Showing posts with label font. Show all posts
Showing posts with label font. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

How to Identify a Font Name from Image

How to Identify a Font Name from Image




Knowing the name of a font


Sometimes you may like a font which appears on a website or somewhere else as an image. And it would be very difficult for you to detect that font. And if that font is not installed on your system, then it will be more difficult. So, in this post Im gonna share a website that identifies font name - whatfontis.com



Background Story

You know the title font of markspcsolution.com is Monotype Corsiva. When I visit this site using my Android Phone, I see a different title font. Look at the image below - 


Marks PC Solution Heading Screenshot


The title font in the above image is not one that I used as a title font for my site. But it looks cool! Thats why I tried to know the name of this font.

I tried most of the fonts using MS Word to match it. But this font was not installed on my system. 

Later I took help from What Font is.



About What Font is

There are thousands of sites across the web which may help you identify the name of a font. But not all of them are good enough. Not all of them are reliable. Im recommending What Font is because I got the result quickly using this site. And its easy to use.

They have more than 300,000 fonts in their database!!



Font Identifying Process

  • First, youve to obtain the clear picture of your text. 

Marks PC Solution heading in Dancing Script Font

  • Ive used the above image to prepare this tutorial. 
  • Now follow this link - http://www.whatfontis.com
  • Hit on the Browse button > Choose your text image > If your text background is darker then mark the option Background Color is darker or leave it blank > Hit on the Continue button.

Uploading an image in What Font is

  • After hitting the Continue button, your text image will be divided into pieces according to characters. 
Identifying Characters from Image

  • Check every image and input character. Leave the box blank if there is more than one character in a image. Or if the character is not clear enough in the picture.
  • Hit on the Continue button. Then you will get a list of possible fonts that is matched/ related to your image. 


Pay Attention - 
  • Supported Image Formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG
  • Text image should be in a single line
  • Good quality image
  • Image size should be less than 2 MB
  • Text color and background color should be differentiable


Hope all of you will enjoy this post. If you face any trouble, please contact us . . .




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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

How To Change Font On Android Phone Without Root

How To Change Font On Android Phone Without Root


Method 1st:- Using GO Launcher Ex (For Non rooted Phone)



Android GO Launcher ExGO launcher Ex is one the popular Android phone launcher app that allow you to change your system fonts and provide your Android device a new look with amazing colors and styles. It also provide different types of wallpapers to make our screen more attractive. It is available on Google PlayStore for free. It can also lock Apps with Pattern and pin lock. It support 4M apk to increase our phone performance. It also provide XX transition effect to each slide. It is a light weight application with attractive and easy to use interface. Approx having 200 million users. As i already listed out some best android launchers.





Steps To Change Fonts Using GO Launcher EX



Step 1. First of all install GO Launcher from Google Play Store or by clicking the button below.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex&hl=en
Step 2. Secondly you have to install GO Launcher Fonts from the Play Store or by clicking the button below. GO launcher fonts is an Amazing App that provide different fonts. 
GO Launcher change fonts android

 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beecub.golauncher.golauncherfonts&hl=en
Step 3. Open the Go Launcher App and from the home screen tap the Menu button at right corner .
Step 4. Select the preferences from the menu then look for the font option.
 Go Launcher font settings tab
Step 5. Now you see the list of fonts then select the font of your choice.
Step 6. You can manually put the font files to the path /sdcard/GOlauncher Ex/fonts.

Step 7. After doing the changes, changes take place immediately without restarting the Phone.


Method 2nd:- Using Font Installer (For Rooted Android Phones)




Font Installer change for android root Font installer is one of the best Android App for changing the fonts of rooted device. It is available on Google Play Store for free. It allow you to install hundreds of custom fonts, preview, backup, install from SD card and also allow you to share our fonts. It allow you to give your phone a new look with many custom fonts. Approximately 5,000,000 install this App. It is a light weight App which provide simple to use interface.



Steps To Change Font Using Font Installer App



Step 1. Download and install Font installer App into your Android device by clicking the following button.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.font.installer&hl=en
Step 2. Open and launch the App. Then look for the server Tab.
Font Installer settings
Step 3. In the server Tab you see a list of TTF font files which can be downloaded.  
Step 4. You can view and install any of the font from the list. Tap the desired font and click on install.
Font Installer change font
Step 5. After that you see a backup message. Once your fonts are backed up you will be prompted to reboot your phone to reflect the desired fonts.
Font Installer change font reboot


Steps To Use TTF Files



Step 1. If you have downloaded TTF file then you can copy your font file to /sdcard directory.

Step 2. Run the Font installer App and Backup your previous fonts. You have to grant Superuser or SuperSU permission when prompted.

Step 3. Now click on the local tap and find the TTF file that you copy on the sdcard.

Step 4. Click on the desired TTF file that you want to use and tap the install option to make it system font.

Step 5. Reboot your device to reflect the changes.

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