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4 use cases
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Turn a handwriting photo into a font with Claude Code
Photograph your letters, let Claude find and label them, then iterate on the font by chatting.
- Draw Your Font
- Claude Code
- Content
- Intermediate
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Use the draw-your-font skill from the danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font repo on the photo at <photo-path>. Build a font from the handwritten letters and save the TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 files to <output-dir>. Verify that the preview renders the letters A, a, and g correctly before reporting the output files.
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Build a font from a photo with the CLI, no AI
Run one npx command on a freeform photo and get a font file you can install.
- Draw Your Font
- Content
- Intermediate
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Use the draw-your-font CLI from the danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font repo to build a font from <photo-path> with --chars set to <characters-in-order> and --name set to <font-name>. Expected output is a .ttf file in the working directory. Verify the file exists and that the preview command renders the sample text.
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Print a template to get a cleaner handwriting font
Fill a printable grid by hand, photograph the pages, and build a font with known letter order.
- Draw Your Font
- Content
- Intermediate
View prompt
Use the draw-your-font CLI from the danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font repo to create a template with --charset <charset> and build a font from the filled pages <page-paths>. Expected output is a font file named <font-name>. Verify that the build completes and that the preview shows letters in the expected grid order.
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Export a handwriting web font with CSS for a site
Generate WOFF, WOFF2, and an @font-face snippet to use your handwriting on a website.
- Draw Your Font
- Content
- Intermediate
View prompt
Use the draw-your-font repo to build a font from <photo-path> with --formats ttf,woff,woff2,css and save the outputs to <site-assets-dir>. Expected output is WOFF, WOFF2, and a CSS @font-face snippet. Verify that the CSS references both the WOFF2 and WOFF files.
How to use Draw Your Font
- Check you have what it needs: Node.js 18 or newer installed; A photo of your handwritten alphabet on paper, or a printed template filled in by hand; Claude Code installed if you want the skill route; the CLI works without it.
- Open danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font on GitHub and read the README and license.
- Draw your alphabet on paper and take one clear photo of it.
- Run
npx skills add danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-fontto install the skill. - In Claude Code, invoke /draw-your-font and attach the photo with a request such as "make my font".
- Review the preview and ask for changes such as "make it rounder" or "a bit bolder".
These steps come from our top use case, Turn a handwriting photo into a font with Claude Code, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.
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Get them freeAbout this repo
- Who it is forDesigners, hobbyists, and anyone who wants a personal handwriting font for documents, web pages, or gifts, with some comfort running commands in a terminal.
- Why it is hot
- LanguageJavaScript
- Sourcegithub.com/danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font · Back to Hot repos
Requirements
- Node.js 18 or newer installed
- A photo of your handwritten alphabet on paper, or a printed template filled in by hand
- Claude Code installed if you want the skill route; the CLI works without it
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Questions about Draw Your Font
What is Draw Your Font?
A free, open source Node CLI and Claude Code skill that turns a photo of handwritten letters into an installable font (TTF, WOFF, WOFF2) and CSS. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font.
Who is Draw Your Font for?
Designers, hobbyists, and anyone who wants a personal handwriting font for documents, web pages, or gifts, with some comfort running commands in a terminal.
What can I do with Draw Your Font?
4 use cases so far, for example: Turn a handwriting photo into a font with Claude Code; Build a font from a photo with the CLI, no AI; Print a template to get a cleaner handwriting font. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.
What do I need to run Draw Your Font?
Node.js 18 or newer installed; A photo of your handwritten alphabet on paper, or a printed template filled in by hand; Claude Code installed if you want the skill route; the CLI works without it.
What are alternatives to Draw Your Font?
Other hot AI repos in Content: Voice Studio, Anatomy, Comfy UI, Hyperframes, Earshot.
Is Draw Your Font safe to run?
Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.