What is the best way to identify a font?

August 11, 2009 2:06 PM

What is the best way to identify a font?

What is the best way to identify a font (from an image, or screenshot)

This is the font in question

posted by samengland to technology (8 comments total)

What the Font.
posted by olinerd at 2:07 PM on August 11

Identifont.
posted by halogen at 2:10 PM on August 11

http://www.identifont.com/
posted by mattbucher at 2:11 PM on August 11

Oh, and it's Bank Gothic.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 2:12 PM on August 11

I have used Identifont to no avail. Thank you, le morte de bea arthur for the identification.
posted by samengland at 2:20 PM on August 11

Identifont barfed on it because of the green lines in the background. If you take them out, it'd have no problem identifying it as Bank Gothic.
posted by zsazsa at 2:33 PM on August 11

Er, I mean What the Font barfed on it.
posted by zsazsa at 2:37 PM on August 11

I think Identifont is a huge waste of time. What The Font is surprisingly good given the proper source file. If I'm really stumped I defer to the experts at typophile. What The Font also has a forum where people can answer your questions.
posted by O9scar at 2:45 PM on August 11