WhatFont

The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.

WhatFont is a Chrome extension by http://chengyinliu.com. It has 1,000,000+ weekly active users and an average rating of 4.05. WhatFont is similar to ColorZilla and Which Font Is This ?. The latest version is 2.1.0 and was updated 5 years ago. WhatFont is only available in English. Within Chrome Web Store, its overall ranking is #211.

By: http://chengyinliu.com

Users: 1,000,000+

Rating: 4.05 (1,947)

Version: 2.1.0 (Last updated: 2017-05-06)

On Edge: View stats for Edge

Featured: No

Size: 132.10K

Website: http://chengyinliu.com/whatfont.html

Risk level: High risk

ChromeStats Rank

# 211 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#19 in font keyword ▼ 1

#82 in algorithm keyword ▲ 1

#149 in service keyword

#158 in identify keyword ▲ 1

#180 in detect keyword ▼ 1

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Summary

What is the easiest way to find out the fonts used in a webpage? Firebug and Webkit Inspector are easy enough to use for developers. However, for others, this should not be necessary. With this extension, you could inspect web fonts by just hovering on them. It is that simple and elegant.

It also detects the services used for serving the web fonts. Supports Typekit and Google Font API.

Recommended by Wired WebMonkey, Lifehacker, and SwissMiss.

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User reviews

App is OK but find it unusual that I can't examine font via the right click menu on the page. It's not good UX to access from a menu within a menu. Even if I pin to taskbar, it's not as accessible as it would be via right click on the page. Uninstalled and installed "Find Font" instead

Darryl Edwards

I design Word documents and often visit my clients' websites to get a feel for their design preferences. Previously, I had to go through rigamarole: clicking F12 and digging through the source code. It was difficult because I had no idea what I was doing. Using the WhatFont extension is so easy! Click it and hover over the text on the page. That's it. It also displays the font weight, size, and even the color (so helpful). I highly recommend this extension to anyone wanting to know what fonts are used on websites.

Jennifer Reed