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Scanahand - add a personal touch to your computer

It's never been easier for Windows users to make their own custom fonts. Scanahand creates fonts that you can use in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Notepad, and any Windows application. You can even load your fonts on Macintosh computers.

Your own handwriting font made with ScanahandHow does it work? Simply print a template, draw all of the characters using a black marker or felt-tip pen, and scan your drawing. Scanahand will build your font, and install it on Windows, ready for you to use. You don't need to use additional graphics software, but Power Users and Hobbyists alike can use Scanahand along with their favorite graphic drawing software to create or modify each character of their font. So even without a printer and scanner you'll be able to create custom fonts.

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Key Features

  • Personalize your correspondence by creating a font in your actual handwriting
  • Develop a distinctive look for your home and business communications
  • Use your own handwriting on letters, greeting cards, and scrapbook projects
  • Make a suite of fonts so you'll always put the right face on your correspondence
  • Share your fonts with friends and family, on their Windows or Mac OS X computers
  • Capture your child's handwriting as it improves over the years
  • Save time writing holiday cards, while adding a personal touch
  • Design fonts that let your personality shine through
  • Turn icons, company logos, or any line art into font characters
  • Have fun, while exercising your creativity

System Requirements

  • Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, NT, Me, 98 or 95
  • 16MB of available hard-disk space
  • 512MB of RAM
  • Printer and Scanner, or some additional graphics software

User Manual

It really is simple to turn your printed characters into a font. Check out the online user manual, and see how easy it is to use Scanahand. It takes only a few minutes to become creative and productive. Having fun begins immediately.

Purchase

Download the free trial version of Scanahand now, and see how quickly and easily you can turn your handwriting into a font. Scanahand runs in reduced functionality mode during the trial period. When you buy a license you will receive a registration code that unlocks all functionality for the specific edition and makes your copy legal. Scanahand Basic Edition costs US$29.00 for a single-user license. Coming soon Scanahand Premium Edition (US$49.00) with multi page template support.

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Additional Information

 

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News

April 23, 2008

Scanahand 1.0 released.

July 19, 2007

FontCreator 5.6 released.

May 16, 2007

MainType 2.1.1 released.

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User Quotes

“Creating a font with Scanahand was fun!”

Al Harberg

“MainType is the font manager that should have been built into Windows long ago.”

Robert Barnett

“I have been able to build a successful business using FontCreator.”

Chris Slaughter

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Recent Awards

FontCreator and MainType awards

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