Paolo RedaelliHere’s a nice article on how to create a TrueType font from your handwriting with your scanner, your printer, and FontForge
Ok there are gratis websites like http://www.paintfont.com/ or if you are lazy http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ . There is also a “free-as-in-freedom” font-related site at http://openfontlibrary.org/