For example, at YourFonts and Fontifier, you simply download and print a template, fill in the boxes with your handwritten letters, then scan and upload the template. If you want a font that looks like your own handwriting, you can do that for a very reasonable price-often under $10-online. Or maybe it’s because they’re just plain awesome.įonts that resemble handwriting are as old as the Macintosh itself-the first Macs included Susan Kare’s 72-dpi bitmap font Los Angeles, and Apple includes the font Lucida Handwriting in Mac OS X.Īlthough Lucida Handwriting doesn’t look like anyone’s handwriting to me, the characters do connect nicely.
Maybe that’s why I’m attracted to professional fonts that look like handwriting. I don’t particularly like my handwriting-neither did my third grade teacher.
