Step Two

First thing you'll need is the hardware:

• A pen or some other device that makes a mark on paper.
• A piece of paper. A napkin will do if you can't find any paper.
• A computer with a scanner.

Here are two pieces of specialty software you will need for making fonts:

Adobe Streamline: Converts your grayscale scan into an eps (Encapsulated Post Script) file which you can open and edit in Illustrator.
Macromedia Fontographer: This is the program that makes fonts.

Also, you should be somewhat familiar with the following software:

Adobe Photoshop: Use this to scan your artwork in and clean it up if you want.
Adobe Illustrator: Used as a clipboard for importing your outlines into Fontographer.

Got all that? Great! Let's draw the alphabet...

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