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If you’re a fan of fonts, you might have collected quite a few fun fonts in your font library. To see which one works best for your needs, you may be testing them out one at a time, finding your favorites and then comparing them side-by-side.
You can save lots of time by seeing how text looks in all of your fonts instantly. A website called wordmark.it lets you preview text in all of your fonts at once. Instead of typing text and choosing each font individually, you can type text and see how it looks in all of your fonts, allowing you to compare your fonts easily and efficiently.
Use wordmark.it to check out fonts for your website, resume, work or school projects, marketing materials, invitations, image quotes or other places where font matters. The website is free and you don’t need to register or sign up for an account to use it. You just type in your text to preview fonts from your font library instantly.
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How to Use Wordmark.it
Wordmark.it is a free website that instantly identifies which fonts you have in your font library. Type text into the box in the middle of the top menu and hit Enter. You’ll be shown the text in all the fonts in your font library. The fonts appear in alphabetical order so you can scroll down to find your favorite fonts.
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If you type a lot of text or have a lot of fonts, you may have to click the Load More Fonts button at the bottom of the screen to display the text in all of your fonts.
This site is very handy when you want to see how special characters look, such as numbers, punctuation, and other characters. Type the entire alphabet or just the characters you want to see.
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Filtering Fonts
If you have a lot of fonts, seeing the text in all of your fonts may be a bit overwhelming. No worries, you can filter out your favorites so you can compare selected fonts side-by-side.
For example, let’s say you know you want to use a script font. Type your text in the box, hit Enter and it will appear in all of your fonts.
Click on the script fonts you want to compare, they’ll be highlighted by a green box. Then click filter selected on the right side of the top menu. Your text will appear below in the script fonts you’ve chosen.
You can narrow down your selections by removing any filtered fonts you don’t like. Hover your cursor over the upper right corner of the font box and a green Remove button will appear. Click on that Remove button to make that font disappear from your filtered font selections.
You can clear all of your selections by clicking deselect at the top of the screen.
If you’re working on a group project you can share your filtered fonts with others by clicking the Share & Get Feedback button below your selected fonts. You can share your selected fonts via Twitter, Facebook and/or email.
More Font Fun
Wordmark.it helps you compare fonts even more by giving you alternative ways of viewing your fonts. Click positive/negative to see your fonts in white on a black background. Click it again to go back to black font on a white background.
Click on aa/Aa/AA to see your font in lowercase, uppercase and a mix of both cases.
You can change the font size by clicking on the font size button to the right of the text box. Enter the number of the size font you want to see.
Click on the smaller/bigger button to see your fonts in larger or smaller sizes. The larger sizes are easier to see but not as many fonts will fit on your screen.
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You don’t need to sign up for an account with wordmark.it to preview your fonts, but you can sign up for a free account if you want to save your results.
Your Thoughts
Do you think font matters? Have you been adding to your font library? Do you like the idea of saving time by comparing your fonts side-by-side? Have you ever tried wordmark.it? Let us know in the Comments section below!
Wow, when I visited the website I thought there’s no way it would pick up a Google font that I’d installed on Adobe Illustrator, but it did indeed!
I’ll definitely be using this site often as I seem to be forever testing out how typography looks.
Thank you so much for telling me about it 🙂
Hi Donald, I’m so glad that Wordmark.it will be helpful to you. Yes, if you choose fonts often this site can save you loads of time. It may even inspire you to consider fonts you wouldn’t have thought of, but seeing the text in that font makes it a contender.
Now all you have to do is figure out what to do with all your newly-found free time! 😉
Hi Carolyn,
That was an informative post 🙂
Yes, I’ve tried other font sites but never really had enough time or patience to go through and check each font! But I liked the idea, as mentioned in this post about wordmark.it, where you can preview your fonts and compare them side by side – what a time saver, especially for busy bloggers!
The only issue that might crop up, as I faced it once was whether our blogs, and the theme mainly would readily take up any chosen font? I had earlier tried downloading a font I liked, and even added it to the system files etc (thanks to Vinay), but it didn’t show up. Perhaps the fonts on Wordmark would – need to give it a try for sure.
Thanks for sharing this with us. Have a nice week ahead 🙂
Hi Harleena, You bring up an excellent point. Yes, you can add fonts to your blog, but readers won’t see the fonts unless they have the fonts on their computers. So if you use a rare font, then readers will see a default font instead.
But you can use your special fonts in images, for example by using PicMonkey, which you can include in your posts or header image in your blog. When the fonts are used in images, then your readers can see the fonts.
Similarly, if you were choosing a font for a printed item, such as a greeting card, resume, brochure, etc, then anyone could see your chosen font(s).
Yes, Wordmark.it is so easy and fast to use, it makes life more efficient and it’s free. That’s exactly the type of tech I love to share with Wonder of Tech readers!
Hi Carolyn,
Thanks, this will be really useful for me. I’ve just checked all my fonts and installed even more. I had a poster competition that I thought about entering. They will be easier to design with this font preview tool.
I have a graduate from China staying with me, so life has taken an interesting turn! I’m untidy and she is so tidy, she can’t remember where she put things! All the students have graduated now, but I will still help those doing post grad degrees. I might be photographing an event this afternoon, so I’ll take her along to meet the mayor! It is very weird for me to have someone living here after 11 years living alone. It was my birthday yesterday, so she met my brothers and my sister, we had a small party. She bought me a birthday cake and ordered champagne. Walmart was out of champagne and I have celiac disease so couldn’t eat the cake, but it was OK; I photographed it and blew out the candles!
Hi Mike, Happy belated birthday! I’m glad you got to celebrate by doing your favorite thing, taking photos! (I didn’t know Walmart had come to the UK, very cool.)
Yes, Wordmark.it is so easy to use and very handy. I wish I knew about it before because I have a lot of fonts and am constantly testing fonts. Now that PicMonkey allows us to use our own fonts, I can spend a lot of time testing fonts to pick the right one. Wordmark.it is going to save me a lot of time because I will be able to see all of my fonts at once!
Hi Carolyn
I’ve just had some fun playing around with Wordmark.it and I love it. I like the list of 100 best free fonts too.
If only I knew about this a fortnight ago. I messed around for ages looking for the most suitable font for a mini poster someone wanted.
Unlike some of the Adobe apps, at least MS Word shows you what a font looks like without having to apply it first. However, this is the best method I’ve seen yet.
– Thanks
Hi Kevin, I’m with you. I wish I knew about Wordmark years ago, it would have saved me a lot of time! Like you, I check out a lot of fonts to find just the right one.
That’s great you’re loving Wordmark. I can see why, it’s easy to use, free and instant. I hope Wordmark saves you a lot of time, Kevin!
Hi Carolyn,
I often play around with fonts for banners, headlines, as well as general blog stuff, and so often I forget the names of the combinations I like, so being able to see things side by side is awesome! Way better than scrolling through a list of names.
I had a problem scrolling with the site in Chome, the fonts would gradually disappear, but in IE it worked fine.
In any case, really nice resource, thanks for sharing it.
-AJ
Hi AJ, I’m so glad to hear that Wordmark is helpful to you. Yes, this site can save you loads of time and help make you more efficient as you view fonts side-by-side instantly. You may even want to sign up for an account so you can save your favorites!
Sorry to hear you were having problems viewing the fonts in Chrome. I used Chrome exclusively to test Wordmark and didn’t have any problems viewing the fonts. I wonder if you’re having a conflict with a Chrome extension?
I’m glad you are enjoying Wordmark, AJ. Thanks for taking the time to let us know!
wordmark.it is simple great. thanks Carolyn for sharing this interesting info.
Hi Sathish, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! That’s fantastic you’re enjoying Wordmark too. I’ve been using it every day to test fonts. I find I’m using fonts in my library I’ve never considered before. I hope you’re discovering some new favorite fonts too, Sathish.
Thanks for your visit and your wonderful comment.
Hey Carolyn,
I actually love this site. There have been many times I’ve been in search of some new fonts and added them to my sites. Looking at all of them and how they look here laid out like this though is just a lot neater to view.
You can see what you like and what you don’t like and then of course add more as well.
What a cool site, thank you for sharing this. You find the best things online my friend, thank goodness. I can always count on you.
~Adrienne
Hi Adrienne, Yes, when I found Wordmark, I was so very excited to share it with Wonder of Tech readers. I knew that this tool would save people a lot of time and effort in comparing fonts. Hey, if you use any sort of software that lets you choose a font, you’ve probably been testing the fonts one at a time. Wordmark lets you check out all of them at once. So cool!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us, Adrienne. I hope Wordmark saves you plenty of time!
Hi Carolyn,
Really interesting!
I just tried it, and I did see a variety of fonts for text I type. 😀
It will be facilitate people in many ways. I like the idea of seeing a font like this, because sometimes I also get problems with my fonts as well. Thanks for sharing this with us, Carolyn. 🙂
Do have a wonderful week ahead!
~Nanda
Hi Nanda, I’m so glad Wordmark will be helpful to you. This is the exact type of tech I like to cover: tech that is free and helps a lot of people. You may find that you’re using fonts you wouldn’t have considered without Wordmark.
Enjoy your fonts, Nanda!
What a neat way of picking fonts! I was doing this tedious job just yesterday, trying to pick a nice font for some banners. I wish I would have known about your post a day ago, would have made things so much easier. Clicking around on Photoshop, testing all possible choices on different layers… never doing that again. At least not at this scale, maybe with the few best candidates for that design.
Thank you for sharing this, definitely bookmarking that site for the future.
Hi Terje, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m so glad this is helpful to you. Yes, if you’re trying to compare fonts, this tool can’t be beat. It’s instant and free with no software to download. How handy can you get?
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us, Terje!