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inktype for Mac

Your handwriting, as a Mac font

inktype turns a page of your handwriting into a real OpenType font. Fill in a printed sheet, photograph or scan it, and install the font from inside the app. It shows up in every app that uses your installed fonts.

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Watch the walkthrough

From a filled sheet to a font you can install. See the desktop workflow in 48 seconds.

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Make a handwriting font with inktype for Mac and Windows. Print a template. Use a dark pen, and write one character in each box.

Photograph or scan the sheet. Keep all four corner markers visible. Open the scan as a new project. Each letter becomes an editable outline.

Auto-process aligns your letters and tightens the spacing. Refine the ink, then type a sample to check how the letters work together.

Name your font and install it from the app. You can also export a font file for your apps or website. Use your handwriting in documents, designs, and apps that support custom fonts. Get inktype for Mac or Windows.

Four steps

How it works

  1. Print the capture sheetDownload the sheet from the app and pick its language. There are 18, written in Latin, Cyrillic or Greek letters.
  2. Write one character per boxUse any dark pen, fineliner or marker. Keep each letter inside its dashed box.
  3. Photograph or scan the pageCapture the whole sheet. The corner markers let the app straighten the page and find every letter.
  4. Install your fontAdjust size, position, spacing and ink against a live preview, then click Install. To use the font somewhere else, Export… saves it as OTF, TTF, WOFF or WOFF2.
Mac app

What the Mac app adds

Projects that save as you work

Each scan becomes a project. Your edits are saved as you make them, and a project exports as one .inktype file.

Install from the app

Click Install and the font is ready in every app on this Mac, without opening Font Book.

Installed Fonts window

See every font you installed from inktype, and reactivate or remove any of them.

Sandboxed

The app runs in the macOS App Sandbox and reads only the files you choose.

Unlock once

Your first project is included. Buy the unlock once for unlimited projects. No account, no sign-in, no subscription.

Support

Help and contact

Have a question, a scan that will not import, or a font that looks wrong? Email us and mention your macOS version. If a scan is the problem, attach it if you can.

hello@inktype.cc

The troubleshooting guide covers the most common problems. Troubleshooting guide