# Very cool software - Make your own font! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567 "2005-03-28T05:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/1 "2005-03-28T05:13:37Z")
Now I can finally write personalised hand written letters without hurting my poor little wrists! [http://www.high-logic.com/](http://www.high-logic.com/) [sub]Disclaimer needed? Just in case: I’m completely unaffiliated with the makers of this prog, am just having fun playing around with a font that looks like my writing![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/2 "2005-03-28T05:15:40Z")
Crap! I forgot to give due credit: The ever delightful **Burnt Sugar** was the actual discoverer of the proggie. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/3 "2005-03-28T13:49:38Z")
Linky no worky. ---
**Author:** ![Fritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Fritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fritz)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/4 "2005-03-28T13:59:30Z")
The link works for me. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/5 "2005-03-28T14:30:49Z")
Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/6 "2005-03-28T14:46:23Z")
Great, now I can make everything digital just as illegible as my handwriting. ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/7 "2005-03-28T21:37:29Z")
Now I just need to find the time to make one! 😕 ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/8 "2005-03-30T00:51:13Z")
Did anyone check out the 1001 free fonts link? I download them, but can’t seem to be able to use them… Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/9 "2005-03-30T21:07:13Z")
Did you go to Control Panel -\> Fonts -\> File -\> Add new font? If you did that and it still doesn’t work, I can’t help, sorry! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/10 "2005-03-30T23:46:55Z")
That works! Thanks so much. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/11 "2005-03-31T01:15:47Z")
If you’re using Windows XP or Windows 2000 (SP2 or above), you already have a font editor on your computer. It’s not as feature-rich as the program linked to in the OP, but then it won’t cost you an extra $65, either. Run “eudcedit.exe” to start the MS font editor. On my Windows 2000 machine, it’s in C:\Windows\System32\ ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/12 "2005-06-21T20:08:08Z")
Great, but how the heck can I get a decent sample of my handwriting into digital form in the first place without buying a light pen? My handwriting is hopeless trying to hold down the leftclick button while moving my mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/13 "2005-06-22T04:59:33Z")
That’s what scanners are for! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/14 "2005-06-22T21:06:16Z")
If you have a PDA, you can do it that way. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-software-make-your-own-font/296567/15 "2005-06-22T21:20:57Z")
Heh. The April’s fool jokes for next year are now being planned.