# FontScout

> Identify and provide information about fonts used on web pages

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `fontscout`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jun880
- **Category:** web-development,language-support
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-28
- **First published:** 2024-08-27
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fontscout/)

## Description

Identifies fonts used on web pages and displays information about them.
Shows font details including family, size, weight, and style.
Highlights elements using a specific font when clicked.
Compares fonts to find similar ones.
Calculates and displays font statistics for the page.

## Rankings

- #108,069 — Overall
- #188 — font

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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