I’d love to make your handwriting into a font! And I want to do everything possible to make sure your font looks its best. With a little help from you, I will do my best to make your font look as professional and high-quality as possible, just like the other fonts you love on this site. I know you want your font to look good too, so please take a few minutes to read and follow these few easy steps to ensure that your handwriting will seamlessly vectorize into a font.

DO NOT USE. Ballpoint pen, pencil, thick marker, thick sharpie

DO USE. A felt-tip, fine point pen, like a fine-tip sharpie OR a gel pen. Make sure the point is NOT thick like a marker or regular sharpie. Make sure your pen is:

• Felt-tip or Gel pen ( Do not use a ballpoint pen )
• Fine point (not thick like a marker)

BTW, it’s important to use a fine point tip because when handwriting is vectorized into a font, it makes your handwriting BOLDER than what it originally was. So your letters could end up looking like blobs instead of a distinguishable letters. Better to err on the side of a really fine point, rather than think &”this pen may be too thick but I’m sure it’s ok!&” 🙂

Write each line all on one line, leaving plenty of space between each line. Turn the paper horizontally if you need more room. Be sure to write the sentence below the punctuation (all lowercase). It helps me make your handwriting look more natural. Like this:

• ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
• abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
• 0123456789
• ! ” ‘ () *. . /. @
• the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Click image for larger version.
It’s the size yours should be when you email it to me!
Be sure to &”zoom in&” if your browser resizes the image.

• Try your best to write in a straight line. If you make a mistake on one of your letters, don’t try to &”correct&” that letter (like by re-tracing that letter again). Do not cross out letters. Just rewrite them somewhere else on the page and draw an arrow to it. Your font will turn out exactly like your wrote your alphabet. So if one letter is thicker or bigger than the rest, your font will look like that too. So take note of that. )
• I love doodles. Send me some doodles. At least send a heart and a smiley face. ) Write them on their own line.
• Try to write as relaxed and naturally as possible. Write out the &”quick brown fox&” sentence several times for me if you need to. )
• If you would like extra characters / letters / symbols in your alphabet, write them on their own, separate line.

• YES Color Photo
• NO Black White, Text, or Document
• Resolution: 300 dpi

• Do not shrink your image before you email it to me I need a large image to correctly make your font.
• HOTMAIL and YAHOO users: Hotmail and Yahoo will automatically shrink your image so that it’ll be too small for me to use it. Check your email settings you may need to attach your image as a FILE instead of an image / picture to ensure that the image I receive will be big enough to use.

When scanning your font, there are a couple settings you will need to check. Make sure you go into the advanced settings of your scanner. Do not let it &”auto detect&” or it will probably choose the wrong settings.

This is how it looks on my (Epson) scanner. It will look different on everyone’s individual scanner, but maybe this will help give you an idea:

My resolution in these examples is set to 600 dpi. But for best results, please scan yours in at 300 dpi .

Please do not send me a pdf, tif, zip, doc, etc. My font program does not handle those types of files and I will have to delete your font without ever even seeing how cute it is!

What should I name your font? It can be your first name, a nickname, inside joke, etc. Whatever you choose, first check and make sure your name hasn’t already been taken. You can use the search feature in the sidebar to search for your name. You may also want to try searching for just the first few letters of your name to see if a similar name has been taken. If you don’t tell me what you want your font’s name to be, I will use your first name. If your first name has already been used, I will make something up for you. And it will probably be unoriginal like your last name or something. I reserve the right to name all fonts as I see fit, but I will probably use your suggestion.

I don’t like making old-fashioned cursive fonts, but I do like making cursive/print hybrid fonts. Like when you’re quickly writing and some letters are connected and some aren’t. So in addition to a “regular” neat sample, please send me your “in a hurry” font! 😉 And be sure to write out the sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” (all lowercase). Write quickly and naturally, like you were passing a note to a friend, or making a grocery list. It really helps me make your handwriting look more natural. )

• If there’s an error with your sample (failed to follow one of these steps), unfortunately I won’t be able to personally email you back and ask for the correct kind of sample- that’s why I’m really hoping you’ll read it here first. )

The most common problems are:

&- Using the wrong pen. (See #1)
&- Image isn’t big enough. (See #3)

Feel free to resubmit your font if you feel there was an error with the first sample!

If you have read and agree to all of the above. then please email me your handwriting at:

430 Comments

I don’t think she’s doing this anymore. I’ve emailed her a couple years ago and never got a response. I too was wondering about getting my mother’s handwriting into a font because she has passed. I’d also like to get my handwriting into a font, as my right hand is slowly losing it’s ability to write and I don’t want it to be too late.

I really love this concept and would love to have my deceased father’s hanwriting as a font. Is there any way to do such a thing as I have many examples/samples of his writings&… thank you!

I am interested to see if you are able to create something for me but it is a little complicated to explain in writing. Are you available for a phone conversation tomorrow? I am also working with a tight deadline with this item needed by January 15th. Please let me know if/whenyou are available for a phone call or if I should try to exain via message?best,

Hi! Can I ask what’s the name of the font style of your font photo example? Thank you so much!

Hi! What is the font called that you used to write &”The cutest FREE handwriting fonts on the internet!&” at the top of this webpage? It is exactly what I am looking for to use on my wedding invitations and I can’t seem to find the exact one when browsing through your fonts. Thanks so much. Love your blog!!
Or if anyone else knows and can help, I would love your thoughts.

thank you,
Kathy

Jenny Cahalan June 22, 2016 at 7:18 pm

Hi! I love your website! I am really interested in getting my own writing into a font for my new business of personalized notepads and notecards. I love to draw and have great writing ans would love to have a font made. I’ll be submitting one if you are still accepting them. What is the turn around time? I’d love to pay you to create my writing into a font. I am currently building my website and hope to launch it in the next few weeks. Please let me know if that is a possibility. Thanks! jenny

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