What Font - find font

Name: What Font - find font
Rating: 4.45045045045045 (111 reviews)
Author: yannick.rene1991

Lets you know what font is used on any website

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What Font is a powerful Chrome extension that lets you instantly identify fonts used on any website. By simply activating the extension and hovering over text, users can discover detailed font information, including font name, family, color, style, size, and position. This tool supports Google Fonts API, enabling access to popular fonts widely used on the web.

Ideal for web designers and typographers, What Font streamlines the process of selecting matching fonts for your projects by eliminating long searches. The extension is user-friendly: click the icon to activate, hover to reveal font names, click for more details, and easily exit the mode. Refresh pages to activate the extension on already open tabs. Additionally, the extension is integrated with an affiliate network purely for link analysis and does not store search queries or interfere with third-party advertising, ensuring user privacy and trust.

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Version:

5.4.6 Last updated: 2024-09-05

Creation date:

2022-10-10

Risk:

Permissions:

scripting
storage
unlimitedStorage
activeTab

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

144.38K

Email:

ya*****@hotmail.com

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 400 ▲ 10

Other rankings

#9 in Accessibility

#7 in font keyword 51 ▼ 1

#32 in detect keyword 18 ▼ 3

#111 in position keyword 27

#146 in affiliate keyword 11 ▲ 4

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User reviews

Users appreciate 'What Font - find font' for its quick and easy font identification capabilities, outperforming similar tools and even working well on mobile devices. However, multiple users report reliability issues, especially with embedded or custom fonts, and express confusion about utilizing detected fonts. Most critically, there are several serious complaints about the extension behaving maliciously—causing redirects, injecting ads, and suspected malware—which has severely damaged its reputation among users.

Pros

Instantly identifies font name by hovering over text, saving time.
Simple, fast, and easy to use compared to other font finder tools.
Accurate font detection in most cases, praised for effectiveness.
Provides additional details like font color, enhancing functionality.
Works well on mobile devices, including small screens.

Cons

Sometimes fails to detect embedded or custom fonts, especially those loaded via CSS variables.
Unclear guidance on how to find or use the detected font after identification.
Reported issues with bugs and non-functionality on certain websites.
Severe concerns about malware and browser redirects to unrelated or malicious sites
Extension injecting ads and redirecting users without consent, impacting user trust.

Recent reviews

I hover over text and instantly see the font name. Saves time.

Serglu Luka, 2025-05-06

Not bad, but needs improvement.

จุรีรัตน์ เซ่งฮั้ว, 2025-05-05

Great tool.

BôngBon Trần, 2025-05-05

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Extension safety

Risk impact

What Font - find font requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

What Font - find font has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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