Signature Software Information

Signature Software, Inc. was founded in June 1988 and produces and markets low-cost handwriting fonts for Apple Macintosh and Windows users. From 1988 to the spring of 1992, the company's founders developed patented technology and a set of tools for rapidly producing custom fonts that reproduce handwriting. Since each is unique, handwriting fonts represent the most direct and effective way to personalize word processing (and personal computers in general). In May of 1992, Signature Software released its first product, Personal Font, a custom handwriting font that accurately reproduces a customer's handwriting style. While conventional fonts have a single shape for each upper and lower-case letter, thanks to Signature Software's patented technology, Personal Font varies the shapes of letters as well as their connections. Personal Font is the only context-sensitive custom handwriting font available on the market today, allowing users to create handwritten documents with their personal computers. In June of 1993, the company introduced its second product, PenFont, a custom font that features a keyboard character set in printed handwriting. PenFont International, an expanded version of PenFont including European accented characters, and WriteType, an enhanced version of Personal Font, were both made available in the fall of 1993. Since then, various handwriting font packs have been brought to the market, including SchoolHouse Fonts, a collection of handwriting fonts designed for teaching handwriting. Personal Font-Western Europe, available in spring of 1997, outfits the original custom handwriting font with the ability to write in various foreign languages. Other products continue to be developed and the product line diversified.