A cool app just appeared on the iPhone App store: WTF – or to give its full name – What The Font – is a free app that replicates the functionality of the website (of the same name) that can work out what a typeface is, just from looking at a couple of characters. It means that you can take a photo of any poster, magazine or advert that you happen to be going past and find out what the typeface is. Ace!
But does it work? Well, there are a couple of limitations: firstly, WTF only accesses the library of fonts on the MyFonts website, so anything obscure or from smaller type foundries will probably not be on there. Secondly, the iPhone camera isn’t auto-focusing, so getting sharp images of type is a little tricky. But hey, it’s free — you aren’t going to see me complaining!
