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I sent robot forgeries to a handwriting expert

Stuff Made Here · demo · Watch on YouTube

Robotics3D printing, CNC & maker projectsMechanical & precision engineering

What it is

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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Was very fun to watch and he also explains the trials and errors, he did.”

    Builds a handwriting robot and explains trials and errors

    sandreas, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “Coding My Handwriting”

  2. “I recommend the Stuff Made Here Video on the topic”

    Physical-machine version of handwriting replication

    mdorazio, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “Making a font of my handwriting”

  3. “really cool video by Stuff Made Here explaining how he tried to make 'realistic' handwritten forgeries with a pen plotter”

    Making realistic handwritten forgeries with a pen plotter

    xz18r, 2026-06 · Recommendation · in “Writing Postcards with a 3D Printer”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: pen plotter, handwriting, forgery, robotics, engineering

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