HELP - Looking for Font Recognizer Software

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Hello,
I’m working on an ‘inspirational image’ for my WIP and I’m stuck trying to find a suitable font. What I’m looking for is software that will examine the photo I’m using and then USING MY OWN FONTS (I have a butt-load installed) , help me match it up to the closest font THAT I ALREADY HAVE INSTALLED.

The reason I put this in all-caps is because a quick google-search finds me lots of programs that are willing to do this in general, but I SPECIFICALLY want to know which of MY INSTALLED FONTS is the closest so I can use it.

If anybody knows, that would be great!!

Thanks

JWhitten

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It might help to tell us what platform you are using.

On the Mac, you can use Font Book to search your installed fonts by name, but it can’t directly do a visual “looks like this” search.

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Here’s an article with a list of resources that might help: Font Identification: How to Find The Name Of A Font In Use

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Answering my own question here…

I found a program. Not the cheapest thing ever ($49 bucks), but it does the job, albeit not as nicely (IMO) as the online, web versions I looked at. But it does allow me to test against my own fonts, which was the essential item I needed (wanted).

It’s called “Find My Font”. I don’t know if I would recommend it over the online versions unless you specifically need to test it against your own fonts. It works okay, but it’s kind of a pain-in-the-butt to use.

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This is the homepage if anybody’s interested: https://www.findmyfont.com/

JWhitten

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Thanks for the reply! I appreciate it.

John

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I have used this before, it works well.

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You can save yourself a lot of time and effort by just using Arial for everything.

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Oh, I use Comic Sans. Is that bad?

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Not at all. It’s distinctive and shows character.

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Works for me… but apparently not for the State of West Virginia… :slight_smile:

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That’s not funny.

:slight_smile: :slight_smile:

Jwhitten