Finding Fonts that Look "Handwritten"

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Is this possible to replicate this kind of font?

It's the blue one.
I like it because it's perfect to write examples of something where you don't want to use the same font.

I'm getting this when using XeLaTeX

@Dr.ManuelKuehner Not actually. I didn't find any font that suits my needs. Do you know any? — Schwale, Mar 28 '16 at 13:47
some handwriting fonts are shown here: Using handwriting font in proofs — barbara beeton, Mar 28 '16 at 14:16
I edited the title from replicating a font to Finding Fonts that Look "Handwritten". — Dr. Manuel Kuehner, Mar 28 '16 at 17:58
How do you know you are using xelatex? That error can usually be taken as an accurate statement that you are not using either of the required engines. — jon, Mar 28 '16 at 19:04
Why don't you find some font you like using google and then use xelatex to use it? — , Mar 28 '16 at 22:36
@Joseph I wish I knew how to do that. That's why I'm asking. — Schwale, Mar 28 '16 at 22:37
@Ustanak use another editor, choose xelatex to compile, or just run xelatex "file-name".tex from the terminal in the same folder. See percuse's answer below. — , Mar 28 '16 at 23:20

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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If you follow the link that I provided in my comment then you get to this overview site:

There is a big link saying Calligraphical and Handwritten Fonts which leads to this:

What else do you expect? In addition the comment of barbara-beeton also provides handwritten fonts.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Mar 28 '16 at 17:54

Dr. Manuel Kuehner

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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With Lua- and XeTeX engines you can use any (well almost) font you want. I searched for free handwritten fonts and stumbled upon Architect's Daughter

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}

\newfontfamily{\archw}{ArchitectsDaughter}
\DeclareTextFontCommand{\texthw}{\archw}

\begin{document}

\texthw{jumped on} some stuff

\end{document}

Please read further Proper way to change a font temporarily with fontspec which I stole egreg's answer above from.

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answered Mar 28 '16 at 18:20

percusse

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Very good answer! I would also comment that Luatex maybe harder in the beginning. It took me long hours until I was able to finally use a system font (I got help from this community luckily). – Dr. Manuel Kuehner Mar 28 '16 at 18:31
I used your preamble but it doesn't compile. It says I need to use XeLaTeX (but I already chose this). – Schwale Mar 28 '16 at 18:31
@Ustanak What's the error? – percusse Mar 28 '16 at 18:35
@percusse See my edited post. – Schwale Mar 28 '16 at 18:37

Finding Fonts that Look "Handwritten"

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