Archive for the ‘type’ Category
WhatTheFont for the iPhone
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
I’ve been using WhatTheFont as a web resource for identifying fonts for years, so I’m pretty stoked that they’ve now released an iPhone version… awesome for out and about use.
Get it here.
TypeDNA
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
TypeDNA is a new font manager with some (hopefully) revolutionary tricks up its sleeve:
“Font Harmony™” helps you choose the right font for the job.
Easily combine fonts to create appealing visuals without having to learn or understand typography! Save hours of time and open a whole new world of visual opportunities .
- “Similar Fonts™” streamlines your search! Just choose a reference font and click ‘Find Similar’. TypeDNA will analyze the characteristics of the your font and list similar one selections you could choose.
- “Font Recognition” determines which font has been used in a flattened JPG file without ever having to leave the Font Manager Adobe Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator.
TypeDNA site here.
Sign up for the beta (available sometime this month), here.
via T.U.A.W.
Typographunnies
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Identifying a typeface
Monday, July 14th, 2008
I’ve had great success with these two services when trying to identify typefaces.
If you have an image of the font- try whatthefont… 70% of the time, this is the only step you’ll need.
If not, try identifont, (which asks you a series of questions to narrow down the options within their database).
Lastly, if all else fails- the forums over at whatthefont are excellent (You’ll usually get an answer from someone the same day).
Fontstruct
Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Robust online font creation application that you can check out here.
Some of the user examples are really impressive.


