How does it work? Simply print a template, draw all of the characters using a black marker or felt-tip pen, and scan your drawing. Scanahand will build your font, and install it on Windows, ready for you to use. You don't need to use additional graphics software, but Power Users and Hobbyists alike can use Scanahand along with their favorite graphic drawing software to create or modify each character of their font. So even without a printer and scanner you'll be able to create custom fonts.
Several templates to choose from
The standard edition includes an English and Western Europe template. The premium edition also includes a signature and symbol template and an editor to create your own templates.
Scan your template
Scan your template directly from within Scanahand, or select pre-scanned images on your harddisk.
Setup your font
Fill in a few simple details about your font such as the name and copyright. The premium edition also allows you to set the font style.
Generate the font
Generating the font takes only a few minutes depending on the selected template and your computer speed.
Test your font
After the font is generated you can preview and test your font. If you are satisfied with the results you can directly install the font from within Scanahand
Template editor
The premium edition includes a template editor that lets you define your own templates so you can decide which characters will be included in your fonts.The standard edition allows you to create fonts that support English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese, Basque, Estonian, Faeroese, Frisian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Albanian, and Esperanto.
The premium edition incorporates all features available in the standard edition and also allows you to generate fonts based on custom templates as well as the available signature and symbol templates. It also allows you to set the font style by going bold or italic.
