I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most creative person in the world. Not one when it comes to visual stuff. Words – now those I can do, some tell me creatively, but when it comes to things like, oh, say, dressing myself in the morning, I have a rather limited sense of style and design. Luckily, though, I have very nice handwriting, apparently. Well, that’s what my last boyfriend told me when he was breaking up with me anyway.

Why should I care about my handwriting (or indeed allow myself to be placated by such an insipid insult about the rest of my being)? Well, thanks to FontCapture.com, and Killer Startups who found FontCapture and broadcasted it to the world, my handwriting is now actually something I can use to make the world a prettier place.

In their own words, “At fontcapture.com you can create a font from your very own handwriting. There’s no software to download and install, all you need is a printer and a scanner.” It couldn’t be easier: fill in the font template, scan and upload to FontCapture.com and then download new font to your computer – and it works with both Windows and Mac. Added bonus: it’s for free.

All of which is great if you’re a graphic designer looking for true originality; somebody employed specifically to create new fonts (font making 101: how to make money using your 500 closest friends); or a p-d off woman giving her insulting ex-boyfriend the finger. (Or the full writing hand as the case may be… it’s the small things that count isn’t it?)

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