Ever had those long-winded assignments, that the teacher always wants handwritten? Is your written work messy, cos you think faster than you can write? Now, you can finish them with the ease of typing in your own font!
Handwrite makes typing written assignments efficient, convenient and authentic.
Handwrite generates a custom font based on your handwriting sample, which can easily be used in text editors and word processors like Microsoft Word & Libre Office Word!
Handwrite is also helpful for those with dysgraphia.
You can get started with Handwrite here.
Handwrite includes a Flask web application that provides a user-friendly interface for generating custom fonts. You can run it locally or deploy it to a production server.
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Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
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Run the web application:
python webapp/app.py
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Access the application at
http://localhost:5000
For production deployment instructions, see the Deployment Documentation.
You just need to fill up a form:
Here's the end result!
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Potrace algorithm and package has been immensely helpful.
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Fontforge for packaging and adjusting font parameters.
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Sacha Chua's project proved to be a great reference for fontforge python.
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All credit for svgtottf converter goes to this project by pteromys. We made a quite a lot of modifications of our own, but the base script idea was derived from here.