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bkph@kauai.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) writes:


>In article <JIT.92Sep28012028@Xenon.stanford.edu> jit@Xenon.stanford.edu (Satyajit Nath) writes:

>   I am looking for a PostScript font that would let me print text as if 
>   it is handwritten. I believe such fonts are known as "cursive" fonts.
>   I have access to ZapfChancery, but it looks too "flourishy" ...

>LucidaHandwriting-Italic designed by Kris Holmes of Bigelow & Holmes is
>great for this.  It's part of the LucidaBright + LucidaNewMath font set.

>There also some `stick-writing' PD fonts flying around,such as that by
>Haeberli...

>Berthold K.P. Horn
>Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Another interesting thing in this vain is a company called Signature
Software in Portland, OR.  (800)925-8840
They will take a sample of your handwriting
and produce both PostScript and TrueType(boo) personal fonts.
They claim that this only is for the Mac for now.
The really cool thing about their technology is that the PostScript
that comes out has the cursive characters connected just as if 
written by hand.
I have seen sample output and it looks great - I have not tried the
process myself yet.
The cost is less than I expected.
I have no connection with this company - it just seems like a cool idea.
-- Michael Slade, Datavision Technologies