Hand-Made Font

Original typefaces were designed to match the way letters looked when they were written by hand. We currently have billions of handwriting fonts that mimic the same hand-written effect, but legibility on such fonts is low, and formal type seems to do something different for the designed page. So, I am beginning an attempt to use my own handwriting style as a basis for building a formal font. Taking note of the directions of the strokes, stroke weight, and directions of the angles, will hopefully allow me to make a unique font that has a more personal feel but still hold up as a formal typeface. We'll see how it turns out in the end, but here are my first attempts.