Fun With Fonts

I just discovered www.myscriptfont.com tonight and we've already had some fun with it.  :-)

You can turn your handwriting into a font in a few simple steps.

Evander's template

This will be a great way to preserve the kids' handwriting forev...well...for as long as the computer doesn't crash and for as long as we're using computers in this fashion.

Evander's handwriting:

Concentrating hard to stay within the designated parameters

One of my fonts:

I have a feeling I could play with this for a very long time.  I love lettering.  But, there isn't too much room for letter elaboration as you must keep each of your letters within about 1/2 square inch space on the template.

We used a skinny tip black permanent marker and scanned our writing in grayscale at 300 dpi.

Once you download your font, you must install it on your computer in order to use it. Follow the instructions under "How to install a font on your computer" on the "About" page of the website.

:-)