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ZakkMG Hand

Zakk M.G.’s own handwriting, traced from two photos into a real font: letters, numbers and symbols, in Regular and Bold.

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Version 1.1 · TTF + WOFF2 · SIL Open Font License

“Hi I am Zakk” handwritten in black pen on white paper. The pen
Hi I am Zakk The font
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Write something

Type on the page. Sixteen letters have a second version that swaps in by itself, so doubles like “ll” and “oo” never look stamped.

Pen
Character set

Everything in the box

Capitals

    Lowercase

      Numbers

        Symbols

          Punctuation

            Second takes

            Each of these letters was written twice in the samples. The font alternates between the two as you type.

              From the page

              Two photos, one font

              It started as a sheet of the alphabet, two pangrams and a “Hi I am Zakk,” written in black pen and photographed on a desk. A second sheet added the numbers and symbols.

              Every letter was traced from those photos into smooth outlines, without tidying the handwriting itself. The two photos were matched by the width of the pen line, so the numbers sit at the size Zakk writes them and carry the same weight as the letters.

              The punctuation is the real thing too: the period, comma, quotes and parentheses all come from the sheet. The plus sign is two of the equals sign’s lines, crossed.

              The first sample sheet: the alphabet in capitals and lowercase, handwritten in black pen.
              Sheet one: the alphabet
              The second sample sheet: the numbers 0 to 9 and symbols, handwritten in black pen.
              Sheet two: numbers and symbols
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              Free for anything

              Use it in games, logos, videos, merch, apps and websites, paid or not. Change it and share it. The one thing you can’t do is sell the font files on their own.

              Download ZakkMG Hand ZIP · 97 KB
              • Regular and Bold, as TTF files to install
              • WOFF2 files for websites
              • The license, and a readme with install steps

              SIL Open Font License 1.1 · Read the license

              Installing

              Put it to work

              Windows

              Unzip the download, right-click each .ttf file and choose Install. It shows up in every app’s font list.

              Mac

              Unzip the download, double-click each .ttf file and choose Install Font.

              Phones and tablets

              Use an app that takes custom fonts, like most design and video editors, or a font-installer app.

              Websites

              Upload the two files in the web folder, then add this to your CSS:

              @font-face {
  font-family: "ZakkMG Hand";
  src: url("ZakkMGHand-Regular.woff2") format("woff2");
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "ZakkMG Hand";
  font-weight: 700;
  src: url("ZakkMGHand-Bold.woff2") format("woff2");
}