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What Font - find font

(111 reviews)
1,000,000 users
Updated September 5, 2024
make_chrome_yours/accessibilitychromeVersion 5.4.6
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Description

Lets you know what font is used on any website

Extension Rankings

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Ranking Summary

#373

Overall Rank

#351

Extension Rank

#151

"Affiliate" Keyword

#262

"Refresh" Keyword

#112

"Position" Keyword

#7

"Font" Keyword

#32

"Detect" Keyword

#195

Featured Rank

0

Review Summary

Users appreciate 'What Font - find font' for its quick and easy font identification capabilities, outperforming similar tools and even working well on mobile devices. However, multiple users report reliability issues, especially with embedded or custom fonts, and express confusion about utilizing detected fonts. Most critically, there are several serious complaints about the extension behaving maliciously—causing redirects, injecting ads, and suspected malware—which has severely damaged its reputation among users.

Pros

  • Instantly identifies font name by hovering over text, saving time.
  • Simple, fast, and easy to use compared to other font finder tools.
  • Accurate font detection in most cases, praised for effectiveness.
  • Provides additional details like font color, enhancing functionality.
  • Works well on mobile devices, including small screens.

Cons

  • Sometimes fails to detect embedded or custom fonts, especially those loaded via CSS variables.
  • Unclear guidance on how to find or use the detected font after identification.
  • Reported issues with bugs and non-functionality on certain websites.
  • Severe concerns about malware and browser redirects to unrelated or malicious sites
  • Extension injecting ads and redirecting users without consent, impacting user trust.

Permissions

This extension can:

  • scripting
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • activeTab

This extension can access:

  • <all_urls>

Additional Information

Version

5.4.6

Updated

September 5, 2024

Size

0.14 MB

Languages

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Developer Information

Authoryannick.rene1991
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