Find inspiration — anywhere.
Whether you're building a brand system for a global client or designing a poster for your local band, snap inspirational photos on the go, then open them in Illustrator and locate the font you need.
Solve font mysteries, fast.
Retype is integrated with Adobe Fonts and quickly searches a library of over 30,000 typefaces to find you the perfect font for every project.
Save time with Retype.
Identify fonts in any image — even static ones — so you don’t have to spend time searching through typefaces looking for a match.
Identify fonts from past projects.
Use Retype to identify a rasterised or outlined text in an old project by quickly searching more than 30,000 fonts from the Adobe Fonts library or your local font library to find the perfect match.
Discover similar typefaces.
Retype finds the closest match to the font you’re looking for, as well as several similar fonts so you can experiment with different looks until you find the one you like best. Favourite fonts right in the Retype tool so it’s easy to find them later.
How to identify fonts with Retype.
Finding that elusive font has never been easier.
- Open your file in Illustrator and select the image or outlined font. Select Retype from the Contextual Task Bar or go to Type > Retype and select Match Font.
- Retype will automatically display a list of suggested fonts. Each area of text used in the image will be highlighted within a dotted line. To refresh your suggestions, click the text you want to match.
- Click the star next to your preferred font so you can find it easily and use it in your next project. Tip: You can favourite more than one font.
Questions? We have answers.
To identify a font used in an image or outline text, open the file in Illustrator and select Retype from the Contextual Task Bar or go to Type > Retype > Match Font and the Retype tool will suggest matching fonts.
Yes. Simply snap a photo of the font and then open that image in Illustrator and use the Retype tool to identify matching fonts.
Retype automatically detects fonts and quickly locates matching ones from more than 30,000 fonts from the Adobe Fonts library or your local font library. You can then choose from a list of suggested typefaces until you find the look you like best.
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