What is the best way to identify a font?
August 11, 2009 2:06 PM   Subscribe

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 answers total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
What the Font.
posted by olinerd at 2:07 PM on August 11, 2009


Identifont.
posted by halogen at 2:10 PM on August 11, 2009


http://www.identifont.com/
posted by mattbucher at 2:11 PM on August 11, 2009


Oh, and it's Bank Gothic.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 2:12 PM on August 11, 2009


Response by poster: 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, 2009


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, 2009


Er, I mean What the Font barfed on it.
posted by zsazsa at 2:37 PM on August 11, 2009


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, 2009


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