Identifont Explained

Identifont
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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

Notes and References

  1. Book: Terry Rydberg. Exploring Adobe InDesign CS6. 13 June 2012. Cengage Learning. 978-1-285-40257-4. 59.
  2. Book: Kelly Senyei. Food Blogging For Dummies. 8 March 2012. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-23938-4. 145.
  3. Web site: Finding similar fonts using Identifont and Typekit. 30 October 2014.
  4. Book: Jason Tselentis. Allan Haley. Richard Poulin . Tony Seddon . Gerry Leonidas . Ina Saltz . Kathryn Henderson . Tyler Alterman. Typography, Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography. 1 February 2012. Rockport Publishers. 978-1-61058-205-6. 141.
  5. Web site: Identifont - Years . www.identifont.com.
  6. Web site: Fun With Fonts–Identifont typeface identification and search — The Book Designer. 30 October 2014.
  7. An Online Font Library: Evaluation by Graphic Design Students. The Electronic Library. 10.1108/02640470610714215.
  8. Web site: How to Identify the Name of a Font [Quick Tip]]. 30 October 2014.
  9. Book: Yateendra Joshi. Communicating in Style. 1 January 2003. TERI Press. 978-81-7993-016-8. 227.
  10. Book: Terry Rydberg. Exploring Adobe InDesign CS5. 24 June 2010. Cengage Learning. 978-1-111-13032-9. 59.
  11. Web site: About Identifont - How Identifont works. 6 November 2014.
  12. Web site: Faculty Instructional Technology Center. 6 November 2014. mtweb.mtsu.edu.
  13. Web site: Search by Sight. 30 October 2014.
  14. Web site: Linotype Font Finder - FontIdentifier. 30 October 2014.
  15. Web site: www.identifont.jp, About Identifont. 6 November 2014.

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