Always wanted to make a font based on your own handwriting, but didn't know how? Well, here is a tutorial that explains how to convert your handwriting into a personal font.

Besides a computer running Microsoft Windows you will need the following equipment:

• template character set (click here to download)
• Software (e.g. Adobe Reader) to open and print the template
• marker (dark, preferably black)
• printer
• scanner
• image processing software (Microsoft Paint will do)
• FontCreator (download FontCreator from High-Logic)

We use a template in combination with a printer and a scanner, but there are several other ways to get images of your handwritten character set. For example you could draw characters with a drawing tablet or draw them straight away into your favorite paint software.

The font editor used in this tutorial is FontCreator from High-Logic. FontCreator is fully functional for 30 days and costs $79.00 for the Home Edition and $149.00 for the Professional Edition.

Other font editors that can be used to make your own handwriting font are ScanFont and Fontographer from Pyrus. ScanFont costs $199.00 and has a demo, that produces crippled fonts. Fontographer has no demo and hasn't been updated for almost a decade. However you can still buy it for $349.00.

Now go make your own font. It takes at least an hour to complete your first font, but it will be worth it. Start the Tutorial.