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I write novels using Latex (luatex). I would like to show a hand written letter written by one of the characters. There is a short sentence at the end of the letter, which has been added by another character trying to forge the original writer's handwriting - looks the same at first but then on closer inspection it is not quite right. Has anybody an idea how to add an effect to some text, so that it looks like someone has tried to forge it?

Brian Wyvill
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    This question would fit better at https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/ – Thérèse Sep 27 '22 at 17:09
  • ok thanks will try that – Brian Wyvill Sep 27 '22 at 17:10
  • You could rephrase your question and ask whether someone has an idea how to add an effect to some text, so that it looks like someone has tried to forge it. Maybe this could better fit here. – Jasper Habicht Sep 27 '22 at 17:13
  • yes that would be better - thanks – Brian Wyvill Sep 27 '22 at 17:27
  • https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/29425 may be of interest — but there’s still more regularity here than in, um, authentic forgeries. – Thérèse Sep 27 '22 at 17:38
  • Do have a look at the novel document class (I wrote it), which is specifically designed for your purpose, if that will be a paper book. Yes, it has been used for fiction books, but only paper print (not Ebooks). As for your question: As others noted, it is really a graphics design question. – rallg Feb 25 '23 at 00:11

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You can choose another handwriting font if you do not have the LUCIDA (https://tug.org/store/lucida/index.html)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lucida-otf}
\begin{document}
\LucidaHandwriting
\makebox[0pt][l]{Some nonsense as short text}%
{\fontspec{LucidaHandwritingOT}[FakeSlant=-0.3]%
Some nonsense as short text\par}

Some nonsense as short text


\fontspec{LucidaHandwritingOT}[FakeSlant=-0.3]%
Some nonsense as short text


\end{document}

enter image description here

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  • That's good! - funnily enough I was just reading the fontspec manual and just discovered fakeslant - nice one - thanks. – Brian Wyvill Sep 27 '22 at 20:24