Handwrite - Type in your Handwriting!

Ever had those long-winded assignments, that the teacher always wants handwritten? Is your written work messy, cos you think faster than you can write? Now, you can finish them with the ease of typing in your own font!

Handwrite makes typing written assignments efficient, convenient and authentic.

Handwrite generates a custom font based on your handwriting sample, which can easily be used in text editors and word processors like Microsoft Word & Libre Office Word!

Handwrite is also helpful for those with dysgraphia.

Installing

Install fontforge
Install Potrace
Install handwrite:

pip install handwrite

Usage

Creating your Handwritten Sample

Take a printout of the sample form.
Fill the form using the image below as a reference.
Scan the filled form using a scanner, or Adobe Scan in your phone.
Save the .jpg image in your system.

Your form should look like this:

Creating your font

Make sure you have installed handwrite, potrace & fontforge.
In a terminal type handwrite (PATH_TO_IMAGE) (OUTPUT_DIRECTORY). (You can also type handwrite -h, to see all the arguments you can use).
Your font will be created as OUTPUT_DIRECTORY/OUTPUT_FONT_NAME.ttf. Install the font in your system.
Select your font in your word processor and get to work!

Here's the end result!

Development

Linux

Install Potrace using apt
```
$ sudo apt-get install potrace
```
Install fontforge using apt
```
sudo apt-get install fontforge
```

Clone the repository or your fork

git clone https://github.com/cod-ed/handwrite`

(Optional) Make a virtual environment and activate it
```
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
```
In the project directory run:
```
pip install -e .
```
Make sure the tests run:
```
python setup.py test
```

You are ready to go!

Windows

Install Potrace and make sure it's in your PATH.
Install fontforge and make sure scripting is enabled.