It’s not quite as limey as the Photoshop picker... but brilliant!

I found Fontifier via swissmiss the other day and thought to myself “this has to be too good to be true” when I saw it was only 9 bucks to create your own font. According to their site

Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use in your word processor or a graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica.

For 9 dollars this is a great deal, but isn’t for those trying to create a pristine font. The upload size limit is 100 dpi for your letters causing jagged edges in the final product. The more detailed your letters are the more obvious the edges become. When using the font in Illustrator it does work like a charm, but the poor quality of the scan in is amplified when going much larger than 30 points. I recomend using Fontifier when are looking for a way to give a website design a little more of a personal touch. I love it when you see people who take the time to hand draw their own fonts for the web!
At the end of the process you get to name your font. I wanted to come up with something that sounded “fonty”. I am working at a birch veneer Ikea desk… and “veneer” sounded fonty so I present “Bad Ass Veneer”. Yeah, creative juices are really flowing today.. I know.

Want to try my font? Download Bad Ass Veneer here… for free! Use it as you wish.

For Christmas I wanted a Wii. I constantly hinted it to Jim and tweeted about it every chance I had. I am actually not a big video game person… I never could beat super Mario Brothers and only loved Duck Hunt because the ducks made funny little expressions when I killed them. Last summer Jim and I went to a friends house to play and I was hooked on the Wii. I still can’t win any of the games, but I enjoy the interaction… and especially making the Miis.

Jim managed to surprise me with a Wii on Christmas despite the grim televised reports that depicted thousands of sad Wii-wanters being turned away from Best Buys across the country. Wii is the bomb-diggity… I can not say it enough… I have made miis for my whole family and posted pics to flickr of bowling and boxing.
So when my friend Carly sent a link to this…

I jumped right on it.

I have been waiting for Valentines day to reveal my amorous surprise. With anticipation and excitement I watched Jim tear into the Wii box of Love to find…
two girl Wii Miis!

Thats not what I planned!
It was suppose to romantically symbolize my passionate devotion. Boy meets geek girl. A love story that could launch a thousand ships. But no…2 girls. Bummer. Its all my bad, seems I all Rick-Santorem-style forgot a couple could be something other than a man and woman and missed that section of the form.

I think these little Chocolate Miis are a Bad Ass Idea… and if you would like to learn more about them and their creator please check out Paul Papes Nouget page.
Please, someone I know get married and have one of his custom Wii Mii Wedding Toppers made.