Is there any handwritten(hw) font for latex?

[yan]

Hi all,
I am looking for some kinds of handwritten font. I found that using
\cal or \mathcal cannot get the same effect.
Any suggestion there? Thanks.

yan

[Karl-Heinz Zimmer]

I don't know about a handwriting font (never needed any), but there is
a collection of freely available fonts, perhaps you find a nice one:

ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/fonts

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[Harald Harders]

There are at least two fonts as used to teach writing in Germany:
- lateinische Ausgangsschrift: CTAN/fonts/la
- vereinfachte Ausgangsschrift: CTAN/fonts/va

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[Walter Schmidt]

yan schrieb:

> I am looking for some kinds of handwritten font. I found that using
> \cal or \mathcal cannot get the same effect.
> Any suggestion there? Thanks.

Do you need the font for use in text or in formulas?

Text fonts:

Zapf Chancery (Type1): standard, part of PSNFSS
BrushScriptX (Type1) : CTAN: fonts/brushscr/
Augie (Type1) : CTAN: fonts/augie/
calligra (Metafont) : CTAN: fonts/calligra/
twcal (Metafont) : CTAN: fonts/twcal/

Math fonts:

See the package rsfs.sty (for the "Formal Script" font)
or or eucal.sty (for Euler Script) or use the below code
for Euler Roman (there's no ready-made package for it):

\DeclareMathAlphabet\mathscr{U}{eur}{m}{n}
\SetMathAlphabet\mathscr{bold}{U}{eur}{b}{n}
...
\mathscr{ABCdef}

HTH
Walter