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I turned a photo of my handwriting into a real font, then open-sourced the whole pipeline
TL;DR: A developer-built, fully open-source pipeline converts a photo of handwriting into an installable font, running locally without system dependencies. It wraps image processing, vectorization, and font assembly into an npm package, CLI, and Claude Code skill under MIT license.
The project aims to make handwriting fonts accessible without expensive tools or complex setup. It uses existing open-source components (Sharp, a JS port of Potrace, svg2ttf) assembled into a zero-install package. The workflow accepts freeform photos, identifies and labels letters, vectorizes, and assembles them into a TTF. It includes a Claude Code skill to automate the process from photo to font with in-app previews and self-critique. The repository, demo, and open-source approach lower the barrier to creating personal fonts.
Question for the room: What challenges have you faced when turning a photo into a usable font in your own projects, and how did you address them?
— via dev.to
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