Websites Help Users Identify Fonts

Posted on November 30, 2005

WhatTheFont is a website that allows you to upload an image to see what the font is. WhatTheFont tries to match the font to information from its font database and give you the answer.

Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain publications, corporations, or ad campaigns? Well now you can, using our WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and instantly find the closest matches in our database. If WhatTheFont can't figure it out, you can submit your image to the WhatTheFont Forum where cloak-draped font enthusiasts around the world will help you out!

There is also another service called Identifont that helps you identify a font by asking you a series of questions about the font. Identifont includes information about fonts from over 200 publishers, including Adobe, Agfa-Monotype, Berthold, Bitstream, Elsner+Flake, FontFont, ITC, Letraset, Linotype, P22, T.26, URW++, and many smaller foundries.