Detect the fonts in a PDF
Screenshot a page and identify the typeface visually — or read the embedded font names straight from the file.
Drop a screenshot of your PDF page
Crop to a single line of body text or a heading for the most accurate reading.
Free and unlimited. No account. Your image is never stored.
Drag to select just the text. Tighter crops are far more accurate.
Which word?Pick the one whose font you want.
Check the letters.
Matching
Comparing letter shapes against 1,900+ fonts…
Results
How this was matched
Your image
Getting an accurate result
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A PDF often records its fonts internally. In Acrobat, open File → Properties → Fonts to see the exact embedded names, which beats any visual match.
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If the PDF only lists a subset-tagged name like "ABCDEF+Minion Pro", the prefix is a subsetting artefact — the real family is the part after the plus sign.
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For scanned PDFs there is no embedded font data at all, so a visual identification from a screenshot is the only option.
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Zoom to at least 200% before screenshotting so the letters are sharp.
Two ways to find a PDF’s fonts
If the PDF contains real text, the file itself already knows the answer. Every embedded font is recorded in the document properties, and reading that list is faster and more reliable than any visual comparison.
Visual identification matters for the other cases: scanned documents, flattened exports, or a PDF where you only have a screenshot rather than the file.
Reading a subset-tagged name
Embedded fonts frequently appear with a six-letter prefix, like
ABCDEF+SourceSerifPro-Regular. That prefix marks a subset — only the glyphs
actually used were embedded. Ignore it; the family name follows the plus sign.
Frequently asked questions
How do I see the fonts in a PDF without this tool?
Most PDF readers expose them. In Adobe Acrobat, File → Properties → Fonts lists every embedded font. In Preview on macOS, Tools → Show Inspector → Fonts. That metadata is authoritative when it exists.
Why does the PDF list a font I do not have?
PDFs embed the fonts they use, so a document can display a typeface you have never installed. The embedded copy renders the file but does not license the font for your own projects.
What if the PDF is a scan?
A scanned PDF is just an image of a page, with no font information inside it. Screenshot the text and identify it visually — that is exactly what this tool does.