Specimen

What font is that?

Specimen is a font finder for designers, video editors and content creators. Hover any text on a website and see the font that is actually rendering, not just what the CSS asks for.

Add to Chrome, it's free Free. Made for Chrome.
Specimen showing the font Syne when hovering a headline on a website

What makes Specimen different

  • Rendered-font detection Know when a site's font failed to load and a fallback is showing.
  • Every font on the page One list with weights, sizes and how often each is used.
  • Where the font comes from Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, self-hosted, or installed on your computer.
  • Free lookalikes Free alternatives to paid fonts like Gotham, Proxima Nova and Futura.
  • Type tester Preview your own title or caption in the font.
  • Copy the style As CSS, Tailwind classes, or a one-line design brief.
  • Variable fonts and OpenType See variation axes and the features that are switched on.
  • A private font library Saved on your device, with export to CSV, JSON or Markdown.

See it in use

The page inventory listing every font on a page, with weights, sizes and uses A card showing a fallback font and free lookalikes for the paid font that failed to load The type tester previewing a typed title in the detected font The font library saved on the user's device

How to use it

  1. Click the Specimen icon in your toolbar, or press Alt + Shift + F.
  2. Hover over text to identify the font.
  3. Click to pin a card, press I to see every font on the page, and Esc to exit.

Private by design

Specimen runs only when you click it, has no access to sites until then, makes no network requests, and stores your library only on your device. No account, no tracking. Read the privacy policy.

Specimen identifies fonts in live web text. It can't read text inside images, video or canvas, and it never downloads font files. Always check a font's license before using it.