3 thoughts on “100 ways to use a VLE – #68 Using handwriting”
I only wish my handwriting would look like this, so I think you’re cheating!
But nice it is and you defenitionally have a point: it looks warm and authentic…
Accessibility can be an issue if your text is embedded in an image instead of written directly in the web page. If you want to use non-standard fonts in text on the web, you could try @font-face embedding — http://www.fontspring.com/ makes it easy with both free and paid-for options, and http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ will generate kits for you to embed almost any font as long as you have an appropriate license.
I only wish my handwriting would look like this, so I think you’re cheating!
But nice it is and you defenitionally have a point: it looks warm and authentic…
There’s always things like “Your Fonts” (http://www.yourfonts.com) as a halfway house — your handwriting but as a font…
We’ve talked about using this with our learners but not tried it out yet.
Accessibility can be an issue if your text is embedded in an image instead of written directly in the web page. If you want to use non-standard fonts in text on the web, you could try @font-face embedding — http://www.fontspring.com/ makes it easy with both free and paid-for options, and http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ will generate kits for you to embed almost any font as long as you have an appropriate license.