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How to Identify a Font

You have a font sample but can't figure out what font it is? Use these resources to zero in on the right font or something similar. Identify fonts by systematically comparing your typographic sample to font sample images. Get interactive by answering a series of questions to narrow down the choices. Upload a image of your font and let specialized software try to identify your fonts. Talk to fellow font fanatics who utilize their memory, knowledge of fonts, and printed resources to help you name the fonts you seek.
About Type & Fonts Forum
Post a sample GIF or point to an URL with an example of the font you need to identify. Members help members identify and locate fonts. Sometimes you'll get a perfect match, sometimes not, but it's a great starting point.
Identifont - Identify a font from a logo
Use this option when you only have a few letters to work with. It only asks questions about those characters. Not as accurate but still good to use.
Identifont - Identify a font
Answer a series of questions about the letter shapes to help narrow down the choices. Sometimes it works well, sometimes not as well. But definitely worth trying when you have a fairly good sample of characters to work with.
Identifont - Find a picture/symbol font
Type in keywords to locate dingbat fonts that contain the kind of images you need such as 'cats' or 'leaves'.
What Font is This?
Kathleen Tinkel helps you become a font detective and identify and locate specific fonts.
WhatTheFont
Upload a GIF or submit the URL of the unknown font and get back top 10 guesses of what it is. Easy to use. Fair to Great results depending on the image you supply.

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