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FONT RECOGNITION VIA FONT MOOSE

LUC DEVROYE

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From image to font

It is possible to freely convert an image into a glyph in a font. I quote: Yourfonts offers a Font Template .pdf download that was designed for people who want to use their own handwriting as a font. You simply fill out the .pdf, scan it and upload it for conversion into a .ttf file. However if you're a savvy Photoshop or Illustrator user it won't take you long to figure out how easily that same template can be used to convert your image files into fonts. First convert the .pdf "Your Fonts Template" into an image file (.png seems to work the best). Then convert your original image file into .png files with transparent backgrounds. You can also use the 'Export transparent file' option in Photoshop. Then it's a simple drag and drop onto the "Your Font Template" image, and a quick resize to make sure it fits correctly the corresponding "letter box". When you are finished make sure you flatten the image and save it as a 300 dpi .gif, .jpg or .png. Your almost done! Upload the newly created Your Font Template image file at Yourfonts and in less than 5 minutes your images will be converted into .ttf files ready to be downloaded.

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