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.
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.
- Personalize your correspondence by creating a font in your actual handwriting
- Add your signature to a font for quick insertion using any Windows program
- Develop a distinctive look for your home and business communications
- Use your own handwriting on letters, greeting cards, and scrapbook projects
- Make a suite of fonts so you'll always put the right face on your correspondence
- Share your fonts with friends and family, on their Windows or Mac OS X computers
- Capture your child's handwriting as it improves over the years
- Save time writing holiday cards, while adding a personal touch
- Design fonts that let your personality shine through
- Turn icons, company logos, or any line art into font characters
- Decide what characters to include in your fonts, with the built in template editor
- Have fun, while exercising your creativity
Scanahand Premium Edition incorporates all features available in the Standard Edition and also includes several additional features.
Standard Edition Premium Edition Price (Single user license) US$ 59.00 US$ 99.00 License Restrictions Can be used for commercial purposes Yes Yes Font Generation Process Print and scan templatesScanahand is designed for speed and simplicity. With a printer and a scanner (and a suitable pen) you'll be able to create your first font in minutes. But you can even create fonts without a printer or scanner. Yes Yes Load and save templatesYou can save an empty template and then use your image editing software to draw each character. Load it back into Scanahand to generate your font. You can also save a scanned template page, make changes, and then reload it. Yes Yes Templates EnglishThe English template fits on a single page, and contains the space character, as well as the following 106 characters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? ! % & a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z : ; . , 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + - ~ = ± # $ € £ ¢ [ ] ( ) { } < > \ / ' " * ™ @ © ® _ | • ¤ § ° ¶ † ‡ (one page with 106 characters) Yes Yes Western EuropeanThe Western European template covers the following languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese, Basque, Estonian, Faeroese, Frisian, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Albanian, and Esperanto. The template consist of two pages, the first page is equal to the English template, the second page contains 110 additional (mostly accented) characters: À Á Â Ã Ä Å Ą Ç Ć Ĉ È É Ê Ë Ĕ Ĝ Ĥ Ì Í Î Ï Ĵ Ł Ń Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ő Ø Ś Ŝ Š Ù Ú Û Ü Ŭ Ű Ý Ÿ Ź Ż Ž à á â ã ä å ą ç ć ĉ è é ê ë ę ƒ ĝ ĥ ı ì í î ï ĵ ł ń ñ ò ó ô õ ö ő ø ś ŝ š ù ú û ü ŭ ű ý ÿ ź ż ž Æ Œ Ð Þ ß æ œ ð þ µ ¿ ¡ « » ¬ ² (two pages with 216 characters) Yes Yes Signature (a single pages with room for 18 signatures) No Yes Symbol The symbol template allows you create fonts especially meant to include dingbats and other symbols. With room for 221 symbols, this four page template is the perfect solution to make fonts based on drawings of your pets, cartoons, signatures, logos, etc. (four pages with room for 221 symbols) No Yes Make and use custom templatesScanahand allows you to make your own templates. For each template you can define your own character set (for example with Czech or Greek characters), so it allows you to create multilingual fonts. The template editor is available in both editions, but you need the premium edition in order to generate a font based on a custom template. For your convenience we've collected several custom templates. No Yes Preview and Installation Instant font preview Yes Yes One click font installation Yes Yes Other Features Maximum number of characters (glyphs) per font 216 65,000 Set font style (Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic)Scanahand Premium Edition allows you to set the font style of your fonts. For example if you want to generate a bold font, just use a thick pen and set the font style accordingly. No Yes Visit the Buy page for more information about prices, registration details and to order online.
- Sherrie Barker
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