Turn a photo of your handwriting into a real font

A new open-source tool lets you turn a snapshot of your handwriting into a functional font entirely on your local machine.

Developer Danilo Znamerovszkij released draw-your-font this week, and it quickly picked up 389 GitHub stars. You draw your alphabet on paper, take a photo, and run a Node command. The tool processes the image locally to output installable TTF, WOFF, or WOFF2 files.

Why it matters: Similar web services charge monthly fees and require uploading your data. This runs locally so your handwriting never leaves your computer, and it handles the vertical metrics so your letters align correctly instead of looking like a ransom note. You can also run it as a Claude Code skill to tweak line weights or fix sloppy characters using vision.

To get started, you can generate a printable template grid using npx draw-your-font template. Fill it out, snap a photo, and compile it.

Time to make your messy notebook scribbles web-safe.