Identify Web Font Names in the Fastest Way

Posted on 23 May 2016 12:54

While browsing the web, you often encounter beautiful typography. You want to use the font but don't know its exact name to download. Here are the tools to identify font names quickly and accurately.

Identifying Font Names on Webpages

The easiest way to identify typography on websites is installing the WhatFont browser extension.

Visit the link: WhatFont Extension and click "Add to Chrome".

To use the extension, click the icon in the top right browser corner to activate, then refresh (F5). Hover your cursor over any webpage text to inspect font names instantly.

In the example above, the detected font name is "omnes-pro".

Alternative Method: Visit chengyinliu.com/whatfont.html and drag the WhatFont bookmarklet button into your browser bookmarks bar. Works across all browser platforms.

Or click the button below directly: