Type like Jane Austen
This is seriously cool. Alert Janeite Lorraine wrote to tell us about a new computer font based on Jane Austen’s handwriting. There’s also a complex analysis of Jane Austen’s handwriting from a technical point of view–the creator of the font seems dismissive of placing psychological traits on it. So even if you’re not interested in the font, we recommend checking out the link.
Oh, the fun we will have with this.
Download the font at Ms. Frauss’ site or here.
October 16th, 2005 at 1:34 pm
What a great link! I love fonts, especially when they’re “handwriting” fonts, and even more when they’re Jane Austen’s.
Thanks Lorraine for finding it and mags for posting it!
October 16th, 2005 at 9:40 pm
i’m sorry, but that is pretty darn cool
that must have taken a long time to design though, wow!
October 16th, 2005 at 11:36 pm
What does Ms. Frauss mean by the secrets involving MP & Emma, I wonder?
MP is, of course, the source of much discussion, but Emma?
I congratulate Ms. Frauss on her good work and good taste! It is exciting to see…
October 17th, 2005 at 1:37 am
Is this a font that you can import into and use in Microsoft Word, or is it just to look at? Thanks!
October 17th, 2005 at 1:41 am
Never mind, I figured out how to use it. Sorry!
October 17th, 2005 at 6:23 am
This is great! I downloaded the font immediately.
But I don’t understand the secrets of MP and Emma either… So please, if someone can explain this, he/she is very welcome!
October 17th, 2005 at 11:41 am
Vanessa, Franka, I think she was being a wee bit sarcastic. Mocking how much trouble people have analyzing MP, etc.
October 17th, 2005 at 3:15 pm
I’m not sure she was being sarcastic. If she’s right about Austen writing down readers’ comments about the books in a journal, she might have been keeping track of how much people had been able to glean from the works, as if she did hide a secret in the text somewhere. Or maybe she was just interested in readers’ responses. As far as Emma goes, she does have that comment to Cassandra about thinking that most people won’t like the heroine - maybe the journal of reader comments allowed her to compare the results to her original hypothesis.
All the same - it’s lovely to think of a secret in there somewhere…
October 18th, 2005 at 3:30 pm
Wonderful font..
October 24th, 2005 at 10:42 pm
Hi, I’m new here. I’ve downloaded the font, but how do I go about actually using it (in Microsoft Word for example)? Thanks for any help.