Make Your Own Fonts

Some ideas for creating your own fonts.

Try some of these font design ideas:

use rubber stamps, potato cuttings etc..

get the kids to draw a font

draw your own font using ink and paper.

use your Calligraphy skills (or a friend's) to draw a font

use your favourite drawing or paint package

Save each character as a graphic file and use them as you would any picture.

Or, buy a font design program so you can save your font as a true type font.

Use Corel Draw to create your own .TTF font or edit and adapt existing ones.

Here are the characters you'll need:

the letters A - Z (uppercase)

the letters a - z (lowercase)

numbers 0 - 9

useful symbols: ! ? " ' * &

Here are some interesting resources:

Down load our sponge sample font! - 57k.

Visit Will-Harris House for some neat typography and design information

Visit Publish Magazine's page - to download fonts