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jcarreiro | 13 years ago

It is very nice penmanship. Nice to see skills like this still around.

From the article:

It’s clear that it is mostly, but not completely handmade, as although the included paper is weathered all of the “handwriting” and calligraphy lacks the telltale pressure marks of actual handwriting.

So it is likely not handwritten.

How does one 'print' handwriting like this?

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capnrefsmmat|13 years ago

Writing in fountain pen doesn't leave pressure marks, because fountain pens do not require pressure on the paper.

When I'm not doing physics homework in Mathematica, I do it with fountain pen. It's rather enjoyable.

gknoy|13 years ago

Fountain pens don't leave indentations on the paper, but there are often differences in ink density in parts of the letters or punctuation. This is much less noticeable w/ a fountain pen than it is with a calligraphic or dip pen, but still can be noticeable. [1]

Since these differences in ink density are caused by variations in nib speed and pressure while writing, I think that's what they were referring to by "pressure marks". For me, it seems to depend both on the pen and the paper I'm using. It's possible that what you use doesn't show much of this effect at all. (I also use too much pressure with a fountain pen, which likely deposits more ink and hides effects like this.)

[1] http://inkophile.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/fountain-pen-nibs-... includes an image which shows this effect: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7189/7041371387_aff1e418d3_b.j...

jcarreiro|13 years ago

Ah! I did not know that. Thanks for informing me, I'm happy I got the chance to learn something new today. :)

freehunter|13 years ago

I print handwriting. I use a Wacom-enabled digital notebook for taking notes in class because it syncs with Evernote which means I can study anywhere from any device. I take handwritten notes on it, and print them if I need to distribute something I wrote/drew.

I don't know if that's how this person did it, but that's one way it's possible.

DanBC|13 years ago

Mostly, it's just a font. It's hard to tell from the image, but all the h's; all the d's; all the f's are identical.

This site has software that "joins" your fonts.

(http://briem.net/)