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Draw Your Font is a free, open source tool. You write the alphabet on a printed template, photograph it, and Claude Code turns it into a font file for your computer. Plan about 35 to 50 minutes the first time.
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Draw Your Font
Draw Your Font is a free, open source tool made by Danilo Znamerovszkij. You print a template, write each letter in its box with a dark pen, take a straight photo, and it builds a real font file (.ttf) you can install and type with. It runs on your own computer, nothing is uploaded. The easiest way is to let Claude Code do the fiddly part: it straightens the photo, finds your letters and fixes the messy bits. For comparison, Calligraphr Pro costs EUR 10 for one month, or EUR 6 a month on a 6 month plan.
What you need. Node.js, Claude Code (needs a paid Claude plan), a printer, a dark pen and a phone camera. About 35 to 50 minutes the first time, most of it writing.
Help me turn my handwriting into a font with draw-your-font (github.com/danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font, MIT). 1. Check that Node.js 18 or newer is installed. If it is not, tell me to install the LTS version from nodejs.org and stop. 2. Install the skill with: npx skills add danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font . Tell me in one line what it added. 3. Make the template with: npx draw-your-font template -o template.pdf --charset minimal . Tell me where the PDF is so I can print both pages. 4. When I give you my two photos, first crop and straighten each one to the letter grid. Remove the page edges, shadows and the printed header so only the grid is left. A tilted photo with page edges makes the letters come out wrong. 5. Then follow the draw-your-font skill: find my letters, check them on the contact sheet by eye, and build the font. If printed guide lines stick to letters, use the skill's own fix (--cap 140). 6. Name the font "My Hand", save the .ttf where I can find it, and tell me to double-click it and click Install Font. Do not upload my photos anywhere. Everything runs on this computer.
What Draw Your Font does, and what it does not
It does not
- Work from just any snapshot. It needs a flat, straight, well-lit photo of the grid
- Include accents, symbols like % or *, or kerning
- Run without setup. You need Node.js and Claude Code
- Take two minutes. Plan 35 to 50 minutes the first time
It does
- Make a printable letter template
- Find your letters in a photo of the filled-in template
- Build a real font file (.ttf) you can install and type with
- Run on your own computer with no internet needed
- Keep letters like g and y hanging below the line
✦ Set it up
Set it up in 5 steps
Turn your handwriting into a real font you can install.
Who it's for
Anyone who wants their own handwriting as a font for cards, posts or handouts, and is happy to do a small setup in Claude Code.
What you need
- Node.js 18 or newer, free from nodejs.org.
- Claude Code. It needs a paid Claude plan.
- A printer, plain paper and a dark pen (0.5 mm works well).
- A phone or camera and good, even light.
- About 35 to 50 minutes the first time, most of it writing.
The steps by hand
- Install Node.js (the LTS version from nodejs.org) and open Claude Code. Add the skill with: npx skills add danilo-znamerovszkij/draw-your-font
- Make the template with: npx draw-your-font template -o template.pdf --charset minimal . Print both pages.
- Write each letter in its box with a dark pen (a 0.5 mm pen works well). This is the longest part, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Photograph each page flat, from straight above, in good light with no shadows. Fill the frame with the grid.
- Paste the prompt above into Claude Code and give it your two photos. When it is done, double-click the .ttf file and click Install Font.
How I'd use it
- Make a font from your own handwriting for thank-you cards, class handouts and social posts.
- Write slowly and keep every letter inside its box. Neat letters make a better font.
- Type a test sentence after you install it, and redo any letters that look wrong.
Honest limits, costs and licence
- 79 characters: A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9 and basic punctuation like ! ? , . and @. No accents, no kerning, no ligatures.
- The photo matters most. A tilted photo with page edges and shadows confuses the plain tool, so my prompt tells Claude to crop and straighten it first.
- The tool is free, but Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan.
- We tested it with a handwriting-style practice page, not a real pen page yet. Write a few letters with your own pen as a test before you do the full set.
- It is a young tool (version 0.1.0) by one developer.
- Calligraphr for comparison: Pro is EUR 10 for one month, or EUR 6 a month on a 6 month plan. Its free plan allows 75 characters (calligraphr.com, 7 Nov 2026).
- Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Links
Why I share it
I don't make Draw Your Font and nobody pays me to share it. It's a free tool I think is worth ten minutes of your time. Try it this week and tell me what you used it for first.
✦ Get unstuck
Stuck? Find your line.
The letters in my font are wrong or smeared
That usually means the photo had page edges, shadows or a tilt. Ask Claude to crop and straighten the photo to the grid and try again, or retake it flat from straight above in good light.
Bits of the printed lines are stuck to my letters
Ask Claude to run the segment step again with --cap 140. That is the fix the skill itself suggests.
It says npx is not found
Node.js is not installed yet. Install the LTS version from nodejs.org, close and reopen your terminal or Claude Code, then try again.
I need an accent or a symbol like %
The minimal set has 79 characters with no accents and only basic punctuation. It cannot add those today.
Where is my font?
Ask Claude Code "where did you save the .ttf?". Double-click that file and click Install Font, then pick your font in Pages, Word or Canva.
Is there a catch?
Free and open source (MIT), made by Danilo Znamerovszkij. It runs offline on your computer. The font has 79 characters: A to Z, a to z, 0 to 9 and basic punctuation, with no accents and no kerning. You need Node.js and Claude Code, and Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan. A tilted photo with the page edges showing confuses the plain tool, which is why my prompt tells Claude to crop and straighten it first.
My screen looks different from the steps
Apps change their screens. Use the official links above, which the people who make Draw Your Font keep up to date.
None of these fixed it
Email joe@mastermindshq.business. Say which step you were on and paste what you saw.
✦ What next · paid · optional
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- What it does: sets up Google and Bing, your Google Business Profile, posts that answer real customer questions, and a monthly check.
- What usually happens: your site shows up when people search your name or business name within a few weeks.
- What it cannot promise: ranking for competitive searches like "best X near me". That takes months of steady posts.
- You need a website in a folder Claude Code can open, Node.js 20 or newer, and a free Google account. It is not for Squarespace or Wix sites.
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