Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting

Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by spondylosaurus on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @12:25AM (#41441881)

If you ever wanted to type up a "handwritten" letter, there are some tools out there to create a custom font from your handwriting!

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Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by snthpy on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @02:22AM (#41442468)

Interesting! Do you have a link or term to Google?

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Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by fsiefken on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @04:07AM (#41443080)

https://github.com/bannyvishwas/MyHandWriting

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Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by sherlockdoyle on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @02:50AM (#41442596)

Sites like [calligraphr](https://www.calligraphr.com/en/) can help you create fonts from your handwriting. Also, here's an old project for creating something that looks handwritten on paper.

https://github.com/sherlockdoyle/Handwriter

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Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by sandworm101 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @10:42AM (#41446395)

One thing more annoying that reading someone's horrible handwriting is having to install a custom font just to read an email. I honestly do not know whether the security setting on my work machine even allows for custom/bespoke fonts in email. It has never come up before.

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Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by makmanalp on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @12:13PM (#41447421)

I was envisioning an image or PDF (which lets you embed the font, effectively) but "click here to install my font" is somehow even funnier

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Re:Show HN: Epistolary – Respond to your emails in handwriting by spondylosaurus on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @11:30AM (#41446947)

Ah, I was envisioning that you'd turn the "letter" into a PDF. Maybe use a weathered parchment background for extra effect :P

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