To identify the font used in an image, you can use specialized online font identification tools that analyze the image and match the text to fonts in their databases. Popular and effective tools include:
- WhatTheFont (MyFonts) : Upload your image, crop the text area, and the tool quickly scans its extensive font library to suggest the closest matches, often providing exact or very similar fonts
- What Font Is : This tool requires you to upload the image, crop the text, and then optionally enhance the image by adjusting contrast, brightness, and separating characters. It also asks you to identify some letters manually to improve accuracy. It provides a list of commercial, free, or Google Fonts similar to the text in your image
- Fontspring Matcherator and Font Squirrel Matcherator : Both allow you to upload an image and use advanced recognition technology to find fonts with similar characteristics. They are good for both simple and decorative fonts and offer options for free and premium fonts
- Adobe Capture (Mobile App) : Allows you to take a photo of the text and identifies the font, syncing with Adobe Creative Cloud for easy use in design projects
The process generally involves uploading the image containing the text, cropping to isolate the font, and letting the tool analyze the font shapes. The tools then return a list of possible font matches, often including options to purchase or download free alternatives
. If you want to identify a font from an image, upload the image to one of these tools, crop the text area carefully, and review the suggested fonts. This is currently the most reliable and straightforward method to find out "what font is this" from any image.
