Font Identifier — Free Alternatives
Paid font in a screenshot or photo? Upload it — pick the word, confirm the letters, and get ranked free Google Fonts alternatives with live preview, similarity scores and commercial-use guarantees. OCR + canvas matching runs entirely in your browser.
Drop an image of the paid font
The ranked results are always free fonts, licensed for commercial use.
JPG, PNG, WebP • Max 10MB • Text ≥20px, high contrast
Free and unlimited. No account. Your image is never stored.
Which word? Pick the one whose font you want
We detected words with OCR (Tesseract.js, in a Web Worker). Click to select.
No words detected — try or .
Check the letters — fix any that are wrong, and clear the box of anything that is not a letter
Each box below is a cropped character with the OCR guess. Edit or clear to exclude from matching.
No letters yet — select a word above.
Closest free alternatives
Free for commercial useRanked by canvas similarity (weighted Euclidean). All OFL / Apache 2.0.
Crop manually
Drag the box or its handles. We'll OCR this crop.
Tip: crop tightly to 1–2 words, high contrast.
How it works
Upload
Drop the paid font image. Try the example if you have none.
Pick word & letters
We detect words + letters via OCR; fix any mis-reads and clear non-letters.
Identify
Canvas pixel features are matched against our free-font database (weighted Euclidean).
Choose free
Preview your word in the top 5–10 free fonts, all licensed for commercial use.
FAQ
Are results really free for commercial use?
Yes — we only index Google Fonts licensed OFL or Apache 2.0. Every result shows a 'Free for commercial use' badge.
Is my image stored?
Never. OCR and matching run in your browser via WASM + canvas. No uploads leave your device.
Privacy note
Heavy image/PDF processing stays in your browser when possible. No fonts or files stored.
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