Official Powertoy: My Font Tool for Tablet PC
There are many powertoys out there, but only three of them are official powertoys from Microsoft (Send to OneNote from Internet Explorer, Send to OneNote from Outlook, and My Font Tool for Tablet PC). We have already written about the first two. So, today we bring you the third one in case you didn’t know about it. This powertoy only work with Tablet PC because the user has to input letters and symbols from the stylus. It is a pretty neat and fun powertoy. Check it out here.
Microsoft’s Description:
“Tired of using regular fonts? This PowerToy for Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition converts your own handwriting into a TrueType font. Use this font in OneNote and in other Windows-based programs to make typed text appear as though you had written it by hand. Whether you prefer calligraphy or chicken scratch, in three easy steps you can create your own personal typeface.”
I will be testing this powertoy for the next few weeks followed by my review.
Ah! Thank you so very much for this piece of software. I’ve just made three different handwriting fonts for myself, and I’m really happy with them.
Thanks hugely!
(Two pieces of feedback — I’d really like to see smart quotes in the font set, and the space allocated for the signature is WAYYYYY too small.)
Blue skies
love
Roy
Not so good as can be.
Only english letters and some piece of symbols.
There is no cyrillic or other language letters.
Just toy and nothing more
For a great example of a custom font, check out Michael Scherotter’s Architectural typeset on the MindJet Blog.
Original Post about Mix06… http://blog.mindjet.com/2006/03/back-from-mix06
Follow-up Post about “the font invites participation”… http://blog.mindjet.com/2006/03/can-a-map-style-encourage-participation