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Ron28525064lus1
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February 24, 2023
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Create a font from hand lettering

  • February 24, 2023
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I recently subscribed to Photoshop and hope to use it extensively in creating a book of comic strips. How do you create a font from hand lettering--I do NOT want to create one in Illustrator. I want the rough appearance of a hand lettered font. Is there a way to scan in hand lettering?

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Correct answer Imaginerie

If you want to create a proper font, you'll need a third party software. You can DRAW the shapes using photoshop (using vector shapes that is) it's not ideal, but it's still possble. But to have it as a font (that respond when you're typing on a keyboard), you'll need either a Photoshop plug-in (Fontself maker) or a full on, more capable program. Fontographer, Glyphs, fontforge etc..
The plug in is very easy to use, the other software not so much...
No Adobe product can do that as of now, you'll need to purchase another software.

 

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February 28, 2023

Fonts are vector things, not bitmaps, so your first step would be to design them in a vector app - like Illustrator. It's way, way more complicated than just drawing the shapes, fonts are complicated beasts.

jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
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February 24, 2023

@Ron28525064lus1 

 

You can't create fonts using Photoshop.

 

Try using a search engine with the search terms "create font from hand lettering" — it appears that there are a number of non-Adobe apps that can do this. 

 

One thing you can try using Adobe apps is to go to Adobe Fonts and filter the Classification to "Hand" to see if any of those work for you.

 

 

 

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    Ron28525064lus1Author
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    February 24, 2023
    Thanks, Jane, for your reply. I've tried looking at a few sites online that
    purport a solution, but there seems to be a few vital steps missing in
    their process. I work from a desktop, so I can't draw the letters on a
    tablet. Basically I want to scan my hand drawn letters and upload them as a
    font. I've looked at a few YouTube videos by syndicated cartoonists, but
    they don't go into detail on how they created their font. I'm very hopeful
    that I can find my solution in this forum. Thanks again for taking the time
    to respond. Cheers, Ron
    Imaginerie
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    ImaginerieCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 2, 2023

    If you want to create a proper font, you'll need a third party software. You can DRAW the shapes using photoshop (using vector shapes that is) it's not ideal, but it's still possble. But to have it as a font (that respond when you're typing on a keyboard), you'll need either a Photoshop plug-in (Fontself maker) or a full on, more capable program. Fontographer, Glyphs, fontforge etc..
    The plug in is very easy to use, the other software not so much...
    No Adobe product can do that as of now, you'll need to purchase another software.

     

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