[HN Gopher] Show HN: Handwritten Christmas Card for Hacker News
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       Show HN: Handwritten Christmas Card for Hacker News
        
       Hi HN,  I've been working on a small project that transforms
       handwritten notes into animated, shareable cards. While the create
       functionality isn't live yet, I wanted to share a sneak peek by
       creating a handwritten Christmas card specifically for the HN
       community.  I started thinking about this after seeing too many AI-
       generated cards, cookie-cutter email templates, and overly polished
       designs that lack any personal touch. A friend recently sent me a
       handwritten card in the mail, and I found it nice that he took his
       time to write a handwritten note. I wanted to capture that same
       feeling without the overhead of snail mail.
        
       Author : muc-martin
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2024-12-28 09:36 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (handwritten-card.vercel.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (handwritten-card.vercel.app)
        
       | mtwn105 wrote:
       | Awesome
        
       | carrotcarrot wrote:
       | It's cute, but my first thought was "is this AI generated
       | handwriting?".
       | 
       | I would still rather recieve a physical hand written card in the
       | mail.
       | 
       | Some these aren't broken and don't need to be fixed. Waiting for
       | the mailman is a feature not a bug.
        
         | theqwxas wrote:
         | If you visit the site without the subdirectory [0], you can see
         | a message upload interface. The handwriting is supplied by the
         | user (may or may not be AI-generated); the drawing movements
         | are generated with some (hopefully non-AI) algorithm.
         | 
         | [0] https://handwritten-card.vercel.app/
        
       | zoomablemind wrote:
       | Maybe it's just me, but the font appears too small for my eyes on
       | this smartphone's 6" screen (Firefox).
       | 
       | I like the idea. Happy New Year!
        
       | nickdothutton wrote:
       | Someone should do a website that shares random doodles people
       | have done. Maybe even in real time. See what bored meeting
       | participants are scrawling across the world, maybe enable others
       | to amend or add to the doodle.
        
         | albert_e wrote:
         | interesting idea
         | 
         | a doodle-roulette? a blank canvas that randomly pairs two bored
         | people and gives them crayons to jam :)
         | 
         | or like a global townsquare but for graffiti -- all are welcome
         | at once on an infinite ever changing canvas
        
         | mattw2121 wrote:
         | We all know what that will devolve into...
        
           | aio2 wrote:
           | Not devolve, evolve. This is the only way to see humanity's
           | finest doodles.
        
       | yapyap wrote:
       | bit late innit
        
         | pmg101 wrote:
         | In time for Orthodox Christmas Day on January 7
        
         | CharlesW wrote:
         | "Christmas comes this time each year" -- _Little Saint Nick_ ,
         | The Beach Boys
        
       | memalign wrote:
       | Thanks for sharing! On iPhone, the resolution of the writing
       | looks too low. Maybe the scale of the canvas doesn't match the
       | device pixel ratio.
        
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