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Learn how to turn your handwriting into digital fonts and use them across AI-powered study tools — Anki flashcards, cheat sheets, Font Studio, and annotated books.

Getting Started

Lazyhand is designed to be intuitive. To get started, you'll need two main things:

An image of your handwriting (or the handwriting you want to digitize).
A document you want to annotate (PDF or EPUB), or you can just export the font itself.

Once you have these, you can create a new project from your dashboard.

Creating Fonts

Font Training Wizard

The wizard walks you through uploading your handwriting in four character groups. Each step has a built-in crop tool so you can frame exactly the right area. Supported formats: JPG, PNG, JPEG.

Step 0 — Name Your Font

Give your font a unique name before uploading. This is how it appears in the editor and on your dashboard.

Step 1 — Lowercase Letters (a–z)

Upload a clear photo of all 26 lowercase letters written in order. The built-in crop tool lets you frame just the characters.

Step 2 — Uppercase Letters (A–Z)

Upload a separate photo of A through Z. Keep spacing consistent for best AI recognition.

Step 3 — Numbers (0–9)

Upload your numerals. Clear contrast on a plain background gives the AI the most accurate segmentation.

Step 4 — Special Characters (!@#$%^&*())

Upload the 10 special characters. These complete your full character set.

Verification

After all four uploads, the AI maps each character and presents a verification screen where you can correct any misidentified characters before training begins.

Tip: Train 2 or more fonts to unlock Font Studio and Anki font mixing — more fonts means more natural-looking handwriting variance in your study materials.

Graphology Report

After your font finishes training, Lazyhand automatically generates a Graphology Report — a personality analysis based on your handwriting. No extra steps required.

What Gets Analyzed

Four metrics are extracted from your handwriting: letter slant, character size, word spacing, and stroke variability.

Personality Archetype

Your metrics produce an archetype label such as "The Visionary", "The Architect", "The Free Spirit", "The Life of the Party", or "The Realist".

Three Trait Cards

The full report shows your Emotion style (Expressive vs. Logical), Confidence level (High vs. Modest), and Social orientation (Independent vs. Connected).

Share as Image

Export your personality report as a PNG. On mobile, the native share sheet is used. On desktop, the image is copied to clipboard or downloaded.

A compact version of your report is visible on the dashboard next to each completed font. Click it to expand to the full view.

Downloading Fonts

Once a font has finished training, you can download it as a standard .TTF file and install it on any computer or import it into design tools.

Pro Subscribers

All your fonts are auto-unlocked on the Pro plan. Click the Download button on any completed font in your dashboard.

Individual Unlock

Free tier users can unlock a single font for a one-time payment of $7. The Unlock button appears in place of Download on the dashboard for locked fonts.

Free Tier Exports

Exports from the book editor on the free plan include a watermark. Upgrade to Pro for clean, watermark-free exports.

Tip: The Download button only appears when a font's status is "completed". Fonts still processing or in verification will not have a download option yet.

iPad / GoodNotes Install

Use Your Font in GoodNotes

Install your downloaded TTF on iPhone or iPad to use it as a typing font in GoodNotes 5/6. Requires iOS 13+ and the free iFont app.

Open the Install Guide

On the Dashboard, click the ··· menu on any completed, unlocked font and select Install on iPad. The guide walks you through every step.

Download the .TTF

Tap the download button in the guide to save the font file to your iPad.

Install iFont (free)

Download iFont from the App Store. It handles the iOS font profile installation process.

Open in iFont & Install Profile

Locate the downloaded .TTF in the Files app, tap "Open in iFont", then follow the prompts to install the font profile.

Select in GoodNotes

Open GoodNotes, select the Text tool, tap the font name in the toolbar, and search for your font by name.

Note: Custom font installation is supported on iOS/iPadOS only. Android does not support third-party fonts in GoodNotes.

Annotating Books

Import your eBooks (EPUB) or documents (PDF) into Lazyhand. The editor allows you to:

Overlay Text

Type directly onto the pages using your custom handwriting font.

Export

Download the annotated pages or the entire document with your notes embedded.

Cheat Sheet Generator

PRO

How It Works

Access the Cheat Sheet tool inside any book editor project. It condenses selected pages into a printable index card written in your handwriting font.

1. Select Pages

Choose which pages of your document you want summarized. Only the pages you select are sent to the AI.

2. AI Draft Generation

Gemini reads the selected pages and generates a condensed summary draft for both the front and back of the card.

3. Edit Front & Back

The draft lands in a two-sided editor. Switch between the Front and Back tabs to refine the content. A character counter shows how much space remains.

4. Adjust Density

The density slider (0–100) controls how tightly text is packed onto the card. Lower values leave more breathing room; higher values fit more content.

5. Export as PDF

Choose your card size — 3×5 or 4×6 inch — then export. Your custom handwriting font is embedded directly in the PDF.

6. Save & Load Drafts

Drafts are saved per-project. Reload a previous cheat sheet at any time from the same panel.

The Cheat Sheet Generator is available exclusively to Pro subscribers. Free users see a locked state with an upgrade prompt inside the editor.

Anki Flashcards

PRO

Export to Anki with Your Handwriting

Generate AI flashcard decks from your book pages and export them as a standard .apkg file. Your handwriting font is embedded directly in the deck — no Anki plugins required.

1. Generate AI Cards

Open the editor, click "Generate AI Notes", select pages, and switch to the Flashcards tab. Gemini extracts key concepts and generates Q&A pairs automatically.

2. Edit Cards

Review and edit each card's front and back in the inline editor before exporting. Add, remove, or reorder cards as needed.

3. Choose a Font (or Mix)

Select any of your trained fonts from the dropdown. If you have 2+ custom fonts, select "Mix all my fonts" to apply per-character font rotation — each character is assigned a different font using a deterministic rotation algorithm, creating natural handwriting variance across the entire deck.

4. Export as .apkg

Click "Export to Anki". The .apkg file is generated entirely in your browser — your font(s) are embedded as media files. Import into Anki Desktop or AnkiMobile on any device.

How Font Mixing Works

In mix mode, every character in every card is wrapped in a <span> with a CSS class selecting one of your N fonts. The rotation is based on the character's position within its word and a hash of the word itself, so the same word always looks the same but different words have different patterns — exactly like real handwriting.

Tip: Anki's search still works correctly in mix mode. The sort field is stored as plain text so searching, sorting, and duplicate detection are unaffected by the font spans.

Font Studio

PRO

Mix & Match Character Glyphs

Font Studio lets you build a brand-new font by cherry-picking individual characters from your trained fonts. The result is a standard .TTF you can download, use in GoodNotes, or embed in Anki decks.

Requirements

You need at least 2 completed custom fonts to enter Font Studio. Once the requirement is met, the "Font Studio" button appears on the Dashboard.

Character Grid

The Studio shows all 72 characters (a–z, A–Z, 0–9, special) as individual cells. Each cell previews the character in its currently selected source font. The bottom border color indicates which font is assigned.

Auto Mix

Check the fonts you want to include using the checkboxes in the font legend, then click Auto Mix. Characters are distributed across the selected fonts using a deterministic hash — every character gets a consistent assignment, not random noise.

Manual Selection

Click any character cell to open a popover showing that character rendered in each available font. Click the one you want. Click a font name in the legend bar to assign all characters to that font at once.

System Font Fallbacks

Caveat and Indie Flower are available as additional options for any character. These are useful if your trained fonts have weak coverage of special characters or numbers.

Live Preview

A preview bar at the bottom shows "The quick brown fox..." and the full uppercase alphabet rendered with per-character font switching so you can see the mix before exporting.

Create & Download

Name your font and click Create Mixed Font. The worker merges selected glyphs from each source TTF into a new font file. It appears on the Dashboard like any other completed font — available for download, use in projects, or installation on iPad.

Mixed fonts appear on the Dashboard with a purple Mix badge so you can distinguish them from directly trained fonts.

Managing Projects

Your dashboard is the central hub for all your work.

View all generated fonts and their status (including mixed fonts).
Access ongoing book annotation projects.
Open Font Studio (Pro, requires 2+ completed fonts).
Manage your subscription and account settings.

Plans & Pricing

Free

$0/month

1 active handwriting font
Unlimited projects (watermarked exports)
5 AI note pages per month
Standard handwriting (no Smart Variance)