I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
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@ChrisPirillo If it's 100% local, why have it in the browser at all? Also, uploading a scan of my handwriting to a server I don't know or control sounds risky as hell.
@eighthourlunch hence, local. If you don't believe me, view source. It's just a single page web app. No databases. Hell, not even localstorage.
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I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
FontCrafter: Create Your Handwriting Font for Free
Turn your handwriting into an installable font — free, no account, no uploads. Works on every platform and the web. Print, write, scan, download.
Chris Pirillo's Arcade (arcade.pirillo.com)
Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works.
Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!@ChrisPirillo
I'm doubtful. I mean: getting a computer to write as badly as I do sounds impossible. I'll try it, but I'm warning you: if the output is legible I want my money back! -
I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
FontCrafter: Create Your Handwriting Font for Free
Turn your handwriting into an installable font — free, no account, no uploads. Works on every platform and the web. Print, write, scan, download.
Chris Pirillo's Arcade (arcade.pirillo.com)
Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works.
Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!@ChrisPirillo I love this!
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@ChrisPirillo I love this!
@mapache @ChrisPirillo
Holy smokes is this for realz?
I like Chris' handwriting better than mine though can I just buy his font please? -
@mapache @ChrisPirillo
Holy smokes is this for realz?
I like Chris' handwriting better than mine though can I just buy his font please? -
I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
FontCrafter: Create Your Handwriting Font for Free
Turn your handwriting into an installable font — free, no account, no uploads. Works on every platform and the web. Print, write, scan, download.
Chris Pirillo's Arcade (arcade.pirillo.com)
Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works.
Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!@ChrisPirillo first thought, if it's local, use a different word than "upload".
That's bound to cause confusion - either in your app, or elsewhere by normalising the idea of there not really being a distinction.
Not sure what else to suggest, but perhaps "provide" or "select" or "copy"
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@ChrisPirillo first thought, if it's local, use a different word than "upload".
That's bound to cause confusion - either in your app, or elsewhere by normalising the idea of there not really being a distinction.
Not sure what else to suggest, but perhaps "provide" or "select" or "copy"
@uep that's a good detail to sweat. Let me think about that.
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@jennifer javascript, primarily. Unless that was a more specific question? I can give you more full technical details, certainly. I mean, you download the template, fill it out, pass the image back to the app, process it there, download. Maybe I don't understand the question?
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I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
FontCrafter: Create Your Handwriting Font for Free
Turn your handwriting into an installable font — free, no account, no uploads. Works on every platform and the web. Print, write, scan, download.
Chris Pirillo's Arcade (arcade.pirillo.com)
Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works.
Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!@ChrisPirillo Nice!! Thank you!
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@ChrisPirillo Nice!! Thank you!
@MyYeeHaa let me know!
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@jennifer What it... does? I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I genuinely don't understand *specifically* what you're asking.
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@ChrisPirillo first thought, if it's local, use a different word than "upload".
That's bound to cause confusion - either in your app, or elsewhere by normalising the idea of there not really being a distinction.
Not sure what else to suggest, but perhaps "provide" or "select" or "copy"
@uep made some adjustments. Clarified.
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@jennifer the thing it was designed to do? lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@mason @jennifer seems like the #ai and #vibecoding hashtags were a dead giveaway? Nothing gets by you.
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I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
FontCrafter: Create Your Handwriting Font for Free
Turn your handwriting into an installable font — free, no account, no uploads. Works on every platform and the web. Print, write, scan, download.
Chris Pirillo's Arcade (arcade.pirillo.com)
Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works.
Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!@ChrisPirillo Love it! But I'm german and need Ää, Öö, Üü and ß
Will you add them to your template? that would be incredible!
(Maybe the scandinavian types as well: Åå, Œœ, ooops, now I think of polish types …)
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@ChrisPirillo Love it! But I'm german and need Ää, Öö, Üü and ß
Will you add them to your template? that would be incredible!
(Maybe the scandinavian types as well: Åå, Œœ, ooops, now I think of polish types …)@exil_inselette it creates a lot of those characters automatically.
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@exil_inselette it creates a lot of those characters automatically.
@ChrisPirillo oh, wow!
Edit: No, it does not.
I'm sorry for being so critical, but your tool is so great/works great, I'd love to use it, but I need the correct character set, otherwise I can't use it *cries loudly* -
I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):
FontCrafter: Create Your Handwriting Font for Free
Turn your handwriting into an installable font — free, no account, no uploads. Works on every platform and the web. Print, write, scan, download.
Chris Pirillo's Arcade (arcade.pirillo.com)
Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works.
Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!@ChrisPirillo Sorry, another Question: It only creates capital letters?
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@ChrisPirillo Sorry, another Question: It only creates capital letters?
🥺@exil_inselette it creates whatever you draw.
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@exil_inselette it creates whatever you draw.
@ChrisPirillo I understand. But I need upper and lower case letters in one font, because in German the first letter of many words is capitalized. But as I understand the template, I have to enter three identical letters?
