"Font V2" refers to the 2nd generation handwriting font recording method. There's a lot of progress since the previous update. They are:
- Made a python app to record your handwriting using a graphics tablet. The app records the stroke by saving the normalized coordinates of then pen's stroke. The recorded stroke's recorded coordinates are of high resolution.
- Made the Gcode generation python script support cursive handwritings
- Made a quick prototype of the homework machine mostly using the parts I had in stock.


Lessons learnt for further progress:
- Recording handwriting using a graphics tablet without a display is difficult for the user to get it right. You need some experience with it to draw your natural handwriting using it. This solution wont scale.
- Recording multiple versions of each character and randomly selecting one is not ideal.
- The machine's output is not perfectly smooth. Looking at the Gcode using a Gcode viewer, there seems to be a little jitter in the recording process that needs to be smoothed out.
Up next:
- Automate the book / page fixturing and page turning
- Set up input shaper to write fast without vibrations
- Adopt a new medium to record handwriting- probably an android with a stylus.
- Create a new method to make the writings look natural. Instead of recording multiple versions, the code should slightly vary the stroke in a random pattern to avoid letters looking the same.
- The flow between letters need to be perfected to look more natural
I'm also thinking about alternate methods to record and process the handwriting. Record stroke SVG / vector? Create an ML model? Suggestions are welcome!
Updates:
- This project has been featured in Hackster.io news
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