Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to YourFonts

Your handwriting as a font. With just a pen and a scanner.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. YourFonts launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
My Script Font▲221
Make a font with your own handwriting
2015 · its alternatives →
2
WhatTheFont▲433
Shazam for fonts! Identify fonts with your camera.
2017 · myfonts.com · its alternatives →
3
Calligraphr▲211
Transform your handwriting or calligraphy into a font
2017 · calligraphr.com · its alternatives →
4
WhatFont▲127
The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.
2014 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
5
Fonts Air▲75
Unleash your creative potential and write outstanding texts
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
6
Handfonted▲40
Hey HN, For the last few months, I've been working on a personal project called HandFonted, and I'm excited to share the result with you all. The goal was to build a fully automated pipeline that could take a single image of a person's handwritten alphabets and generate a usable .ttf font file. You can try it here: https://handfonted.xyz And the code is open-source here: https://github.com/reshamgaire/HandFonted The Technical Stack and Workflow: The process is broken down into three main stages: 1. Segmentation (OpenCV): The user uploads an image. I use a series…
2025 · handfonted.xyz · its alternatives →
7
Input▲97
Fonts for Code
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Fontstand▲144
Try fonts for free or rent them by the month for desktop use
2015 · fontstand.com · its alternatives →
9
Metaflop▲172
Design your own fonts for free
2015 · metaflop.com · its alternatives →
10
Universal Typeface▲100
Unifying the world’s handwriting
2014 · its alternatives →
11
Typefont▲288
An AI that recognizes the font of a text in a photo
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Typo▲96
Tune fonts for web and mobile
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Fonts In Use▲103
Type in the real world: an amazing archive of typography.
2014 · fontsinuse.com · its alternatives →
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Create font in your own handwriting style▲174
2019 · copymonkey.xyz · its alternatives →
15
Handwriter.ttf – Handwriting Synthesis with Harfbuzz WASM▲191
During the hype of llama.ttf months ago, I was speculating the potential of WASM shaper for even crazier purpose, one that fitter to a font shaper's duty -- to synthesize font at runtime. This project as proof-of-concept implements a synthesizer that generates and rasterizes handwriting-style font, backed by a super-lightweight RNN model (~14MiB).
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
Redacted Font▲104
Keep your wireframes free of distracting Lorem Ipsum
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Handy Fonts▲133
Hand drawn fonts for your designs & products
2019 · its alternatives →
18
Cool Fonts▲77
Funky Keyboards for iOS
2014 · emojizer.com · its alternatives →
19
Calligraphr – Convert your calligraphy into a vector font▲76
Transform your handwriting and calligraphy into fully functional vector fonts with our web application. Creating your own font has never been easier.
2017 · calligraphr.com · its alternatives →
20
Typeletter▲139
Turn your browser into a cozy, nostalgic writing nook
Feb 2026 · typeletter.aishashok.com · its alternatives →
21
Discover.typography▲88
Discover great fonts through themes.
2014 · typography.com · its alternatives →
22
UI Fonts▲88
Designers can now type icons and they'll appear.
2014 · ui8.net · its alternatives →
23
Typographic Project▲141
Offers inspiration for using Google’s font library
2014 · femmebot.github.io · its alternatives →
24
Type Detail▲120
A detailed look at fonts (e.g. Apple's new "San Francisco")
2015 · typedetail.com · its alternatives →

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