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Fontsight vs Markdown Viewer

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Fontsight compared with Markdown Viewer
DetailFontsight logo FontsightMarkdown Viewer logo Markdown Viewer
What it doesPoint at any text to see the typeface that actually rendered, who made it, and the CSS to use it. Open, read, annotate and export local and web Markdown files in Chrome or Edge
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Pricing modelFree Freemium
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Key features
  • Identify fonts by pointing at text on any website
  • Shows the actual font that rendered, not just CSS fallbacks
  • Swap fonts and test alternatives on any website in real time
  • Built-in directory of 7,900+ font families from 197 type houses
  • Find free alternatives to paid fonts
  • Test fonts with waterfall, paragraph and glyph views
  • No account required, no data collection
  • Folder browsing and file navigation with reading position memory
  • Document outline and search across folder or document
  • Highlights, underlines, and comments linked to source
  • Diagram rendering including Mermaid, Graphviz, PlantUML and Vega-Lite
  • Math rendering with KaTeX and syntax-highlighted code
  • Multiple views as document, mind map, or presentation
  • Export to HTML, Word, PDF, PNG, SVG and JPEG
  • Customizable document themes and background skins
  • Localized interface in 15 languages
  • All processing and data stored locally on device
What makes it different
  • Identifies the actual font that rendered on the page, not just CSS preferences
  • Built-in font directory with 7,900+ families from 197 type houses and 98 brands' in-house fonts
  • Finds free Google Font alternatives to expensive paid typefaces
  • Test any font on any website with live preview and CSS output
  • Works offline with no account required
  • Renders technical Markdown inline including diagrams, math and code
  • Multiple connected views of the same file as document, mind map or presentation
  • Export to multiple formats without modifying the original Markdown
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Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)4 +1 (up) since last check8 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)05
Citation Flow (Majestic)022
Referring domains (Majestic)039

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