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WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by OzzyB »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #4

AFAIK it's the best of its sort, but I've used it a few times (not for a few years though) and I don't think I've ever found the actual font. Though of course it finds similar fonts which sometimes can be enough.

> I don't think I've ever found the actual font.

True.

But I guess we have to accept that fact that the app will only ID fonts that are in it's (premium paid) DB.

I always dreamed about an alternative that does the same visual identification but matches closest-fit to a database of free opensource fonts.

That would be awesome because fonts can get expensive, especially for websites and pay-per-traffic pricing!

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by mortenjorck »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #4

AFAIK it's the best of its sort, but I've used it a few times (not for a few years though) and I don't think I've ever found the actual font. Though of course it finds similar fonts which sometimes can be enough.

Clearly this is a fairly niche application, but all the same I’m surprised no one has built a font identifier in the past few years based on modern machine learning techniques.

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by weinzierl »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #4

AFAIK it's the best of its sort, but I've used it a few times (not for a few years though) and I don't think I've ever found the actual font. Though of course it finds similar fonts which sometimes can be enough.

> I don't think I've ever found the actual font.

I did, sometimes. When it works, it works great, but often it doesn't. There are also Matcherator[1] and What Font is[2], but they are not better or worse in my admittedly limited experience.

[1] https://www.fontspring.com/matcherator

[2] https://www.whatfontis.com/

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by seahcb »

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #4

AFAIK it's the best of its sort, but I've used it a few times (not for a few years though) and I don't think I've ever found the actual font. Though of course it finds similar fonts which sometimes can be enough.

Give the new mobile version a try. It's built on deep learning so it's more accurate: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/mobile/

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by slig »

seahcb wrote: post #12

Hey, I'm part of the team that made this, and you have the wrong link. This is our new mobile app: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/mobile/ It's powered by deep learning, and it's way better and more accurate than the current desktop version that's linked here.

Why the mobile version is "way better and more accurate" when, I believe, most people wanting to know the name of a font are people working on a computer?

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by seahcb »

slig wrote: post #17
seahcb wrote: post #12

Hey, I'm part of the team that made this, and you have the wrong link. This is our new mobile app: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/mobile/ It's powered by deep learning, and it's way better and more accurate than the current desktop version that's linked here.

Why the mobile version is "way better and more accurate" when, I believe, most people wanting to know the name of a font are people working on a computer?

Because we rolled out the mobile update first.

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by detritus »

slig wrote: post #17
seahcb wrote: post #12

Hey, I'm part of the team that made this, and you have the wrong link. This is our new mobile app: http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/mobile/ It's powered by deep learning, and it's way better and more accurate than the current desktop version that's linked here.

Why the mobile version is "way better and more accurate" when, I believe, most people wanting to know the name of a font are people working on a computer?

Absolutely - I've used 'WTF' quite a lot over the years, never once from a mobile, nor can I imagine ever doing so.

I'm certainly not going to start taking photos of my monitor here, anyway!

Odd.

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