How It Works
1. Upload an Image — Drag and drop or click to upload any image containing text
2. Get Matches — See the top matching Google Fonts with live previews and copy-ready code
Why make a Google font finder?
When Google Fonts first launched it only had 19 fonts. Today it has over 1900 font families. Finding the right one is basically impossible.
Also, as a designer on a budget, I pretty much only use Google Fonts. They’re free, easy to implement, and work everywhere. But whenever I’d search for a "Google Font alternative to _____," I’d end up browsing the same design blogs and Reddit threads, seeing the same old suggestions. Which is annoying because there are soooo many font families to choose from.
And if you use the Font Identifier websites, you may have noticed that they mostly identify premium and commercial fonts which cost thousands of dollars to use in a web project. I built this to focus exclusively on open source / free / Google Fonts.
Finally, I also recently added a pick-any-google-font feature to my TaperCraft website for making CD’s, Cassettes and VHS and DVD covers and more. And I realized that I needed a way to identify Google fonts.
Remember when What the Font was good?
When "What the Font?" first came out, it was amazing. But its gotten worse and worse.
There are new sites, but I find all the font finding sites to have stressful interfaces. So I wanted to make something nice, with some improvements. Like being able to paste images from your clipboard, faster loading, and showing more results. Also each result has a direct download button, a button to copy the font’s name and other QoL fixes that others don’t seem to have.
And if the font you’re searching doesn’t exist as a Google Font, this website will find a bunch that look close enough. So this is a great tool for finding similar Google fonts as well. I built it for myself, and it was super useful for me, so hopefully it’s useful to you too.
Pro Tips
- Use a clean, clear screenshot of the font you’re trying to identify. Noisy or angled images make the results worse.
- Paste images directly with Cmd + V (or Ctrl + V on PC).
- You can remove ads by becoming a patron and subscribing ($6/mo) on my TaperCraft website for physical media.
One more super pro tip if you’re on a mac: You can press "Cmd + Shift + 4" and then hold "control" while selecting an area of your screen to copy an image to your clipboard. Then come back to this site and paste it in to ID your font.
FAQs
How do I identify a font from an image? Upload a screenshot or photo containing the text you want to identify. The tool analyzes the typography and shows you the closest matching fonts from Google Fonts that you can use for free.
What is the best free font identifier? Most font identifiers suggest premium fonts you’d have to pay for. This tool specifically matches against Google Fonts, so every result is free to use in your projects.
How do I find a Google Font that looks like another font? Upload an image of the font you like, and you’ll get a list of similar Google Fonts ranked by how closely they match. Each result includes a live preview and copy-ready code.
Are Google Fonts free for commercial use? Yes. All Google Fonts are open source and free for both personal and commercial projects. No licensing fees, no attribution required.
How do I add a Google Font to my website? Each font result includes a CSS import code you can copy. Paste it into your stylesheet, then use the font-family in your CSS. Or you can "Download Font" to work with it on your own computer.
What if the exact font isn’t on Google Fonts? Many fonts are premium or proprietary. This tool finds the closest free alternatives from Google Fonts that share similar characteristics like weight, style, and proportions.
How do you identify fonts — is this AI? Sort of. AI is great at reading the text and identifying basic letter shapes, but terrible at matching them to actual fonts. So I combine it with a font server that finds the closest matching fonts. Read more about how this works.
Hi, I’m Tex and I’m making a bunch of cool projects that you can see back at texs.org! Feel free to email me or send me a DM: