How to identify a font. Is there an easy way?

[OCtoolguy]

I went to a flea market Sunday and saw a plaque that I liked. I want to make one like it but not sure what font to use. I don't have enough life left to wade through all the available fonts. Is there an easy way? This is the plaque.

 

[Denny Knappen]

There has to be an app for that!  LOL

[OCtoolguy]

31 minutes ago, Denny Knappen said:

There has to be an app for that!  LOL

You'd certainly think so. There's an app for just about everything else.

 

[kmmcrafts]

I don't remember who posted it, but there was a topic with a site / app that did just that.. never tried any of the sites but if you google the term " font finder" it'll bring up site where you load a image and it'll find the font or the closest match. 

[OCtoolguy]

Well, none of those seem to work. Or I didn't find one that would work with my picture.

 

[Ctutor]

The font

you are looking up is called a serif font (with feet)  sans serif is without feet.  Those are the two main groups.  You can look up fonts on the internet there are tons of them. Most sites show you what they look like.  Your word processor will do the same thing.

[kmmcrafts]

There was a topic on this maybe a year ago? I'm not sure when it was but they talked about a site that you could post a picture and it'd give you a font or one close. I'm not sure what search terms you'd use for that topic... @Scrappile seems to have good luck using the search term "Harbor Freight" maybe try that one. 

[OCtoolguy]

39 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said:

There was a topic on this maybe a year ago? I'm not sure when it was but they talked about a site that you could post a picture and it'd give you a font or one close. I'm not sure what search terms you'd use for that topic... @Scrappile seems to have good luck using the search term "Harbor Freight" maybe try that one. 

I tried Harbor Freight, Home Depot & Lowes. No luck. Maybe Menards.

[Eplfan2011]

3 hours ago, OCtoolguy said:

I went to a flea market Sunday and saw a plaque that I liked. I want to make one like it but not sure what font to use. I don't have enough life left to wade through all the available fonts. Is there an easy way? This is the plaque.

 

There's a few websites for this, off the top of my head

What the font and Font squirrel

Sorry you'll have to Google them for the actual address as I'm just taking a quick break right now and I have to get back at it !

 

 

[Jim McDonald]

I am going to go way out on a limb and say it is Times New Roman that has been kerned to make the letters touch.

Kerning is an old printers trick to adjust space between characters. To do it in Word, highlight the word, right click for font and go to spacing. You can make the spacing positive to spread the letters or negative to close them down.

Doesn't affect the size, just the space.

[meflick]

I used your image with a few of the font identifier apps that show up when you do a Google search) (what the font is the one I remembered but there are several more.) Unfortunately, it doesn’t really work with your photo (at least not the three I tried). Probably in large part due to all the other stuff in the background. I have found that they usually work best when it’s only a word Image, and even then it’s not always accurate.  I would look for a font that I thought was similar that I liked and make a pattern.

Edited October 12, 2022 by meflick

[OCtoolguy]

I've been trying to figure it out on my own and I'm using Century751 SeBd BT. It's very close but not quite. I have done the "kerning" thing by using the alt key and the arrow keys but I can't get just the right look. I'll try the one suggested above. Thanks to all.

 

[meflick]

This one might could work

https://www.dafont.com/gm-hiptop.font?text=Give+Thanks&psize=l&back=theme

[meflick]

Also, you need to remember sometimes people don’t use a specific font. Sometimes they edit letters and their shapes, use combination of different letterings from different fonts, etc. so finding the exact same font even in perfect photo may not be possible. You just have to find a font look you like and work with it.

[don in brooklin on]

I have a font on my system called BodoniPS.  It is very much like Times New Roman, except the serif on the bottoms are square.  I have no idea where I got it.  Bodon1 in a commercial font but there are lots of free look a likes.  

I would adjust the kerning in Inkscape and then fix a couple of characters like the "i'.

Send me a PM if you want me to try.  I just need to know how tall it is.

Don

 

[OCtoolguy]

I've been trying to find one that has the letter "k" as in my picture. That and the size/length of some of the serifs as the capital T seems to have longer serifs. I've been through all the fonts I have but so far no luck. I'll see if I can find the one you mentioned Don.

 

[don in brooklin on]

Have you tried Century Schoolbook.  

This still needs to be kerned and the "i" fixed.

 

 

[Tom-in-Ashland]

Google "what font is this' it will give you 3 sites that might work

 

[don in brooklin on]

This is close, I think.

 

 

[OCtoolguy]

49 minutes ago, don in brooklin on said:

Have you tried Century Schoolbook.  

This still needs to be kerned and the "i" fixed.

 

 

That looks very close Don. Thanks. 

[OCtoolguy]

14 hours ago, don in brooklin on said:

This is close, I think.

 

 

Yes, that looks very close. Thanks.

[Dak0ta52]

Since we're talking fonts, how do you load fonts into Inkscape? I can download a font and then I try to install, it installs into my word processor program. I use Open Office as my word processor. The only way I can use that font is to create the word and save it, then import it into Inkscape. Is that the only method or is there an easier way?

[Fab4]

27 minutes ago, Dak0ta52 said:

Since we're talking fonts, how do you load fonts into Inkscape? I can download a font and then I try to install, it installs into my word processor program. I use Open Office as my word processor. The only way I can use that font is to create the word and save it, then import it into Inkscape. Is that the only method or is there an easier way?

Hi Rodney:
Not to hijack Ray's post but @don in brooklin on  wrote something about this awhile ago.
I can't find his post but if you are using Windows 10 once your font is unzipped just right click on it and Install for all users
let us know if that works for you (in a separate post) - It works for me.
Fab4

[OCtoolguy]

If I recall correctly, once you have installed a font onto your computer, just open Inkscape and it will automatically find the new font and make it available. If you have Inkscape open when you install the font, you must close out Inkscape and reopen it.

[don in brooklin on]

For Windows 10 it is exactly as Rodney say.  You have to right click on the font and then say install for all users.

For Windows 11, I just installed an OTF font, and it did not give me the option to install for all users just install.  I did that and opened Inkscape 1.2 and it was there. It also works on using File Explorer click on TTF font and it gives you the character map and just hit install and it works.

I was reluctant to upgrade to Windows 11 but there are lots of hidden tricks.  So far quite happy.