Create a TrueType Font With Your Own Handwriting

  • S07E21
  • February 18, 2014

As a followup to Episode 102 (233 weeks ago), Robbie's sons (6 and 3) review how to create a font from our own handwriting. Welcoming Kelsey Jensen to the team.

This video is provided free of charge. If you enjoy what we do, please consider becoming a Patron so we can continue offering more great content.
Support This Free Content

Topics Covered:

  • {play 2:18}Feature: Zech Tech Episode 1: Turn Your Handwriting Into a Font at cat5.tv/ttf
    • On Episode 102, Robbie and Christy took a look at the tool used to create a truetype font from your own handwriting.
    • How to create a TrueType font (compatible with Mac, Windows and Linux) from your own handwriting (or that of your children).
    • Scanning your font template allows you to create a font with an easy to use online tool from YourFonts.
    • The cost to generate your own font is roughly $10, and a portion of that goes to support Category5 Technology TV.
  • {play 7:36}Check out the Category5 TV Merch Store for licensed merchandise.
  • {play 8:26}Welcome to Kelsey Jensen, the newest member of the Category5 TV team. A brief "get to know you" with Kelsey.
  • {play 15:18}Top Stories from the Category5.TV Newsroom
    • The European Court of Justice says that websites can link to freely available content without the permission of the copyright holder.
    • Steam brings more than 530 games to Linux in its first year on the platform.
    • The anonymous online marketplace Silk Road 2 says it has been hacked resulting in the loss of all its customers’ bitcoins.
    • Another one of Back to the Future’s tech products is coming to market, and just in time for Marty to travel to 2015.
  • {play 25:32}Viewer Question: How can I hookup both ethernet and wifi at the same time on my computer?
  • {play 28:35}Viewer Question: My daughter wants to have video from the laptop up on the TV, but when she hooks it up, there is no sound. Do you have any suggestions?
  • {play 31:51}Viewer Comment: You were right about the memory leak when I asked about my DD-WRT script back on Episode 331. What I would like to know however, is how to interpret the output from the Linux top command.
  • {play 37:32}Viewer Question: I just got my dad his first laptop. He lives a ways away and I'd like to be able to provide him remote support. I know TeamViewer is awesome, but because he's on Linux I want to know if there is an alternative.
    • Robbie suggests still using TeamViewer for Linux use.
  • {play 43:41}Mac vs. PC - Gotta compare Apples to apples.
  • {play 46:58}Viewer Question: I'd like to harden the security on my Linux computer. What do you suggest?
  • {play 52:34}Viewer Comment: I have a Windows XP machine I need to convert to Linux. What distro do you recommend?
  • {play 57:18}Greetz to our newly registered viewers, and viewers from all around the world.
  • {play 58:46}Contest Announcement: Win a free copy of Telestream Wirecast 5 Pro!

Discussion

Twitter Posts

Login to Category5

Error message here!

Hide Error message here!

Forgot your password?

Register on Category5

Error message here!

Error message here!

Hide Error message here!

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link to create a new password.

Error message here!

Back to log-in

Close