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Posted by Philippe JACQUES (Member # 664) on :
 
Look what Linotype has announced on their website today : a free font identificer through the web. Just imagine : you send a sample and it informs you about the font used ! It's not to early to test it and share our experience about this tool !
Linotype presents it as follow :

The Linotype Font Identifier uses an expert system to enable an untrained user to identify a typeface.
With several thousand typefaces in common use, matching an existing sample or selecting an appropriate typeface for a piece of work can involve hours of trial and error, searching through type catalogues.

Now with the Linotype Font Identifier, finding a font is easy.
The Linotype Font Identifier identifies a typeface by asking a series of simple questions, using an expert system that adapts its questions to find the answer in the shortest possible number of steps. For example it can identify a typical typeface, such as Palatino, in about ten questions.

Click on the new tab on the top navigation bar "Identifont" to test it.


The URL :
http://www.fontexplorer.com/FontStore/ :

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Philippe JACQUES
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Posted by Greg Gulliford (Member # 170) on :
 
Thanks for the link! I will give it a try and see how well it works.

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Greg Gulliford
aka MetroDude
Metro Signs and Banners
1403 N. Greene St. #1
Spokane, WA 99202
509-536-9452

mail@metrosignsandbanners.com
 

Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :
 
I'm blown away. I did five fonts and it got four exact. That is real cool!!

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Rob Larkham
RL Graphic D-Sign
Chester, MA
rldsigns@aol.com
 



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