Handwriting to font · 360 credits
Turn your handwriting into a font
Write the alphabet once, on screen with a finger, stylus or mouse, or on our printable template, and type with your own handwriting in any app. You get TTF, OTF, WOFF and WOFF2 files built from your letters, not a lookalike. No printer needed.
Steps
How it works
01
Write each character
On screen, one character at a time, with a finger, stylus or mouse. Letters, figures and basic punctuation are required; accents and ß Æ Œ Ø Ł are optional.
02
Check the preview
A preview line sets your letters side by side. Redo any that look off; your writing stays in this browser until you start the font.
03
Start your font
Name it and press Make my font. Prefer paper? Copy six lines onto any sheet and upload a photo, or print the two-page template.
04
Get your font
We trace your letters on their baselines and build accented letters from your own accents. It takes about a minute.
Write
Write your letters
- A finger or stylus on a phone or tablet feels most natural; a mouse or drawing tablet works on a computer.
- Rest letters on the solid baseline. Capitals reach the top line, short letters the dashed middle line, and tails hang below.
- Choose a Thin, Medium or Bold pen; it applies to every letter, so you can change it at any time.
- On paper: use a dark pen, keep each character inside its box, and photograph each page flat with all four corner squares showing.
After it is made, open it in the Studio to adjust spacing or redraw a letter.
Guide
Getting a handwriting font that looks like you
Write the way you normally write, not your neatest school hand. A font repeats each letter exactly, so small quirks that feel messy on one page are what make the result read as yours. What matters more is consistency: use the same pen for both pages and keep a similar size and slant from the first box to the last.
Pay attention to the letters you use most. Lowercase a, e, o, n, s and t appear in almost every word, so a wobbly e shows up everywhere, while an odd Q or Z rarely does. If one of them comes out badly, you can replace it with a new drawing in the Studio after the font is made.
Let letters that drop below the line, such as g, j, p, q and y, hang past the darker baseline, and keep capitals and tall letters like b, d, h and l reaching the upper guide. We place every letter on the baseline you wrote it on, so these proportions carry straight into the font.
Once it is made, install the TTF or OTF on your computer to type in Word, Google Docs, Canva or design apps, or use the WOFF2 file on a website. People use their handwriting fonts for personal notes and journals, worksheets, greeting cards and wedding stationery, labels and packaging, and signatures on digital documents. What you may do with it commercially depends on your plan, as the Font License explains.
FAQ
Questions
- Which characters does my handwriting font include?
- Every character you write: A–Z, a–z, 0–9, all ASCII punctuation, ß Æ æ Œ œ Ø ø Ł ł. Accented letters are built from the accents you write, which covers English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, Danish and Turkish. Curly quotes, dashes, ¿ and ¡ are made from your own marks.
- Do I need a printer?
- No. Write each character on screen with a finger, stylus or mouse. The printable template is there if you prefer pen and paper.
- Can I use a photo of my own paper?
- Yes. Copy the six lines shown under Photo of any paper, with a dark pen and letters apart, and upload a photo taken straight on. We find each letter by the text you copied and check every one before using it.
- Does it invent letters I did not write?
- Not when you write on screen or on the template: every letter comes from your writing, and every letter, figure and basic punctuation mark must be written before the font is made. With a photo of any paper, accent marks are made from your own strokes, and letters we cannot read clearly, plus ß Æ Ø Œ Ł which the six lines leave out, are drawn by AI in your style; your font says exactly which ones, so you can redraw them in the Studio.
- Is my handwriting kept private?
- Yes. Your writing, photos and the font are private to your account. They are not added to the public library.
- Can I fix a letter afterwards?
- Yes. Open the font in the Studio to change spacing, replace any letter with a new drawing, or add a Bold or Thin weight.
- What does it cost?
- Making a handwriting font uses 360 credits. If your letters cannot be read, nothing is made and the credits are returned automatically.