FontGenius is a utility that can help you identify the fonts used for writing a text present in a picture.
In order for the typefaces to be recognized, image processing is first required. It is recommended to work with black and white images, with the characters in black and the background in white, therefore the utility includes tools for obtaining such an image. Conversion to grayscale can be performed and brightness and contrast can be adjusted, however the auto adjust function can do the processing job well. You will then select the text area that is of interest and you will be asked to type the letters from that area in the case they have originally been written in. By using the "identify font" function, you will then be returned a set of fonts that are possible matches for the ones used in the text. For each returned result, a search can be performed by the utility, either on the MacBook you are working with or on the Internet, in order for you to find and use that font. There will be fonts for which no matches will be found.
Graphic and web designers can find FontGenius to be a useful tool when attempting to identify a font used in a picture.
Pros
- It can identify fonts from images
- It can search the identified fonts on the MacBook or on the Internet, so that they can be further used
- Intuitive user interface
Cons
- Only one "undo' step can be performed, which can be disturbing when processing the image of interest
- There will be fonts for which no matches will be found