The Bottom Line
A fast, simple, and fun way to personalize everything you write with your computer. Easily create TrueType fonts for use in word processing, email, graphics, and desktop publishing.
Pros
- Inexpensive
- Easy-to-use, but powerful
- Creates unlimited number of fonts
Cons
- Windows TrueType only
- For complete fonts, editing can be tedious
Description
- Turn your handwriting into a Windows TrueType Font in just a few steps.
- Your Handwriting Assistant provides forms to print out, fill in, and scan.
- The Intelligent Font Analyzer converts your scanned forms into a working, editable font.
- Your Handwriting Font Editor allows for finetuning any TrueType font.
- Use the Mail Editor to compose and send emails using your new font.
- Requires Pentium 166 or higher running Windows 95/98/98SE/NT4(SP6)/2000/ME/XP.
- Needs High Color Graphics with 800 x 600 resolution minimum.
- Also needs Internet Explorer 4, CD-ROM drive, mouse, printer, and flatbed scanner.
Guide Review - Your Handwriting 2.0 by Data Becker
Experienced font designers may scoff at this under $20 program that lets users turn their handwriting into a font, but the program works. Using your printer (print required forms), a flatbed scanner, and software, it's easy to create a personalized font in just a few minutes. Spend a bit more time on the process and you can turn out even better fonts. While it can't compete with programs such as Fontographer, Your Handwriting 2.0 is an easy to use program that just might whet your appetite for more serious font design. At the very least, you can preserve your handwriting or that of your children for posterity. The interface is simple, the manual adequate, and the fonts it makes work with any program that can use Windows TrueType fonts.
