- Is my image really never uploaded anywhere?
- Yes — 100% guaranteed. All processing happens in your browser using WebAssembly. Open your browser's network inspector while running a detection and you will see zero requests containing your image. The only external request is loading the ONNX model file from HuggingFace (one-time, then cached), and loading the identified font stylesheet from Google Fonts for the preview.
- Why does the model take a moment to load the first time?
- The EfficientNet B3 model file is 64 MB. On a fast connection this takes 5–15 seconds. After the first load it is stored in IndexedDB — your browser's persistent storage — so future visits skip the download entirely and identification is near-instant. Clearing your browser's site data will require a fresh download.
- What fonts can it identify?
- The model was trained on 3,473 variants of Google Fonts, covering styles like Regular, Bold, Italic, Light, and variable-font axes. It recognises popular families such as Open Sans, Roboto, Lato, Playfair Display, Merriweather, and many more. It does not recognise proprietary fonts (Helvetica, Futura, Adobe families) or handwriting/script fonts outside the Google Fonts library — if your font is one of those, the result will show the closest-looking Google Font as a substitute.
- How accurate is the font identification?
- On clean text at typical screen resolutions the top-1 accuracy is high for common fonts. For decorative, condensed, or very similar weight variants (e.g. Roboto Light vs. Roboto Regular) the correct answer may appear in positions 2–5. Always glance at the live preview — if the text looks right, the font is right. The confidence percentage gives a rough signal: above 60% is usually a strong match.
- Can I use the identified font on my website?
- All fonts in the Google Fonts library are open-source and free to use under the SIL Open Font License or Apache License. Click "Open on Google Fonts" to see usage terms and download options. Click "Copy @import" to get the CSS snippet you can paste into your stylesheet immediately — the font will load from Google's CDN.