PDF to handwriting

Turn a PDF's text into realistic handwritten pages.

Free, no sign-up. It runs inside your browser: your files never leave your device.

Turn a PDF's typed text into realistic handwriting. Keep the page design and change only the text, or write everything out again on notebook paper.

How to use PDF to handwriting

  1. Drop a PDF on the page.
  2. Under Handwriting, pick A style (Casual, Neat, Cursive or Kalam), or My own and draw your letters on the pad.
  3. Choose a layout: Keep the design, or Notebook paper with Ruled, Legal pad, Grid or Plain paper.
  4. Set the ink, pen, slant and messiness while you watch the preview.
  5. Click "Write it by hand".

Questions

Can I use my own handwriting?

Yes. Choose "My own" and draw each letter once on the pad. Your letters stay in this browser.

Will the pictures and layout stay?

Yes, with "Keep the design". Pages, pictures and layout stay the same; only the text becomes handwriting, line by line.

Can headings stay typed?

Yes. With Keep the design, turn on "Keep titles typed". Lines clearly bigger than the body text stay as they are.

Does it write Hindi?

The Kalam style has Hindi letters too. Joined Hindi letters are not drawn yet.

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