Your words, in every font
you were sent
Every font installed on this machine, on screen at once, measured in millimeters and checked against what a press will do with them. È gratis. Davvero.
- Free, no account.
- Every font, every check and every export is free from the first open — no sign-up and no monthly fee.
- Nothing is uploaded.
- The fonts are read on your own device. A font is somebody's licensed property, and nothing about it leaves the machine it is installed on.
- The whole library at once.
- Every font on this machine, once you allow it — listed the moment you say yes, and read as you scroll.
- Millimeters, not pixels.
- x-height and cap height in millimeters at the size you set — the figures a label is judged by.
- The checks a printer makes.
- Missing glyphs, embedding license and strokes too fine for the press, before the file is sent rather than after.
- A sheet to print.
- Your text in every chosen font on A4, fonts embedded, ready to hold against the stock.
What it does
A font menu that knows about printing
The first part is what every font viewer does. The rest is what a print shop actually has to know.
Your text in all of them
- One field, and every font answers
- Every font installed on this machine
- Strike out the ones that will not do; star the ones that might
Features
More than a bigger font menu
Load them, look at them, measure them, and take away what the next step needs.
Loading
How the fonts get on screen.
- The fonts installed here, in Chrome and Edge, with your permission
- Listed by name at once, and read as you scroll
- TTF, OTF, TTC, WOFF and WOFF2
- Nothing uploaded — the fonts are read on your own device
Looking
The grid, and how to narrow it.
- Your own text, at any size from 6 to 200 pt
- White on black, for a reversed label
- Filter by name, and by serif, sans, mono, script or display
- Show only the ones that cover your text, or that may be embedded
Measuring
The figures that decide it.
- x-height and cap height in millimeters
- The 1.2 mm rule, and 0.9 mm for a small pack
- The point size a font needs to clear it
- The narrowest stroke in millimeters, measured from the outline
Taking it away
What leaves the browser.
- A specimen sheet as PDF, with the fonts embedded
- The x-height printed beside every line
- Text as outlines in SVG, for a plotter or a cutting die
- A font whose license forbids embedding is named, not quietly set
How it works
From a font menu to a decision
Four steps, and none of them leaves the page.
Bring the fonts
Hand over the fonts installed here — Chrome and Edge ask your permission first. Nothing is uploaded.
Type your text
The brand name, the ingredients line, whatever has to be set. Every font answers at once.
Narrow it down
Strike out what will not do, star what might, and set the size in points.
Check and take it
Read the millimeters and the warnings, then print the sheet or export the outlines.
Who it is for
When the font has to be chosen for a press
Everyone who sends artwork to a printer has this problem, and no font menu solves it.
Packaging artwork
The artwork names forty fonts. See every one of them set in your own words, side by side.
Food labels
The mandatory text has a minimum x-height. Find the size that clears it, per font.
Choosing a font
One word, the whole library, side by side — and the shortlist printed on a sheet.
Prepress checks
Missing glyphs and embedding permissions found before the file goes out, not after it comes back.
Cutting and engraving
Text as outlines in SVG, at the size in millimeters, for a plotter or a laser.
A library you cannot see into
Hundreds of fonts installed and no way to compare them. One word, all of them, side by side.
FAQ
Good to know
Is it really free?
Yes. Every font, every check and every export is free from the first open — no account, no trial and no monthly fee.
Do my fonts get uploaded?
No. They are read and rendered in your browser. A font file is licensed property, and it never leaves your machine.
Does it show the fonts installed on my computer?
Yes — that is the only way in. Chrome and Edge ask your permission first, and the list never leaves the page. Safari and Firefox have no way to offer that at all, so open this page in Chrome or Edge.
Which fonts can it read?
TTF, OTF, TTC, WOFF and WOFF2 — which is what an installed font is. One the parser cannot read is drawn without its figures rather than measured wrongly.
Where does the 1.2 mm come from?
EU regulation 1169/2011 sets mandatory food information at an x-height of at least 1.2 mm, and allows 0.9 mm where the largest surface of the pack is under 80 cm². Check the current text of the regulation before relying on it — this tool measures, it does not advise.
What does the embedding check tell me?
The fsType field in the font says what its license allows: embed it freely, embed it for printing only, or not at all. A restricted font in a PDF is the usual reason a printer sends the file back.
How is the narrowest stroke measured?
From the outline itself: a capital is cut across above and below its crossbar and the narrowest run is the stem. Compared against rules of thumb for offset, flexo and screen — your printer's own figures are the ones that count.
The fonts are already on this machine
Let it read them, type the word, and see what you actually have to work with.