What Font Is This? Identify a Font from an Image

How the font identifier works

Our tool reads the text in your image and studies the shapes of the letters: whether they have serifs, how round the curves are, how much the stroke thickness changes, and quirks like the tail on a Q or the ear on a g. It compares those clues with the fonts it knows, names the most likely match, and suggests a free alternative from Google Fonts you can use straight away.

Thousands of fonts look almost alike, so treat the result as a strong shortlist. The best check is to type the same words in the suggested font and compare them side by side.

Get a better match

Font tools are only as good as the sample you give them:

• Use at least a few words - a single letter doesn't give enough clues
• Make the text as large and crisp as possible, on a plain background
• Straighten tilted or curved text; distortion confuses every font tool
• Crop out other fonts in the image so only one style remains
• If it's a joined-up script, find a sample where the letters are clear

The letters that give a font away

Designers tell fonts apart by a handful of telltale characters. When you compare matches, check these first:

• Lowercase g - one loop or two
• Lowercase a - one story or two
• Capital R - a straight or curved leg
• Capital Q - the shape and angle of its tail
• Lowercase t and f - how the tops are cut
• The dot on the i - round, square or slanted

Logos and custom lettering

Many brand logos aren't set in a regular font at all. They're often customized or drawn from scratch, so no font matches perfectly. When the lettering looks custom, the tool says so and gives you the closest fonts to start from - ideal for a mock-up or a similar feel without copying the brand.

Can you use the font you found?

Identifying a font doesn't give you the right to use it. Fonts on Google Fonts are free for personal and commercial projects, while most other fonts need a license from the foundry or a font store. If the exact font is paid, the free alternative we suggest is often close enough. For hard-to-match commercial fonts, dedicated tools like WhatTheFont search very large font catalogs.