Turn your handwriting into a font

Write your letters on paper, take a photo, drop it here. Every letter is found and traced right in your browser, and a moment later you are typing in your own handwriting. Download it as a real font file. Free, no sign-up.

Three steps, about a minute

1. Write it. On plain white paper with a dark pen or marker, write the letters you want with a little space between each: capitals on one line, small letters on the next, figures on a third.
2. Snap it. Take a photo straight on in good light, or scan it. A PNG or an SVG from Illustrator or Photoshop works too, and so does lettering in colour.
3. Type in it. Drop the picture here. Each letter is found, row by row; say which is which (a whole alphabet is guessed for you), and your font is made on the spot. Download the .otf file.

For a clean font

• Leave a gap between letters, so no two touch. Joined-up writing comes in as one piece.
• Write a bit larger than usual. Letters about a finger tall trace smoothly.
• A thick, dark pen beats a pencil. Felt tip or marker is best.
• Keep the whole sheet in the photo, flat, with no shadow across it. If some ink is missed, move the ink level slider.

More in Font Studio

The same tracing, with a whole studio around it, free with an account: draw the letters a photo missed with a pen on the lines of the font, rub out and undo, keep lettering in colour as a colour font, set the spacing, weight and slant, download three weights at once, and put the font in a brand kit so the apps and websites SPOE builds use it.

Questions

Is it really free?

Yes. Making the font and downloading it is free, with no sign-up and no watermark. A free SPOE account lets you draw the letters a photo missed, colour them, save the font and use it in the apps and websites you build.

Does my picture get uploaded?

No. Your picture is read and traced by your own browser, and the font file is made there too. Nothing of your handwriting reaches SPOE's server unless you choose to save it in an account, and even then it stays on your device.

What do I get?

An OpenType font file (.otf). Install it like any font on Windows or macOS and it shows up in Word, Photoshop, Figma and Cricut Design Space; upload it to Canva (on a Pro account) or put it on a website. Letters in colour stay in colour wherever colour fonts are supported, and show in one colour elsewhere.

Can I sell things made with it, or sell the font?

Yes. The font is yours: the file says so. Use it on products, in logos, on a website, or sell the font itself.

Do I need a template to print?

No. Plain paper works: letters are found by the space around them, row by row, left to right. A whole alphabet in order is guessed for you; anything else, you type which letters they are.

What if a letter comes out wrong?

Drop a better photo of just that letter onto its square, or open the font in Font Studio and draw it with the pen, rub out a stray mark, or move and resize it on the font's lines.

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