Handwritten Like Calendar Intent: To make a unique calendar of my own. Handwritten Calendars look arty and it was chosen as a good calendar format. There was access to a CNC machine. A template file was created in Inkscape, the Vector Drawing tool and the month files generated. Had to add support for other fonts and the files generated were then converted to a format suitable for printing. Had to experiment with various fonts and styles and sizes to make it look good. A batch of 15 calendars were produced and physically processed by a Calendar maker. A Limited number of copies of the 2023 calendar were generated It was made in two colors: ivory and card board style. It was well received by interested parties and all the calendars were sold out. Satisfying ! Next steps for new calendar might be: To automate calendar generation via an extension for Inkscape. Allow users to specify important dates and custom images Auto generate calendar for printing. The 2 types in ivory...
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