Identifont
| Founded | November 2000 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Cambridge, England, United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
The Identifont web site is an online directory of typefaces, with main function a tool to help identify a font from a sample.[1] It has been described as the largest Internet directory of typefaces.[2]
Identifont may be used to find a font similar to a given one.[3] It also allows potential purchasers to make comparisons of typeface specifications.[4]
Identifont has an index of years from 1470 to 2021 and describes the most popular font of each year.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]The site was launched in 2000, and was designed by computer scientist David Johnson-Davies based on AI techniques.[6] Research on its application by graphic design students was published in 2006.[7]
Identification technique
[edit | edit source]The site enables the user to identify typefaces by walking through a series of questions.[8] The principle of identification is to use distinctive features of given letters, and the site returns the designer and manufacturer of the font, as well as the name.[9][10] Technically it is an application of the Common Lisp Hypermedia Server.[11][12] The service was used as licensed technology on Fonts.com[13] and linotype.com.[14]
The same principles have been applied to Japanese typefaces.[15]
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