Scanahand

[Dave Crosby]

TThere is a new product from High-Logic blowing the Font Creation world around. It is named:



I was lucky enough to be selected as a Beta Tester.
I downloaded and started the program;

and (Step 1) printed out the template after selecting a light green Baseline
and yellow lines for Capheight, x-line, and Descender.

Disclaimer:
I'm an old guy with shaky hands that NEVER had great handwriting.

To make a short story long, I (Step 2) filled in the template using a Pilot Neo-Gel pen and ran it through my scanner.



and (Step 3) pressed the Generate Button.
Wow! It was like watching a ticker tape move across the monitor as my font was created.



Even with my shaky hand the results are better than my "normal" handwriting EVERY TIME!



BUT, then after saving it, I pressed the last button in the Generate line above.
Just like that I was editing the line spacing using FontCreator. Here are the results after just a few minutes.



Then after a little more cleanup I made a Bold version so it is now a two member Font Family:



You can download them here:
DaveScript55
DaveScript55B

This is by far the fastest (under a half hour) I have ever produced a new font that I can be proud of.

This inspired changes in Yolanda, another font I'm working on.

Thanks Erwin for another product in Fine Fonting!

[scrapping.nana]

I was notified that there is a new version of Scanahand out, version 3. Have you tried it out?

[Old Dude]

I was notified that there is a new version of Scanahand out, version 3. Have you tried it out?

Yes!
It is fantastic. In addition to other improvements such as two page templates and the ability to creaate your own templates for other languages, the Pro version will create a full font family - Normal, Bold, Italic, Bold/Italic.

[scrapping.nana]

WOW! A full font family!!! I oftened wondered about creating heavier and lighter weights of a font, so to have it some what automated is cool! What about italic? Is more of a true italic or a faux?

[Old Dude]

What about italic? Is more of a true italic or a faux?

Well, it is automated.