From: Hemi <g2hemi@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/2/13
Subject: Sign Digital Photos With Your Own Handwriting
To: zblog <g2hemi.markets@blogger.com>
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Sign Digital Photos With Your Own Handwriting
If you've ever fiddled with fonts before you'll know that constructing them is not the simplest thing in the world. Truetype fonts are essentially vector representations of the characters within them, and creating them is a little….well, let's say….laborious.
Kabir discussed how to do this just a few days ago, and has listed a few great tools to help out, and you can learn a whole lot more about fonts there. Go ahead and do that if you like. The rest us are going to cheat, and use YourFonts instead.
The process here is well laid out and fairly simple. You do need just a few things to help out though. If this was a cookery blog, this would be the list of ingredients. Please check your pantry first.
- A printer, able to print a Letter or A4 sheet
- A scanner, able to scan the above page at a reasonable resolution
- A fine marking pen in good condition, preferably black
So, jump in to YourFonts, and follow the steps:
1. Print the template from the site, either as a PDF or an image. PDF is the preferred method.
2. Complete the template. Read the notes, and fill out all the boxes, taking care to stay within the lines. Take note of the little ticks on the side of each box, and work out where the tops and bottoms of the letters go.
There's no need to fill out the second page unless you plan on being unusually thorough, or to use a language other than English.
At the end of the first page there is a large block for your signature. Take some care if you plan to use your official signature here.
I took the liberty of bullying persuading my daughter Sophie to provide me with handwriting samples. The good work is hers. The fault is mine.
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Cheers, Hemi
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