getwhatfont.com

Click the WhatFont button in your browser toolbar, then point at any text on the page. WhatFont shows that text's font name, size, weight, and color. Click to pin the details so they stay on screen, and press Esc when you're done. This works on every website, according to the site, and the extension is free for Chrome and Safari.

Before You Start

You need WhatFont installed in a supported browser:

Two caveats from the site: some sites block bookmarklets, so the bookmark-bar method may not work everywhere, and the iPhone/iPad flow is different from the desktop hover flow (you select text first, then tap WhatFont).

Step-by-Step: Identify a Font

1. Open the page with the text you want to inspect. Any website works, per the site.
2. Click the WhatFont button in your toolbar. This turns on inspection mode.
3. Point at the text. Hover over the words whose font you want to know. WhatFont reports the font's name, size, weight, and color.
4. Click to pin the details. If you want to keep the information visible (for example, to compare two elements or copy the values), click the text and the details stay put.
5. Press Esc when finished. This exits inspection mode.

Verify It Worked

You should see a small panel with four values: font name, size, weight, and color. If nothing appears when you point at text, check that you actually clicked the toolbar button first (inspection mode is off by default), and that the page has finished loading.

Common Snags

• Nothing shows on hover. You're probably not in inspection mode. Click the WhatFont toolbar button again.
• The bookmarklet does nothing. The site notes some sites block bookmarklets. Use the Chrome or Safari extension instead where possible.
• You're on a phone or tablet. The desktop hover flow doesn't apply. In Safari on iPhone or iPad, select the text first, then tap WhatFont.
• Details disappear when you move the mouse. Click the text to pin the panel before moving away.

What You Get and What You Don't

WhatFont tells you the font name, size, weight, and color of text you point at. That's enough to identify a typeface you like and note its styling. It is not a font downloader or a full developer inspector; the site describes it purely as a way to see what font text is set in. The site also says it's used by 3 million people and is free, and that it works on every website.

WhatFont is a free browser extension that identifies fonts on any webpage. Click the WhatFont button in your toolbar, point at any text, and it reports the font's name, size, weight, and color. It works on Chrome (and other Chromium browsers), Safari on Mac, Safari on iPhone and iPad, and as a bookmarklet for other browsers. The site says it is used by 3 million people.

What you see when you use it

The core interaction is hover-and-inspect. Once the tool is active, pointing at text reveals its typography details without opening developer tools or reading page source. The site describes the output as four values:

• Font name
• Size
• Weight
• Color

You can click to pin the details in place, then press Esc when you're done. That pinning step matters if you need to compare two pieces of text or copy the values somewhere else, since the readout otherwise follows your cursor.

Where you can run it

The site notes that some sites block bookmarklets, so the bookmarklet route is the least reliable of the four. If you use a non-Chromium, non-Safari browser regularly, expect occasional pages where it won't run.

When it's the right tool

WhatFont fits quick, visual identification: you spot a typeface you like on a live site and want its name and styling. It is not a font manager, and the site doesn't present it as one — there's no mention of downloading fonts, matching them to a catalog, or checking licensing. For those tasks you'd need a different tool.

A practical example: you're rebuilding a landing page and want to match a competitor's headline treatment. Activate WhatFont, hover the headline, pin the readout, and you have the family, size, weight, and color to hand off or replicate. For body text, the same hover gives you the reading size and weight, which are often the harder values to guess by eye.

Cost and availability

The site describes WhatFont as free and says it works on every website. It offers a "Get WhatFont Free" link and distributes through the Chrome extension route and the Mac App Store for Safari. The available page information does not list prices, paid tiers, or account requirements, so treat "free" as the site's own description rather than a verified pricing structure.

Limits to keep in mind

• It reports what's rendered, not what's licensed. Knowing a font's name doesn't tell you whether you can use it.
• Bookmarklet support varies. Some sites block bookmarklets, per the site itself.
• Mobile use is a different flow. On iPhone and iPad you select text first, then tap WhatFont, rather than hovering.
• It's an identification tool. Nothing on the page suggests it edits, downloads, or substitutes fonts.

If your goal is simply "what font is this, and at what size and weight," WhatFont covers it in one hover. If you need licensing details or a font file, plan on a second step elsewhere.

WhatFont reports four properties for any text you point at on a webpage: font name, size, weight, and color. You activate it from your browser toolbar, hover over the text, and the details appear; click to pin them in place, then press Esc to dismiss. It works on every website and is available free for Chrome (and other Chromium browsers), Safari on Mac, and Safari on iPhone and iPad.

The four details, and what each one tells you

These four together are enough to describe a text style precisely enough to reproduce it or to judge whether a typeface is worth pursuing.

How to get the details

1. Install WhatFont from the source for your browser: the Chrome extension (also works in Edge, Arc, Brave, and other Chromium browsers), the Safari extension from the Mac App Store, or the Safari extension on iPhone and iPad.
2. Click the WhatFont button in your toolbar.
3. Point at any text on the page. The name, size, weight, and color appear.
4. Click to pin the details so they stay visible while you compare, and press Esc when finished.

On iPhone and iPad the flow differs slightly: select text in Safari, then tap WhatFont to see its font.

If you use another browser

WhatFont offers a bookmarklet: drag the button to your bookmarks bar, then click it on any page. The site notes that some sites block bookmarklets, so this route can fail on certain pages — the extension is the more reliable option where available.

What it does not show

The page describes only name, size, weight, and color. It does not claim to report letter-spacing, line-height, font files, or licensing terms. If you need those, treat WhatFont's output as the identification step and check the typeface's own documentation or the page's styles for the rest.

When this is enough — and when it isn't

• Enough: you spotted a font you like and want its name, or you want to confirm the size, weight, and color of a specific piece of text so you can match it.
• Not enough: you need the actual font file, embedding permissions, or full typographic metrics. WhatFont identifies; it doesn't deliver assets or rights.

The site reports it is used by 3 million people and describes the tool as free and working on every website. For a quick identification while browsing, that combination — one hover, four details, no page-by-page inspection — is the practical reason to use it.

Yes. WhatFont is described on its own site as a free extension for Chrome and Safari, and the page presents no pricing, subscription tiers, or payment details. The site also states it "works on every website," so there is no indication of a paid tier for access to certain sites or font details. The only caveat the page raises is technical rather than financial: the bookmarklet version can be blocked by some sites.

What the free version includes

According to the site, the free tool reports the following for any text you point at:

• Font name
• Size
• Weight
• Color

You activate it by clicking the WhatFont button in your toolbar, then pointing at text; clicking pins the details, and Esc dismisses them. The page says the extension is used by 3 million people, which is a popularity claim rather than a pricing statement.

Where you can use it at no cost

The one limitation to know about

The bookmarklet route is the fallback for browsers outside the Chrome and Safari families, and the site notes that "some sites block bookmarklets." That means the free method can fail on certain pages in that setup — not because of a paywall, but because of how those sites handle bookmarklets. If you rely on a non-Chromium, non-Safari browser, the extension routes are the more dependable free option.

Bottom line

If your question is simply whether you need to pay before installing, the answer is no — the site markets WhatFont as free across all the listed platforms and shows no payment mechanism. Install it through your browser's extension store or the Mac App Store, or use the bookmarklet, and expect the font name, size, weight, and color for whatever text you hover over.

WhatFont is free and available in four forms: a Chrome extension (also works in Edge, Arc, Brave, and other Chromium browsers), a Safari extension for Mac from the Mac App Store, an iPhone/iPad version used through Safari, and a bookmarklet for any other browser. Pick the one that matches your browser or device; all of them identify a font's name, size, weight, and color by pointing at text.

Chrome and other Chromium browsers

Install the Chrome extension from the WhatFont site using the "Get WhatFont Free" option. The site states it also works in Edge, Arc, Brave, and other Chromium browsers, so you can install it from the Chrome Web Store in those browsers too.

Steps:

1. Open the WhatFont site and choose the Chrome option.
2. Add the extension to your browser.
3. Click the WhatFont button in your toolbar.
4. Point at any text — the name, size, weight, and color appear.
5. Click to pin the details, and press Esc when you're done.

Expected result: hovering over text shows its font details without leaving the page.

Safari on Mac

Safari users on Mac get WhatFont as a Safari extension from the Mac App Store. Install it there, then enable it in Safari's extension settings if Safari asks you to. Once active, the same point-and-click workflow applies.

iPhone and iPad

On iPhone and iPad, WhatFont works through Safari: select text in Safari, then tap WhatFont to see its font. There's no separate app-store install step described beyond this Safari-based flow, so the key requirement is using Safari as your browser.

Any other browser: the bookmarklet

If your browser isn't covered above, drag the bookmarklet button from the WhatFont site to your bookmarks bar, then click it on any page to activate font identification.

Caveat: some sites block bookmarklets, so the bookmarklet may not work everywhere. If it fails on a particular site, that's the likely cause rather than an installation error.

Which option should you choose?

Common snags

• Nothing happens after clicking: make sure the extension is enabled in your browser's extension settings.
• Bookmarklet does nothing on a site: the site likely blocks bookmarklets; try a supported browser instead.
• Details stay on screen: click to pin them, then press Esc to dismiss.

All versions are described as free and work on every website, per the WhatFont site.