I've somehow created Cthulu's cursed Wingdings with a vibe-coded tool

I tried to create a font from my own handwriting using FontCrafter, a free browser-based tool from Chris Pirillo. The process is straightforward: print the supplied template, fill it out with a felt-tip pen (ballpoints are too faint; thick markers bleed), scan the page and upload it.

Most of the heavy lifting happens in your browser, so no account is required and the creator touts the tool as "100% private." The tool should scrape your scanned characters and fashion a font that's all your own — the emphasis on "should" is well placed. My first attempt was foiled by a felt-tip rapidly running out of ink and a printer that sliced the template's alignment crosshairs.

After resizing and pushing opacity I tried again and ended up with something deeply cursed. A few factors probably contributed: my cursive handwriting, a pen that could have been fresher despite boosting contrast on a black-and-white scan, and the tool itself.

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