Rukopys dataset

This dataset contains ~1k (so far) Ukrainian handwritten symbols in PNG format, 200x200 size. You may find them listed in glyphs.csv with following headers used:

• string label: lowercase cyryllic character, which represents the picture.
• string transliter_kmu2010: transliteration of the label according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 27 January 2010. You may find the transliteration table here. ' symbol is used for soft sign. Both и and й represented as y in this system, so better don't use it for hashing.
• string name: unique name of this symbol. soft_sign is used for soft sign.
• bool is_uppercase: determine case of the letter.
• category type: one of italic or printed. There are two types of cyryllic handwriting: italic (курсив) plus one which imitates printed serif symbols (друковані літери).
• category is_alternate: determine whether some less used manner of writing was used.
• number top, bottom, left, right: precise boundaries of the glyph on the 200x200 picture in pixels. You may need these numbers in case you want to crop images.
• number height, width: size of the glyph in pixels.
• string filename: address to the picture in format glyphs/[name]-[number].png.

Things to do

Following things should appear in the future:

• Set of all ✔️ lowercase and uppercase italic letters
• Alternate forms and handwritten printed letters
• Possible couplings between letters

How to contribute

My respect for those who reached this paragraph. In order to contribute, you may do the following:

• Write bunch of letters on a piece of paper.
• Make a clear well-ligthed shot.
• Open it with your favorite editor (like GIMP or Photoshop).
• Tune brighness/contrast and apply threshhold to the photo. Your photo should contain only black and white pixels.
• Crop the letters and put them onto white canvas of 200x200 size.
• Add to glyphs/ folder named as [letter name]-[number of the last letter + 1].png.
• Add to glyphs.csv.
• Send me a pull request.

If that looks complicated to you, here's how I did it. It's as simple as few clicks. Feel free to use my notebook and add any comments.