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A Typeface That Represents Average Handwriting from Around the World

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What would a typeface that combines the handwriting of people all around the world look like? Something like this, it turns out.

Bic (as in the pens) is behind the effort, which you can add your own handwriting to right here. You can further check out the results to see the differences broken down into handwriting groups divided by age, gender, handedness, country, and even industry, like this sampling of “G”s below, as drawn by teachers, artists, financiers, and more:

Education professionals, good job! Everyone else, your Gs are basically Cs. Listen to your teachers, folks.

via Wired

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