: How can I automatically determine fonts used in an image or PDF? How is it possible to determine the fonts used by text in PDF and TIFF files?

@Frith110

On a Mac or Linux, open your terminal and type:

strings /path/to/your.pdf | grep -i fontname

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@Sent7350415

Just to add to the list a new software to identify fonts using an image or screen capture:
"Find my Font" - www.findmyfont.com (I'm the developer of this software).

The application runs on either Mac-OS or Windows and identifies the fonts of a given bitmap image by searching for fonts both online (125.000+ free & commercial fonts) and on your computer while you are given a list of exact and similar matches + a % match for each one, in just 3-5 secs. It can use all kinds of color images without extra pre-processing.

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@Steve758

If you need help identifying a font sample, there are lots of resources.

Some are automated, you submit a sample screenshot or go through a series of questions that help narrow the possibilities:

identifont.com http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ www.bowfinprintworks.com/SerifGuide/serifsearch.php http://typenav.fontshop.com/


Some software can help find a font that's close to what you want:

www.stretchedout.com/products/fontmatch/fontmatch.php

Others are human-driven, where experts and enthusiasts may examine your submission:

typophile.com/forum/29 http://www.flickr.com/groups/fonts-in-use/


Finally, there are services and programs designed to simply help you choose an appropriate font for a given use:

www.adobe.com/type/fontfinder/

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@Tiffany317

In a PDF with actual text, you can copy a block of text into Word (or another rich editor) and look at the Font dropdown.

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@Sims5801359

For TIFFs or any other raster (pixel) image, Jin's answer covers it.

For PDFs (assuming it's a 'proper' PDF and not a raster image embedded in a PDF, as produced by scanning/fax software), font information is embedded in the file.

In Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, and Foxit Reader 3 -- probably slightly different in other applications -- File menu > Properties > Fonts tab gives you a list of all fonts used in the document.

There are also third-party plugins for Acrobat, such as Enfocus PitStop Pro, which add the ability to find/replace/report on instances of a particular font throughout a document.

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@Voss6371140

Upload a sample of the text screenshot to: new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ the service is fairly accurate.

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