Designer Morten Halvorsen created Shake, a typeface of letters written by someone with a tremor caused by Parkinson’s disease. The handwriting is that of Halvorsen’s mother.
“My mother was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago,” Halvorsen writes. “And her handwriting has changed in the years since. I created this font to preserve her handwriting, and enable her to continue to write with her own letters.”
All funds from purchases of Shake go to research on Parkinson’s. You can also commission Halvorsen to make a typeface from your own loved one’s handwriting.
Shake: The typeface with Parkinson’s (writewithparkinsons.com, via Kottke)