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Full Details About The Handwriting Font Services We Offer
Includes prices, examples and links to the instructions for making your own handwriting font.

Font Services Summary
All of the handwriting font services laid out in an easy reference table for comparison.

Why Our Font Service Is The Best
Andy Hunt explains why we believe our handwriting fonts are the best on the market.

We Supply Worldwide

World Quantum Enterprises is based in the United Kingdom, but we will supply worldwide.

Prices are quoted in UK Pounds Sterling, with an approximate conversion in US Dollars. However, provided you have a valid credit card, we will accept your order from anywhere in the world in any of the main currencies.

Payment may be made in the following ways:

On-line via the PayPal secure credit card transaction service.
International Money Order (in Pounds Sterling)
Cheque (UK only)
Postal Order (UK only)

Please make Money Orders, Postal Orders and Cheques payable to 'Quantum Enterprises'

Please allow up to 14 days for a Premium 'Ultra' font to be produced.
Please allow for international postal delays for forms returned / sent by conventional mail.
Credit card debits will be securely made in your own currency.

PERSONAL FONT PAGE

Your guaranteed font backup and link for anyone who wants to download your font

Click here to see an example of a Personal Font Page.

As explained on our 'Help & Tips' page, you cannot simply use your font in e-mail messages. You must ensure that the recipient of the message has your font installed for them to be able to see it.

But many people do not trust attachments and may not want to open an attachment such as a font file for fear of activating a virus.

The answer to this problem is to have your own personal font page on the web.
Then you can point people to a place where they can download your font file using a simple text message at the bottom of your e-mail.

Personal font pages are available to all, but only if you give someone your font page web address. Personal font pages will not be indexed by the search engines.

With our font hosting service you can now keep a version of your font online on a personal page on which you can add your own message of up to 200 words, and links to up to 5 other web sites.*

This is also another way of guaranteeing a backup copy of your font. If you lose your font due to a hard disk failure, you can download another copy from your own personal font page!

You will be sent instructions, and a request for your personal message and web links, after you have made your purchase

IMPORTANT NOTES

By using our Premium 'Ultra' handwriting font creation service, you are accepting that certain limitations apply when trying to reproduce handwriting as a font. These limitations are:

This handwriting font service, although extremely realistic, still uses a font to reproduce the handwritten effect. Careful examination by someone will reveal that it is a font, although this is more difficult to detect than the other services we provide. The realism of the font is also reliant on the quality of paper and printer used to reproduce the font.
Handwriting characters may not look as clear on screen as 'standard fonts'. (This is dependent on the thickness of letters used).
We can only reproduce the letters that you supply. If you are unhappy with the results because you have failed to follow the instructions, you will be requested to make another purchase to rectify the problem.
However, we will do an unlimited number of small 'tweaks' on created characters.
We will replace up to 5 characters free of charge.
This service is primarily designed for producing printed handwritten documents. If you are sending an electronic version of the Scriptalized font to someone else (e.g. by e-mail), you must be sure that they have your Premium 'Ultra' handwriting font installed, otherwise they will not be able to read the text.
The service is only available to Windows users.

Premium 'Ultra' Service

Prices

Print Forms & Follow Instructions On-Line - £84.95 ($ *)

Purchase Forms & Instructions In A Pack (Premium 'Ultra') - £89.95 ($ *)

Purchase Forms & Instructions In A Pack (Premium 'Ultra' PLUS) - £99.95 ($ *)

Example of Premium 'Ultra' Service

There are four simple steps to create your own handwriting font:


Print out the special forms (or ask us to mail them to you)	Complete the forms with the handwriting to be converted	Scan and upload (or snail mail) the forms back to us	We produce your font and e-mail it back to you as an attachment
Your e-mailed font will be accompanied by a special configuration file that specifies certain handwriting characteristics when used in conjunction with the Scriptalizer™ Software You will also receive instructions on how to download and install the very latest version of the Scriptalizer™Software so that you can try the full features of your font immediately. When you are certain you are happy with your font, we will also mail it to you on CD-ROM. This CD ROM will also include the latest copy of the Scriptalizer™ Software, your handwriting font configuration file, and all of the current fonts stored in the 'Font Vault'. If required, we will also set up your own Personal Handwriting Font Web Page (see more information on the right).

Go straight to the instructions for creating a Premium 'Ultra' and Premium 'Ultra' PLUS Service handwriting font

The Premium 'Ultra' Service is the cream of our handwriting font services, and offers one of the most realistic handwriting font products on the market.

View Example Of A Premium 'Ultra' Service Font [ Opens in a new window. ]

Usual Limitations Of Basic, True Type Handwriting Fonts
There are always certain limitations when re-creating handwriting using fonts. Only one version of each letter can be used in a font, even though individual letters will differ during normal handwriting. The shape and joining strokes of a letter are dependent on the letter which came before it, and the letter which comes after. Normally you have to accept these limitations and understand that your handwriting font will never look EXACTLY like your actual handwriting.

What Makes The Premium 'Ultra' Service Different?
As you may have already read under our Premium Service information, with careful examination of your writing style, and the use of our unique SPACEanchor™ system, we can reproduce your handwriting so that it looks extremely similar to your actual script. We do this by asking you to write a number of key words in your natural handwriting, rather than writing out individual letters as per some of the other services.

We also use over 20 years of Graphonomy (handwriting analysis) experience to assist in ensuring that your unique handwriting style is re-created.

With the Premium 'Ultra' handwriting font service we have further overcome the limitations of character repetition, by embedding nearly 100 additional characters in the font. These are accessed and replaced by our FREE Scriptalizer™ Software, which adds another level of naturalness to your, already fantastic, handwriting font. We therefore ask you to complete a fifth and sixth submission form for this service, with further examples of your handwriting.

Oops - I've made an error!
An optional seventh form allows you to supply examples of how you cross out or scribble out mistakes for words of different lengths. Many of us experience a 'slip of the pen' when we write and have to cross out our mistake (or use correction fluid, or screw it up and start again!).
Example of a crossed out 'mistake' If you supply these 'error' characters, when you use the Scriptalizer™, you will have the option to ask the software to add 'mistakes' at a frequency you choose.
The Scriptalizer™ will take the next word when it is time to create a 'mistake', randomly change one letter, and then cross it out.
If you do not complete this form, we will generate a default 'error' character using one single line through the centre of the word to be crossed out.

The Premium 'Ultra' PLUS Service
If you have a cursive handwriting style, which includes cursive capital letters, you may wish to take advantage of our Premium 'Ultra' PLUS Service.
When we produce your font, we usually use the capital letters that you have provided on the natural handwriting forms. Cursive capitals don't always work If these are particularly cursive (joined to the following letters), they will not work well if you want to produce entire words in capitals (see example, right).
If you opt for the Premium 'Ultra' PLUS Service, we will use the printed capitals that you provide on Form 1 to produce a SECOND font, that will allow you to produce more acceptable printed handwriting, in capitals, when you need it.

How Does The Scriptalizer™ Work?
The Scriptalizer™ software is a small, standalone program (Windows only - including Vista and Windows 7) that is very simple to use. It doesn't use 'macros' like some handwriting font services offer, nor does it install toolbars or require complicated setup.

Clicking on this image shows a full view with Scriptalized text

You simply type (or paste) the text you want to 'naturalise' in the top window, click the Scriptalize! button, and your handwriting font looks better than ever!

The 'Copy Text' button lets you copy the converted text so you can paste in into your favourite word processor.

What makes the Scriptalizer™ different from other handwriting font services on the market is the use of a configuration file, which defines the letters that have starting and ending strokes particular to your handwriting style. This is supplied with your font and only needs to be changed (using the configuration or CF buttons) if more than one person wishes to use the software.

Premium Ultra Service Example The graphic (right) shows the same sentence, typed out three times, and subjected to the Scriptalizer™ software. Look at how many of the letters vary within each sentence and from sentence to sentence. Compare with the standard Premium Font (below). See how starting 'anchor' strokes have been added. along with ending strokes on the letter 's'

Premium Service Example

Spot The Font!

Here is an opportunity for you to see if you can tell the difference between real handwriting and a Premium 'Ultra' font.

Take a look at the examples below:

Example 1

Premium Ultra Font Example

Example 2

Example 1

Can you see the difference? Which one is the original handwriting and which one is the font?

Example 1 is the font!

For the Premium 'Ultra' Service you will be required to complete at least six forms (with an optional seventh). The forms include the standard characters used for everyday handwriting, plus some of the more specialised characters you may need. Any characters you do not specify will be automatically inserted by the software*. You will be required to write a number of sentences and individual words in your own handwriting on Forms 1, 4, 5 and 6. You can use more than one copy of Form 4, Form 5, and Form 6 as necessary.

*Note: Characters that are not specified will be replaced by approximations and will not reproduce the cursive effect.

Examples of forms

Premium 'Ultra' Service - Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (Optional)

Go to the on-line instructions for creating a Premium 'Ultra' Service handwriting font

Purchase Forms & Instructions In A Retail Font Pack (Premium 'Ultra')

Purchase Forms & Instructions In A Retail Font Pack (Premium 'Ultra' PLUS)

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