Font Identification
Articles about font identification.
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Severance Font Identification: What Can and Can't Be Confirmed
How to identify the typeface in the Severance logo, how to tell official artwork from recreations, and what to check before using a vector version.
VT323 Font Identification
How to recognize VT323, the free terminal-style pixel font, confirm it in logo artwork, find the proper font files, and handle its outlines and licensing in vector logos.
TrashHand Font Identification: Confirming the Typeface and Finding the Right Files
How to tell whether lettering in a logo is TrashHand, why lookalikes and traced artwork complicate the answer, and what to verify about font files and licensing before using it in vector logos.
Better Together Font Identification
How to identify the typeface in a Better Together logo, tell a font from custom lettering, and locate official vector artwork without relying on recreations.
Bookman Old Style Font Identification
How to recognize Bookman Old Style in logo lettering, tell it apart from similar serif typefaces, and check whether a vector logo file uses live text, outlines or raster images.
Paramount Logo Font: What the Wordmark Is and How the Lettering Is Recovered
Is there a Paramount logo font? Why the wordmark is treated as custom lettering, how it is redrawn as vector artwork, and why trademark permission is a separate question.
Chicago Font Identification
How to recognize Apple's Chicago typeface, tell bitmap originals from outline versions and recreations, and check logo lettering before using it in vector artwork.
Helvetica Black Font Identification: How to Recognize It in Vector Logos
How to identify Helvetica Black in a logo, tell it from look-alikes and adjacent weights, check whether a logo file holds live text, outlines or a raster image, and source the right assets.
IBM Plex Sans Font Identification: How to Recognize It and Get the Right Files
How to recognize IBM Plex Sans in logos and lettering, how it differs from IBM's own logo, where to get official font files, and what the license does and doesn't cover.
Bodoni Poster Font Identification
How to recognize Bodoni Poster in logo lettering, tell it apart from other heavy Bodoni and Didone cuts, and source a properly licensed font instead of a recreation.
Trade Gothic Font Identification: How to Recognize It in Logo Artwork
How to tell whether a logo uses Trade Gothic, how it differs from similar gothic sans serifs, and what to check before relying on a vector file or font.
Lilo and Stitch Logo Font: What the Title Lettering Is and How It Differs From a Typeface
Is there an official Lilo and Stitch font? What the title logo is, how fan-made lookalike fonts differ from it, and what to check on licensing, vector files and trademarks.