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Making a font of my handwriting

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334 points kickofline | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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apparent ◴[05 Sep 25 20:24 UTC] No.45143208[source]▶
They say that you remember more when handwriting than when typing. I believe that. One thing I have wondered about is what if you write on a tablet and then it digitizes your handwriting. Do you still get the same benefit, from the process of having handwritten it?

I would think that part of the value would be in seeing the information written in your own handwriting, which makes me suspect that having a font like this that you could digitize into might be better than writing by hand (whic probably provides some of the memory boost) and then digitizing into a traditional font.

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1. mockingloris ◴[06 Sep 25 02:07 UTC] No.45145958[source]▶
> They say that you remember more when handwriting than when typing

I believe that too.

Writing is one of my tools for taming my ADHD tendencies. I have journals of different sizes and when I am in the zone, I capture the moment in my own words and in my own way. I draw lines and art on my notes and just scanning a few lines on another day instantly immerses me back in the moment when the ideas/words/thought hit me.

For those who type better than they write, I don't see any reason to not do that, even though for me, it's pen on paper.

We're all different and I am a strong believer of the idiom that goes "One man's food..."