Patent ID: 6958755

Claim:
A computer system for creating a font, comprising: a sheet having a grid pattern, the grid pattern providing blank spaces with an indication of a character associated with each blank space, the blank spaces containing hand-written characters, the sheet having a first set of registration marks and a second set of registration marks, the first set of registration marks differing in number from the second set of registration marks, wherein the first set of registration marks are spaced apart from and similarly oriented as the second set of registration marks; a scanner that digitizes the hand-written characters, wherein the first and second sets of registration marks aid in automatically, digitally orienting the sheet in the scanner; a processor in communication with the scanner, the processor being configured to receive the digitized characters from the scanner, associate the digitized characters with the characters of a character set based upon the position of the written characters on the sheet, and store the associated and digitized characters as a font.