AI Calligraphy Generator

Vasil Stanev
Vasil Stanev Posts: 785
edited June 11 in Type Design Software
While jobhunting , I got intrigued by this:
I wonder if this technology does or could exist realistically.
</code></div><pre class="CodeBlock"><code><div><code>AI Calligraphy Generator – Build Tool to Turn Spreadsheet into Custom Handwriting Art
<br>Summary<br>We’re looking for a creative technologist or ML developer to help us build a custom tool that generates unique, high-res calligraphy-style artwork from a spreadsheet of names and addresses. The tool must accurately mimic the distinctive calligraphy of an LA-based calligraphy artist, using her scanned samples as training data.
<p><br>Her calligraphy merges the expressive quality of line drawing with a sense of emotional wildness and fluidity. Her lettering feels spontaneous and alive, marked by sweeping loops, dramatic curves, and confident irregularities that evoke both motion and mood. The style carries a strong illustrative presence—bold yet graceful, with a visual rhythm that leans more toward art than ornament. It sits at the intersection of precision and play, refusing uniformity in favor of a dynamic, imaginative aesthetic.<br><br>Requirements:<br>• Input: spreadsheet (CSV or XLSX) with names/addresses<br>• Output: one high-resolution (1200 DPI or higher) image per row, matching artist’s calligraphy<br>• No font—each output must be unique and mimic human strokes<br>• Built using Python, handwriting synthesis tools, or custom fine-tuned model<br>• Output should be clean enough for vectorization<br>• May want scripting to turn final art into vector too.<br><br>We will provide 30–100 labeled samples (image + text), style references, and spreadsheets for testing.<br><br>Please apply if you have experience with:<br>• Generative models (Stable Diffusion, GANs, handwriting synthesis)<br>• Python and image processing (OpenCV, PIL)<br>• Creative AI tools (e.g., RunwayML, Replicate)<br>• Automation or design pipelines</p>
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  • Jens Kutilek
    Jens Kutilek Posts: 379
    From 30 to 100 sample images? I have doubts.
  • Jens Kutilek
    Jens Kutilek Posts: 379
    I read "Hourly" as "Hobby" there for a moment ;)
  • Florian Hardwig
    Florian Hardwig Posts: 283
    Also: is the LA-based calligraphy artist fine with her work being synthesized?
  • Thomas Phinney
    Thomas Phinney Posts: 3,053
    And if they only want to do this for ONE calligrapher with ONE style... why not just make a font and use that? Why even use AI at all? There are existing systems for this that can automate much of it
  • adamwhite
    adamwhite Posts: 37
    That is most likely not happening. There is one machine learning solution where stems and serifs are generated on the skeleton strokes (not quite stems and serifs since calligraphy has different structure than typefaces mimicing calligraphy creating quasi-shapes). It's still a research paper published.

    There is one manual tool, at this moment the best solution (even the developers are quite mind limited in it's optimization):

    https://www.lttrink.com/

    For now, manual work is still irreplaceable. As well firm grounds and knowledge are irreplecable, so my advice is to learn the area better and deeply so you will understand that AI solutions can't produce results since the people producing it have no proper knowledge on the subject. AI can't analyse except what it learned from the data sets.

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