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Identifying Fonts
Submitted by Jamie per Jackie's Fonts

I am sure most of you have seen a font being used on a website or in a
printed publication, fallen in love with it or just wanted to use it, but
then..... you don't know the name of it! How do you identify a font, without
sending a sample to everyone you know?

You could contact the author, publisher or designer of course, but that is
often not a possibility. It's no surprise that the internet has websites
dedicated to this task. And with millions of fonts around, many looking
similar, it can be impossible to nail down the one you have seen, but
a few websites can help you get started:

http://www.identifont.com
This website lets you answer a series of questions about the appearance of
the font you are looking for. It includes information about fonts from
selected major type libraries, so not all fonts in the world can be
identified.

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont
This site works by uploading a sample image of the font you are looking for.
You can then modify the specifications and narrow down the search. This
method also has it's limitation since it is a machine/program that analyzes
the sample image, not a human.

http://www.font-finder.com/
This website lists other resources on how to identify a font, including
databases, books, catalogs and software. Some of the links seems to be
broken though.

http://www.dtpsoft.de/
Home of the FontExpert software which analyzes a sample of the font you want
to identify. FontExpert has a comprehensive database with almost all fonts
from the most important manufacturers.

There are of course many other resources on the web, but these may get you
started. Good luck!

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