xz18rJun 2026Recommends
Not a 3D printer but really cool video by Stuff Made Here explaining how he tried to make 'realistic' handwritten forgeries with a pen plotter: ▶ this video
in “Writing Postcards with a 3D Printer” · View on HN
I sent robot forgeries to a handwriting expert
I sent robot forgeries to a handwriting expert on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2024–2026.
Stuff Made Here
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Stuff Made Here builds a handwriting robot and sends its output to a handwriting expert to see whether it can pass as forgery. It walks through the engineering trials and errors along the way.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters recommend it as the physical-machine take on replicating handwriting, with plenty of explained iteration.
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“really cool video by Stuff Made Here explaining how he tried to make 'realistic' handwritten forgeries with a pen plotter”
What HN commenters said
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
mdorazioSep 2025Recommends
For those who were hoping for the physical version of this, I recommend the Stuff Made Here Video on the topic: ▶ this video
in “Making a font of my handwriting” · View on HN
sandreasMay 2024Recommends
There is a very cool youtube video with something similar from Stuff Made Here: ▶ this video Was very fun to watch and he also explains the trials and errors, he did. There is also a link to a very interesting repository of handwriting synthesis: [link]
in “Coding My Handwriting” · View on HN
DaSHackaMar 2025Cites it
This unironically may be what needs to be done. A video by Stuff Made Here covered what is essentially one such machine [0]. That specific machine is meant for generating handwritten notes, but I imagine it could likely work for general purpose documents too with some tweaks. [0] ▶ this video
in “Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges” · View on HN
Topics & tags
Robotics3D printing, CNC & maker projectsMechanical & precision engineeringpen plotterhandwritingforgeryroboticsengineering