How to use HandtextAI

Type or paste your text, pick a handwriting and paper, and the pages draw themselves next to it. This guide walks through every part of the editor.

Your first page

1. 1Type or paste your text here ↓
2. 2Handwriting appears here ↓
3. 3Download when ready ↓

1. Type or paste your text. Type in the editor (on a phone, the Text tab), or paste. Text from ChatGPT or Google Docs keeps its headings, lists, tables and maths.
2. Pick the look. The bar above the page holds the handwriting, Size, the paper (Print or Photo is at the top of its list), the page size, the ink and realism.
3. Watch the page. The page redraws itself a second after you stop typing. There is no Generate button.
4. Download. When the page looks right, press Download. JPG works on every plan, and new accounts get 5 free pages.

Live preview

The line under the page says what the preview is doing. Up to date means the pages match your text and look. While new pages are on their way, the old ones stay slightly blurred.

The first 25 pages update by themselves. A longer text shows Update all pages; a download always uses every page.

Previews are free for everyone. Without a plan, or with an option your plan doesn’t include, they carry a small “Preview · HandtextAI” mark. Downloads never do.

Writing and pasting

The editor works like a word processor. Headings, lists, Bold, Underline, strikethrough and colours all reach the page, and each paragraph can have its own size and alignment.

Paste from ChatGPT, Google Docs, a website or a Markdown file, and the structure comes along: headings, lists, tables and formulas. A toast says Pasted and lets you undo it.

Formulas

Press Maths in the toolbar to write a formula in LaTeX, or paste text with formulas between $ signs. Formulas are drawn in the handwriting you picked, not in a typeset font.

Tables

Insert table adds one; pasted tables keep their rows and columns. Each cell wraps whole words, and on ruled paper the rows sit on the lines.

Images, import and AI Writer

• Insert image puts a picture in the text. Pictures in pasted text come along too. Starter
• Import a file reads a PDF, Word, PowerPoint file or a photo into the editor, up to 50 MB and the first 100 pages. The text is reflowed, so check it before you download. Starter
• AI Writer drafts study notes, summaries and explanations into the editor. Premium

Marks and Draw

Marks puts a hand-drawn mark on the selected words: Circle, Box, a wavy, double, dashed or dash-dot underline, Cross out, Mark with X, Frame, or a yellow, green, pink or blue highlight. Word parts marks prefixes, roots and endings. Marks are drawn in your pen’s ink, on the pages only.

Draw, under the page, lets you draw on the page itself: Pen, Highlighter, lines and arrows, shapes, check marks and stars, numbered circles and Text note. Drawings take the colour of your page ink unless you pick another.

Both are free to try. Downloading pages with marks or drawings needs Premium.

The look

Everything about how the page looks sits in one bar above it, left to right: the handwriting, Size, the paper (Print or Photo is at the top of its list), the page size, the ink and realism. The icon at the right end opens All settings.

Paid options stay visible and carry their plan’s colour. Try any of them: the preview shows the result, and only the download needs the plan.

Handwriting

The handwriting chip opens the font browser: search, a language menu (All languages) and a star for favourites. It lists only the handwritings that can write your text.

Fonts 1 to 10 and Font 96 are free; the rest come with Pro.

Print or Photo

Print makes a flat page to print or send as a file: you choose the paper, the page size and the margins. Photo puts your text on a photographed notebook or exercise book; each page can get a different photo. Photo pages download with Pro, in Standard quality.

Paper and lines

On ruled and squared paper, Write on the lines puts every line of text on a printed line. Line spacing is then counted in lines (1, 2 or 3), and on 5 mm squares one line of text takes two squares. Turn it off to space the text freely.

Plain, College Ruled and Wide Ruled paper are free. The other papers and every page size besides A4 need Pro.

Realism

Realism sets how hand-made the writing looks. Its chip in the bar says what is on, and opens a sample of your writing with three switches. Use any mix: start with Natural movement and add the others if the page looks too even.

Vary each letter works with every built-in handwriting except Font 81, and not with your own uploaded font. Inkflow shows best on Print pages.

All settings

Five tabs hold every setting: Writing, Paper, Page, Realism and Export. Here you set the size and spacing in detail, the margins, how far Natural movement goes, letter tilt, paper texture, shading and soft focus.

Margins can also be set on the page: Margins under the page shows the writing area, and you drag each edge.

Download

Download shows how many pages the download uses and opens Options for the rest.

Each downloaded page uses one page from your balance. Pages you downloaded before are free again, on any device. On a phone, Save to Photos puts the pages straight into your photo library.

Plans and pages

Unused pages roll over to the next month. See prices

Documents

Your text is always kept in this browser, so it is there when you come back. With Starter and above, documents are saved to your account as you type: open them from Documents, start a New document, and keep earlier states in Versions. Press ⌘ S to save at once.

On a phone

The editor has two tabs: Text and Preview. While you type, a row of tools sits above the keyboard; Done closes it. Settings opens the look, and Download is always at the bottom.

Keyboard shortcuts

On Windows, use Ctrl for ⌘.

Recipes

Each opens a finished example in the editor, with its exact settings.

• 
  Homework assignment

  Font 7 · Plain · A4
• 
  History essay

  Font 96 · Wide Ruled · Letter
• 
  Maths on squared paper

  Font 7 · 5mm Squared
• 
  Lab report

  Font 2 · College Ruled · table
• 
  Lecture notes with marks

  Font 2 · College Ruled · marks
• 
  Revision notes

  Font 7 · Wide Ruled
• 
  Notebook photo

  Font 10 · Ruled Spiral photo
• 
  Letter or card

  Font 96 · Greeting card
• 
  Other alphabets

  Hindi, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic…

Questions

Do I need an account?

No. Type and preview as much as you like without one. Downloading needs an account; new accounts get 5 free pages.

Why is there a mark on my preview?

Previews carry a small "Preview · HandtextAI" mark when you have no plan, or when the look uses something your plan doesn’t include. Downloads never have it.

How long can a document be?

Up to 1,000,000 characters. A document has at most 50 pages on Free, 100 on Starter, 250 on Pro and 500 on Premium. The preview draws the first 25 pages by itself.

Which papers and handwritings are free?

Fonts 1 to 10 and Font 96, plain paper and the college and wide ruled papers, on A4. Every other handwriting, paper, page size and photo needs Pro to download; you can try them all in the preview.

Does it write formulas?

Yes. Insert one with Maths in the toolbar, or paste text with LaTeX between $ signs. Formulas are drawn in the handwriting you picked.

Which languages can it write?

Any language the handwriting has letters for. The font list shows only handwritings that can write your text, and the language menu in the font browser narrows it further. Arabic is written right to left.

Can I use my own handwriting?

Premium lets you upload a handwriting font (TTF, OTF, WOFF or WOFF2). A photo of your handwriting is not enough: make a font from it first. Create a handwriting font

What if I download the same pages again?

Pages you downloaded before are free again, on any device. Only new or changed pages use pages from your balance.

Printing letters for a business, or need an API? HandtextAI Business is a separate product.