Company:Identifont

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Identifont
FoundedNovember 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11)
HeadquartersCambridge, England, United Kingdom
Websitewww.identifont.com

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

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

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 is used as licensed technology on Fonts.com[13] and linotype.com.[14]

The same principles have been applied to Japanese typefaces.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑ Terry Rydberg (13 June 2012). Exploring Adobe InDesign CS6. Cengage Learning. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-285-40257-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=gfwKAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA59. 
  2. ↑ Kelly Senyei (8 March 2012). Food Blogging For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-118-23938-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8zRtLBuwh-8C&pg=PT145. 
  3. ↑ "Finding similar fonts using Identifont and Typekit". http://om4.com.au/finding-similar-fonts-using-identifont-and-typekit/. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  4. ↑ Jason Tselentis; Allan Haley; Richard Poulin; Tony Seddon; Gerry Leonidas; Ina Saltz; Kathryn Henderson; Tyler Alterman (1 February 2012). Typography, Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography. Rockport Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-61058-205-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=2-W4vxVM-8gC&pg=PA141. 
  5. ↑ "Identifont - Years". http://www.identifont.com/year?0. 
  6. ↑ "Fun With Fonts–Identifont typeface identification and search — The Book Designer". http://www.thebookdesigner.com/2011/02/fun-with-fonts-identifont/. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  7. ↑ "An Online Font Library: Evaluation by Graphic Design Students". The Electronic Library. doi:10.1108/02640470610714215. 
  8. ↑ "How to Identify the Name of a Font [Quick Tip"]. http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/font-quick-tip-ht. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  9. ↑ Yateendra Joshi (1 January 2003). Communicating in Style. TERI Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-81-7993-016-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=UqNzUUxjkXMC&pg=PA227. 
  10. ↑ Terry Rydberg (24 June 2010). Exploring Adobe InDesign CS5. Cengage Learning. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-111-13032-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=tLumvs25YHQC&pg=PA59. 
  11. ↑ "About Identifont - How Identifont works". http://www.identifont.com/show?2DBK. Retrieved 6 November 2014. 
  12. ↑ "Faculty Instructional Technology Center". http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/fitc/mtweb/website_tools.html. Retrieved 6 November 2014. 
  13. ↑ "Search by Sight". http://www.fonts.com/id/by-sight. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  14. ↑ "Linotype Font Finder - FontIdentifier". http://www.linotype.com/fontidentifier?start=1. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 
  15. ↑ "www.identifont.jp, About Identifont". http://www.identifont.jp/en/about.html. Retrieved 6 November 2014. 



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