Trace the hands of history

Historic
Ink

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    Trace the grey signature with your finger.

    About & credits

    Every signature here belongs to someone no longer living. This is a game about steady hands and the strange beauty of other people's handwriting.

    The artwork comes from Wikimedia Commons, found by asking Wikidata which historical figures have a signature on file. Difficulty is measured from the signature itself — how much pen travel is packed into the space, how much it turns, how tangled it is, and how fine the pen was. A broad nib forgives a wobble; a hairline does not.

    Progress is stored on this device only.

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