PenvyTyped notes, handwritten.
Your own handwriting, from any text you copy. Run the Penvy shortcut, for example by squeezing your Apple Pencil, and it lands in Goodnotes, Notability or any notes app.
This paragraph by hand: about 2 minutes. Penvy: a few seconds.
- 1 Copy any textFrom a website, a PDF or a chat.
- 2 Squeeze your PencilOr use a button, Control Center or Siri.
- 3 It's in your notes, in handwritingGoodnotes, Notability or any other notes app.
Try it here
Paste a paragraph and convert it. You get an image for any notes app, a PDF page, and the same text as editable ink for Goodnotes or Notability. Without an account you can try up to 300 characters.
Your handwriting
Editable ink
Real pen strokes: erase, lasso and recolor them in the app.
Paper: Narrow lines on white A4
Image or PDF
Questions
Can Penvy write in my own handwriting?
Yes. You write each letter a few times, and the letters you join, and Penvy writes your texts with exactly those strokes: every letter is one you wrote, nothing is made up. Write them here in the browser, best with a pen on a tablet, or on a sheet in Goodnotes. Penvy knows the letters of 20 languages, like ä, é, ñ or ł. Create your handwriting.
Is Penvy free?
Yes, within a daily limit that's full again every 24 hours. You can try short texts right here without an account. A paid plan with more may come later, next to the free one.
Do you store my texts?
No. Your text is only used to draw the image and the notebook and is gone right after. We don't log it either. For your account we keep a username, a hash of your password, your settings and how many texts Penvy wrote for you. No email.
Which iPads work with Pencil squeeze?
Squeezing needs an Apple Pencil Pro, which works with iPad Pro (M4 or newer), iPad Air (M2 or newer) and iPad mini (A17 Pro). On any other iPad, and on iPhone, you start Penvy from Control Center, a floating button, your Home Screen, the share menu or Siri. Set up asks which one you want.
Which apps can I paste into?
Anything that takes a pasted image: Goodnotes, Notability, Apple Notes, Freeform, OneNote, Samsung Notes and more. The background is transparent, so it sits on any paper template. Goodnotes and Notability can also get your text as a PDF page or as editable ink. You choose under My preferences.
Image, PDF or editable ink: what's the difference?
The image and the PDF page are a picture of your handwriting: you write around it, but you can't change a letter. Editable ink for Goodnotes and Notability is real ink, as if you had written the text yourself with your Apple Pencil. You can lasso a word, erase a letter, recolor or move it, stroke by stroke.
Your shortcut can deliver every text that way: choose Editable ink under My preferences. Here on the website, tap Download for Goodnotes or Notability below your handwriting. On iPad and iPhone the share menu opens: pick the app. To put it into a notebook you already have, lasso the text, copy it and paste it there.
Does every letter look the same?
No. Each letter gets its own small changes in angle, size, spacing and shape, and repeated letters use different forms. Press "New variation" for a fresh take on the same text.
How long can my text be?
Up to 6,000 characters. About 25 to 30 lines fill an A4 page, so longer texts work best in parts.
Why do I need an account?
You can try short texts here without one. An account remembers your handwriting, ink and notes app, connects your shortcut, writes your images at full size, and keeps the service from being abused. It's free, within a daily limit that's full again every 24 hours.