WhatFont
The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.
What is WhatFont?
WhatFont is a convenient Chrome extension that lets users identify the fonts used on any webpage. It eliminates the need for complex tools like Firebug and Webkit Inspector, making it ideal for non-developers. Simply hover over the text and the font gets revealed. Useful for designers, it's not just limited to identifying fonts; but also detects the services used, like Google Font API or Typekit in serving those fonts. Multiple updates have made it multifunctional; from detecting text color, sharing font details via Twitter, to supporting the native screen capturer. The functionality and simplicity of WhatFont have earned it recommendations from renowned platforms like SwissMiss, Wired WebMonkey, and Lifehacker.
Stats
- tabs
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
- https://typekit.com/
- http://localhost.com/
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.
Feedback: Email: chengyin.liu@gmail.com Twitter: @chengyinliu (http://twitter.com/chengyinliu)
More info: http://chengyinliu.com/whatfont.html
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User reviews
User reviews summary
Pros
- Useful but causes scrolling issues
- works nice
- Quite useful and accurate tool
- Handy nonetheless
- Extensão incrivel e indispensavél para qualquer designer!
- Amei!
- Works for me, a great help as a software tester
- Very Very Helpful for Frontend-Development!
- Amazing! Refresh the page after install on Chrome, and it works great!! thank you
- I love this extension!! You guys are amazing, thank you so much.
- Perfeito!!!!
- Odlično radi, u tren oka mi je dao rezultat koji m ije trebao!
- Отличное расширение, спасибо!
- The extension will be useful for those who work a lot with text documents, it will save time when working with fonts and defining them. No undue complexity. I hovered over the text and all the information was received.
- Works on EDGE perfectly!
- After install, just refresh the page and hover any text to see fonta name or click to reveal more details.
- Simple as that!
Cons
- EVERY THING IS ARIAL AND TIMES NEW ROMAN! >:(
- No funciona, no se para que crean cosas que no funcionan.
- Doesn't work at all, used to work just fine few months ago. Restarted browser/computer as well.
- I installed it but it did not work.
- No me funciona, me da la Tipografia que no es o solo me dice "app-system". alquien que me ayude por favor
- Did it stop working? It doesn't work for me anymore. Hmmm.
- Don't know how to use it at all
- Extension works fine BUT no information how WhatFont collects your data. Sus
- Абсолютное говённое расширение, потому что читает стили с рендеренных на серверах стилях. Я и так могу просто в элементах браузера посмотреть какие у них стили там дефолтные. Нужно определение фонта с клиентской стороны, а не серверной, так что в помойку. В теории можно посмотреть фонт если зайти на какой то "пустой ресурс", вообще без стилей и без всего чисто index.html c пустым инпутом куда вставить текст и возможно эта штука что-то определит, но я не уверен даже и в этом.
- Wäre toll wenn es funktionieren würde ihr Scheißefresser
- The app works fine. Just wish they'd change their friggin' logos color because a black or white option makes the app icon difficult to spot among all the different extensions if you're using a chrome's night/day shift mode. Change the color and I'll change my review to 5 stars :-)
- It doesn't works. I can't pin the icon on my chrome extensions bar.
- 不准，不同的字体说是一个字体。
- Есть пожелание исправить иконку расширения для темной темы Хрома, полностью сливается с фоном панели расширений.
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Safety
Risk impact
WhatFont is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install WhatFont if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
WhatFont has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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