diff --git a/lib/submitters/generate_font_image.rb b/lib/submitters/generate_font_image.rb
index 0413355f..05e7e454 100644
--- a/lib/submitters/generate_font_image.rb
+++ b/lib/submitters/generate_font_image.rb
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ module Submitters
   module GenerateFontImage
     WIDTH = 3000
     HEIGHT = 160
+    SHEAR = 0.25
 
     FONTS = {
       'Dancing Script Regular' => '/fonts/DancingScript-Regular.otf',
-      'Go Noto Kurrent-Bold Bold' => '/fonts/GoNotoKurrent-Bold.ttf'
+      'Go Noto Kurrent-Regular Regular' => '/fonts/GoNotoKurrent-Regular.ttf'
     }.freeze
 
     FONT_ALIASES = {
-      'initials' => 'Go Noto Kurrent-Bold Bold',
+      'initials' => 'Go Noto Kurrent-Regular Regular',
       'signature' => 'Dancing Script Regular'
     }.freeze
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ module Submitters
       text_image = Vips::Image.text(text, font:, fontfile: FONTS[font],
                                           width: WIDTH, height: HEIGHT, wrap: :none)
 
+      text_image = text_image.affine([1, -SHEAR, 0, 1], background: [0])
+
+      text_image = text_image.crop(*text_image.find_trim(background: [0], threshold: 0))
+
       text_mask = Vips::Image.black(text_image.width, text_image.height)
 
       image = text_mask.bandjoin(text_image).copy(interpretation: :b_w)