Do any of you use a Font Recognition Software? If so which one? I have checked the Font Expert demo and Font Eye. The Font Eye looks simpilar to use however is somewhat limited in it's data base. Are there others out there that would be better for approximately the same money?
Thanks for your input
Posted by Steve Smith (Member # 3340) on :
Might not be powerful enough for your needs (get what you pay for).
Good Luck!
Steve
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
Vinyl Master Pro has "font detective" module you enter a sample letter in BMP format and the program searches the fonts that come with the program and installed fonts as well. It considers various characteristics of the letter and tries to locate the exact font. several similar fonts may be displayed,allowing you to choose which is closest to desired style.
Posted by Mikes Mischeif (Member # 1744) on :
I used Myfonts.com a few days ago because omega didnt have the "laser" typestyle in it. It was in My 3.o version. I don't understand that, but anyway, for 20 bucks it's back now.
I also was looking for a font named kristem. I typed in "crayon" because thats what the font looks like it was drawn in. Bingo, there it was. great cross reference program too.
I saw this site and thought it would be a great sponsor here, since they have an entire catagory labeled Handlettered/signs. There are some great fonts there.
If we all emailed them,maybe they would send steve a check to get on the front page.
I did.
[ August 22, 2003, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: Mikes Mischeif ]
Posted by Fred Weiss (Member # 3662) on :
We use FontExpert on virtually a daily basis and consider it to be a competent and highly useful product. We are able to identify in only a couple of minutes about 85% of the unidentified print samples we get. The technology it uses is a direct bitmap comparison to samples stored in its database.
This means that if the font has been modified by condensing, stretching, slanting or any distortion then the program will not identify it.
It comes with a database of more than 25,000 fonts and you can also feed in your own font libraries for searching. I don't know if Font Detective has this capability or if it has a database that extends beyond their own supplied font library.
The font ID websites for the most part use "earmark" identification which is limited to having samples of the letters they ask for information about.
A more useful solution is a 5 star rated Font Management application named TypoGraf. It is shareware and costs $35 to register it. It has the ability to display both installed and uninstalled typefaces you may have stored or CD's or your hard drive. It also allows you to input any text string you want to be displayed.
We keep all our fonts on a shared hard drive and have organized them into groups like scripts, serifs etc. We can scroll through everything we have (a lot) that might be a match and visually identify the font we're seeking in 5 to 10 minutes. It's also very handy for creative typeface selection.
If anyone is interested in purchasing a copy of FontExpert, we are discontinuing the product from our offerings. This is for reasons totally unrelated to the usefulness of the product. We have one copy left which we will sell to the first caller for $20 off the regular price of $149.
Posted by Steve Boek (Member # 2705) on :
The FontEye database has just been expanded to search over 40,000 fonts. Will identify fonts that have been stretched or compressed and connected script styles. It is available in an updated program called Imagaro Z. You can read about it at www.imagaroz.com & download a free demo.
