be incredible!
(Maybe the scandinavian types as well: Åå, Œœ, ooops, now I think of polish types …)
@exil_inselette it creates a lot of those characters automatically.
@ChrisPirillo @exil_inselette I'll second the request for diacritics and A4 paper size.

@dl2jml @ChrisPirillo @exil_inselette The Code to generate these is there. And as the code is also looking for calibration marks - have you tried printing on A4 paper?

I haven’t, as I didn’t find time yet, but please: You’re sounding extremely entitled to something you’ve been given for free. How about helping to debug?

E.g., „I tried printing in A4, I expected this to happen, but I got this result - could you pleas take a look?“

@exil_inselette @der_mit_ph @ChrisPirillo

Let me rephrase this.
1) I am thankful for the effort and I think it is a great idea.
2) I am only adding my voice that these features are important. That may help to prioritize what features are developed, should the developper want to further improve the software.
3) There is no obligation to the developper to do anything beyond what we already have.

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@der_mit_ph @ChrisPirillo @exil_inselette

Now to your question about A4 paper. There is no print function for that paper in the web page. It is downloaded as a pdf and then I am supposed to print it using standard OS commands. I can print it on any paper size, obviously.
However, the page explicitly states that I should not resize the pdf to print. But if I don't resize the paper, parts of the pdf are outside the sheet.

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