I’ve long been a fan of Fonts for Peas, free handwriting fonts at Kevin and Amanda’s blog. People can submit samples of their handwriting and, if Amanda chooses you, she’ll turn your writing into a font and make it a free download on her site. Over a year ago (!), I said I was submitting my handwriting to her “tomorrow.” This did not happen – until some time this summer, when I finally got around to writing out the alphabet – caps, lowercase, punctuation, doodles – and repeating “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” four or five times. I turned in three writing samples – printing, (semi) cursive, and “writing a letter” – the handwriting I use when I am not in such a rush. And that handwriting style was chosen to be turned into a font!
It’s funny – the letters all look like mine individually, but because her font program links certain letters and not others, and I am sure my actual writing is far more random, it ends up looking a bit loopier and girlier than my normal hand. But there’s no doubt it’s me.
And now it’s available here for download – Pea MLE. Cool!
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First, did I tell you how much I love the name of your blog? Fantastic!
Love your font too….so sweet. What a great idea.
Well, back to Week #3 of byw…..I’m getting a little behind.
Hi Janis – Thanks for stopping by! The blog is about three years old, but the new reincarnation (and name!) haven’t been around too long. Glad you like them. 🙂
BYW is sort of overwhelming me at the moment – I didn’t even post anything for Lesson 2 because I struggled so much with the second half, and found that my answers to the first half were a lot like everyone else’s. Hmmm…the last month of forum time will be a blessing, I’m thinking…
Love your unique cursive script! Thanks so much for letting me make it into a font! 🙂
Hey Amanda-
Happy you found me! Thanks for making this awesome font – I’m telling everyone I know about it. To the point that I’m kind of embarrassing myself, but I don’t care. 🙂
You have been on my blogroll for a while – hopefully I can send a bit of traffic your way! Such a great resource.
What a beautiful font.. A classic blend for designers.. happy writing.
Thanks, Halen! How odd it would be to recognize my font somewhere, rather than the normal Papyrus/Bradley Hand/Curlz MT fonts I recognize everywhere and hate. Both Windows and Mac need to release more handwriting-style fonts out of the box.
That’s a great font! 🙂 I really like the name of your blog too – one of the things that hold me back on starting a blog is that I don’t know what to call it and what to focus it on. But I do miss blogging!
Hi Katja,
I really miss Nestled In, I have to admit. Glad you like my font/handwriting. 🙂
I really struggled with renaming my blog, moving it away from wordpress.com, trying to refocus without losing all of my old content. I’ve always liked the quote, and I think it is one thread that’s been constant from when I started my blog until now – I am figuring things out, endlessly creating myself, and some of that creating has come from the blog, as disjointed as it may sometimes seem.
Oh my goodness, I love your font! I’m am definitely going to try this — I’ve ALWAYS wanted my own font (yes, I’m dork like that!).
Thanks for stopping by my blog. If you EVER run across the ikea rug, let me know. I’m still looking too 🙂
I guess my best bet now is eBay? Or Craigslist?
I also really wanted the FIRA drawers just about the time they discontinued them.
Kind of a bummer, but I guess they have to make room for other things, too…
that’s SO awesome, emily!
i’ll be happy to download away. 🙂
That is very cool. I totally want to submit my handwriting. Can you use this new font on your blog?
Pretty sure, since my site is non-commercial. Haven’t quite figured out yet how I might integrate it – the headers are through Typekit, but I could use it for the header or, even more likely, for creating photo collages, etc.
And a wonderful one If I may say!