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Handwritten notebook lyric video

Diary gives the song a page of its own. Handwritten lines sit among notebook details, with your cover taped into the scene.

Morrow Circuit · Light in the Wire · original instrumental, no vocal, words timed by hand · sound on play

A verse written close to you

A conversational lyric or a reflective indie song fits the notebook setting. The pen gives the words a drawn rhythm instead of the regularity of printed type. Leave the page enough space for a line to feel written rather than packed in.

Change the pen, change the mood

Marker, Pencil and Crayon have different weights and textures. The chorus can use a stronger crayon or highlighted treatment, giving the page a change without losing its personal feel.

Check the handwriting with your words

Names, accents and uncommon letters need a look in the actual preview. The editor checks the available faces against the song. Try the portrait clip too, where a handwritten line has less room across the page.

What you can change

Font
  • Marker
  • Original
  • Neat
  • Quick hand
  • Cursive
  • Scrawl
Colour
  • Our pick
  • Main colour
  • Bold colour
  • Pop
  • Muted
  • Biro
  • Black ink
  • Your colour
Size
  • Small
  • Medium
  • Large
Case
  • lowercase
  • As typed
  • ALL CAPS
Background
  • Our pick
  • Notebook
  • Sketchbook
  • Cover colours
  • Brown paper
  • Coloured
  • Dark card
  • Ruled pad
  • Punched graph
  • Crumpled notebook
  • Crinkled (stop-motion)
Pen
  • Marker
  • Pencil
  • Crayon
Photo
  • Our pick
  • B&W
  • Colour
  • None
Paper motion
  • Our pick
  • Stop-motion
  • Still
Ad-libs
  • Show
  • Hide

Shuffle changes the page layouts, where the photos go, the camera and the wobble of the handwriting. Anything you’ve picked yourself stays.

These are the current editor choices. Some fonts depend on the letters in your song; the editor checks them before you choose.

Try it live

Play this example live, just as the editor plays your song.

A few things to know

Can I choose the pen treatment?

Use the available choices such as Marker, Pencil and Crayon in the editor.

Will my cover appear in the notebook?

The cover can be part of the taped-in page composition.

Does every language use the same handwriting face?

The editor checks the words against the available fonts. Some letter sets need a different face.

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