4 Best Chrome Extensions to Identify Fonts on Web Pages

Quick Findings:

• WhatFont is the most straightforward extension for determining fonts used on websites.
• Font Scanner is a robust tool if you also need to explore font families on web pages.

1. WhatFont – Easy Font Identification

With over one million downloads on the Chrome Web Store, WhatFont is a must-have. The extension identifies fonts quickly and efficiently.

Just click on the WhatFont extension icon and point the cursor at a word. The name of the font will immediately appear underneath. You can also drag the cursor around a web page to quickly identify as many fonts as you want.

You must click on the letter to learn more about the font. This will bring up a nifty info box filled with details such as the font family, size, weight, and color. It also generates a font preview of the alphabet using uppercase and lowercase characters.

To wrap things up, it will send a download link to the font (if it is freely available) for good measure.

But what makes WhatFont so special is that you can open as many of these info boxes as you want. That works wonders for comparing multiple font types simultaneously.

Price: Free

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2. Fonts Ninja – Font Identifier With Sleek Preview Options

Fonts Ninja is another extension for easily identifying fonts, and it offers a whole lot more value than WhatFont. Click on the Fonts Ninja extension icon to generate a list of all the fonts within a page. This is useful when it comes to knowing all the details at a glance.

You may click on a listed font and preview it by typing in your words, which is just cool. You can then download the font — free and paid links are readily displayed. You can also bookmark any fonts for later reference.

Remember that you can hover over letters to identify fonts similar to WhatFont but with more detailed snippets. However, it’s slightly slower at that, so don’t expect WhatFont-style speed and efficiency.

Fonts Ninja stands out with its ability to identify fonts within images. After clicking on the Fonts Ninja extension icon, click on an image, and the results will be generated after a few seconds.

Even aesthetically, Fonts Ninja is pleasing to look at, with a crisp and clear user interface inspired by Google’s Material Design concept.

Price: Free

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3. Font Finder – Font Identifier With Font Replacement Options

Font Finder lets you easily identify any font you come across. After activating the extension, click on any letter or word, and you will be presented with a detailed pop-up box with just about everything you would want to know. But it’s something more suited for power users and web developers.

For the regular Chrome user, the amount of information it throws out can be overkill.

Font Finder also has the uncanny ability to replace a font type on a live web page with another. This is perfect for testing out how a certain font would look with the rest of a page without making any modifications in the backend.

To replace a font, select a paragraph, right-click it, point to Font Finder, and then click Replace Font With. Type in the name of a font, and it will render the change in an instant!

Price: Free

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4. Fontanello – Quick Font Identifier Options

Fontanello is another interesting font identifier extension. With this extension, you get the font type on any webpage simply by right-clicking.

This extension provides information such as typeface, weight, size, and font color. These appear in the context menu for a font you have right-clicked.

While this is the most basic of all the extensions explored in this guide, it is very effective at what it does.

Price: Free

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