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Detect Fonts Quick and Easy with WhatTheFont

zee Written on 30th December 2008                                                                                                              7 COMMENTS some text
Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.

Detect Fonts Quick and Easy with WhatTheFontWhatTheFont is a neat little tool from MyFonts.com which does one thing and does it well, it detects fonts from images for you.

All you need to do is upload an image (or URL) sample of the font being used and WhatTheFont goes to work providing 3-5 possible options for what the font may be.

Take for example the font 37 Signals have used for the text on their homepage. I’ve always been a fan and that was the first to come to mind when selecting a font to detect.

1. I took a screenshot of that area of the page.

2. Uploaded the shot to WhatTheFont and after confirming the letters of both words, I was presented with the following options:

Detect Fonts Quick and Easy with WhatTheFont

It has to be said, not bad – not bad at all. Clearly this isn’t a tool you’ll be using on a daily basis but it’s great to know it’s there and it works. Definitely one to bookmark.

About the author: Based in London, Zee is Editor in Chief at The Next Web and Principal at online marketing and new media agency WeDoCreative . A prominent tech blogger, he is also a design & marketing connoisseur, social media devotee & web application fanatic.

7 comments/trackbacks to “Detect Fonts Quick and Easy with WhatTheFont”

  1. Dec 30, 2008: ZeeDotMe (Zee)

    WhatTheFont still as useful as ever… http://is.gd/ee5Y

    Reply

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  1. By Leenx on Dec 30, 2008

    Dure, did you post this after vincente’s Twitter this morning, this service is online since, what 2000 or so?

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  2. By Leenx on Dec 30, 2008

    dude, that sounds so negative, I just wanted to say it’s such an old service. Anyway don’t forget to install fontshuffle on your iPhone…

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  3. By Roy Tomeij on Dec 31, 2008

    Great tool indeed, but why now? I’ve been using it for nearly a decade I think :-)

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  4. By bram on Dec 31, 2008

    Euh, none of the options that you are presented with are the actual font!?!

    Reply

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