# Fontanello

> A browser extension that lets you display the basic typographic styles of a text by right-clicking it.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fontanello](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fontanello)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fontanello`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fred Bergman
- **Category:** web-development,other
- **Daily users:** 2,892
- **Weekly downloads:** 15
- **Rating:** 4.68 / 5 (28 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-01
- **First published:** 2018-02-01
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fontanello/)
- **Website:** [https://fontanello.app](https://fontanello.app/)

## Description

Fontanello is a handy browser extension designed for web designers, developers, and typography enthusiasts to quickly inspect typographic styles on any webpage. By simply right-clicking text, Fontanello displays key details such as the typeface, font weight, size, color, and additional CSS properties. This tool streamlines the process of analyzing typography without the need to open developer tools, making font inspection more accessible and efficient.

## Rankings

- #1,712 — Overall
- #184 — Web Development
- #260 — Other extensions
- #23 — tank
- #32 — panel
- #42 — sell

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Fontanello is a lightweight, user-friendly Firefox add-on popular among web developers for quickly accessing font details like CSS, sizing, and contrast ratio. Users appreciate its simplicity and detailed insights, aiding frontend design work. However, it sometimes shows incorrect font info or fails on certain sites, and lacks convenient features such as copying full CSS styles. Despite minor inconsistencies, it remains a handy tool for font inspection and inspiration.

### Pros

- Provides detailed font information including CSS properties, sizing, and contrast ratio.
- Lightweight and easy to use, reliable for most websites.
- Helpful and inspiring tool for web developers and front-end designers.
- Simple and elegant user interface.

### Cons

- Sometimes shows incorrect or outdated font information, such as showing fonts from a previously visited site.
- Lacks some features like copying full CSS on click for easier searching.
- Does not always work on every website, demonstrating inconsistency.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fontanello)