Posted by dorayme on 12/21/34 11:42

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<440a4339$0$23746$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
"Bob Long" <bob@oblong-take-it-out.com.au> wrote:

> In news:doraymeRidThis-CA6B52.08384705032006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au,
> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> typed:
> > Is there a simple way of finding out what font one is looking at
> > in a web page? Sometimes, of course, it is easy to look at source
> > and css, but other times it is a bother to get the right sheet...
> > And sometimes it is complicated by the recommended, generic, what
> > you have set on your machine etc. But some people will know what
> > I mean and have probably wondered the same thing.
>
> Not sure if it classifies as "simple", and I don't know how accurate it is:
> http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

A most interesting site! I don't think it is quite good enough
(in its auto feature) for website font sniffing - probably
because of the low res compared to print mediums. I tried some of
the text on its own pages (which, btw, seems to be Verdana
looking at the css.)

Enlarged it in my browser and took a snap of just a few words (up
close... comman+shif+4 on a Mac), it could hardly recognise any
of the letters and I had to fill in the rest on its dialog box
from keyboard to help it (you need to try it to see what I mean).
Anyway the result was that it suggested Attac-Bold,
Attac-Semi-Bold, Congress Sans-Light, Corinthian Light and
Corinthian Light LET as matches!

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dorayme

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