WhatTheFont?! The font matching website.
Ever need to track down exactly which font was used in a client's old logo?
You can make that task much easier, using the great WhatTheFont tool on the MyFonts website. Upload a scanned image of the typography in question and this website will automatically generate a list of the closest matches in their huge database of known fonts.
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Plus, if you find the font you are looking for, you can buy it directly from MyFonts.com.
This is a pretty handy trick!
Source: We featured this tip over two years ago way back in QuickTips #02. We're rerunning it this week as part of our special all-fonts issue of QuickTips.
Comments
Another good source is
http://www.identifont.com/
It as you questions about the font and your answers help narrow down which font it suggests.
Posted by: A_Webb | January 21, 2007 09:55 AM