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WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

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.

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by manyxcxi »

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 agree that it’s the best of its sort, at least compared to the other popular options I’ve used, but it’s not being compared to much. The rest seem barely usable at best and just designed to get you to buy any font whatsoever.

I still occasionally use it when I’m totally stuck but have had pretty crappy luck with getting an exact match.

What it’s been pretty good for is getting me close enough to look for other things that look similar to it’s suggestions and branching out from there.

Re: WhatTheFont – Shazam for Fonts

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Post by lbotos »

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.

My secret used to be http://www.typophile.com/ which had a font id forum and you'd get an answer from someone usually within a few hours. It was a really cool place.

They were down for a while so I don't know if that community re-formed or not.

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