About WhatFont
WhatFont does one thing and does it in two clicks. Turn it on, hover over any text and a small tag names the font. Click, and a panel shows the styles applied. Press covered it as early as 2014, and its developer says 3 million people use it. The Chrome listing is by Chengyin Liu, who also publishes the Safari apps.
Version 3.3.0, released on 12 October 2026, redesigned the details panel. It now shows the real font name, where the font comes from, letter spacing, line height in pixels and the HTML element. You can click any value to copy it or copy all the CSS at once. It also works in Safari on Mac, iPhone and iPad through free apps.
It is deliberately small. It names the font and its styles but does not tell you the licence or where to buy it, which is where Fonts Ninja is stronger. Chrome's listing says the developer collects no data, and the Safari privacy policy says the apps use no analytics, advertising or tracking. We could not find a public source repository, and the Chrome rating is 3.8 from about 2,100 ratings. If you only need to know what a font is, this is the quickest way.
Pros and cons
- Hover to see the font, click for the styles
- Click any value to copy it, or copy all the CSS
- Free, with Safari apps for Mac, iPhone and iPad
- Safari privacy policy rules out analytics, ads and tracking
- Does not show licence or where to buy the font
- No Firefox version
- No public source repository found
Permissions
It asks only for activeTab, scripting and storage, so it runs on the page where you switch it on rather than on every site. The Chrome listing says the developer does not collect or use your data.
