Your words, in every font
you were sent
The fonts installed on this machine, and the ones in the folder that came with the artwork. Both on screen at once, measured in millimetres and checked against what a press will do with them. Free, in full. No sign-up.
- 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 files are read on your own device. A font is somebody's licensed property, and it never leaves the machine it arrived on.
- Installed or not.
- The fonts on this machine, once you allow it — and the folder a client sent, which was never installed anywhere.
- Millimetres, not pixels.
- x-height and cap height in millimetres at the size you set — the figures a label is judged by.
- The checks a printer makes.
- Missing glyphs, embedding licence and strokes too fine for the press, before the file is sent rather than after.
- A sheet to print.
- Your text in every chosen face 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
- Installed fonts, or a folder that never was
- 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 here.
- A whole folder, dropped or picked
- The fonts installed here, in Chrome and Edge, with your permission
- TTF, OTF, TTC, WOFF and WOFF2
- Nothing uploaded either way — the files 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 millimetres
- The 1.2 mm rule, and 0.9 mm for a small pack
- The point size a face needs to clear it
- The narrowest stroke in millimetres, 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 face whose licence forbids embedding is named, not quietly set
How it works
From an archive to a decision
Four steps, and none of them involves installing a font.
Bring the fonts
Drop the folder that came with the artwork, or hand over the ones installed here. Nothing is installed and 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 millimetres and the warnings, then print the sheet or export the outlines.
Who it is for
When the fonts arrived with the job
Everyone downstream of a designer has this problem, and no font menu solves it.
Packaging artwork
The client's archive has forty fonts in it. See all of them without installing one.
Food labels
The mandatory text has a minimum x-height. Find the size that clears it, per font.
Choosing a face
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 millimetres, for a plotter or a laser.
A library you cannot see into
Hundreds of faces 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, in Chrome and Edge: they ask your permission first, and the list never leaves the page. Other browsers have no way to offer that, so there the folder is the way in — which is the case that matters most anyway, since fonts that arrive with someone else’s artwork are not installed anywhere.
Which files can it read?
TTF, OTF, TTC, WOFF and WOFF2. A file it cannot parse is left out rather than shown with no figures beside it.
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 licence 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 folder is already on your desk
Drop it in, type the word, and see what you actually have to work with.