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How to print a template to get a cleaner handwriting font with Draw Your Font

Fill a printable grid by hand, photograph the pages, and build a font with known letter order.

  • Content
  • Intermediate
  • 45 minutes
  • From the README
  • Any agent

Who it is forA person who wants a higher-quality font than a freeform photo gives and can print on A4 paper.

The problemFreeform photos of napkins or notebooks have uneven letter order and lighting, which makes labeling harder.

The outcomeA font built from template pages, where the known grid order makes labeling reliable.

What you need first

  • 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

Steps

  1. Run npx draw-your-font template -o template.pdf --charset minimal and print the PDF on A4.
  2. Write each letter in its box with a dark pen, then photograph the pages.
  3. Run npx draw-your-font make page1.jpg page2.jpg --charset minimal --name "My Hand".
  4. Install the generated font and check it with npx draw-your-font preview. (inferred, check the README)

Prompt for your agent

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.

Caveat. The README says the template path gives the best quality, but the output still depends on how clearly the pages are photographed and written.

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