How to Find a Font from a Screenshot on iPhone or Android
Saw a font you like in an app or on Instagram? Take a screenshot and identify it in under a minute, right from your phone. Here's how.
Most of the fonts we fall for are on our phones: Instagram posts, TikTok captions, app screens, restaurant menus. You don’t need a computer to identify them. Here’s how to go from screenshot to font name on an iPhone or an Android phone, in about a minute.
Step 1: Take a screenshot
- iPhone with Face ID: press the side button and the volume-up button at the same time.
- iPhone with a Home button: press the side (or top) button and the Home button together.
- Most Android phones: press the power button and the volume-down button together. Many phones also have a screenshot button in the quick-settings panel.
Tip: zoom in before you capture, so the text fills as much of the screen as possible. Bigger letters give better matches.
Step 2: Crop it (optional)
Open the screenshot in Photos (iPhone) or Google Photos or Gallery (Android). Tap Edit, then Crop, and trim the image down to the text you care about.
You can skip this step. Whatsdafont lets you draw a box around the text after you upload.
Step 3: Upload it to Whatsdafont
- Open whatsdafont.com/ in Safari or Chrome.
- Tap browse in the upload area and choose your photo library.
- Pick your screenshot.
Step 4: Box the text and identify it
Drag your finger across the image to draw a box around one line of text. Then tap Identify font. Within seconds you’ll see the closest fonts, ranked by how well they match, each with a live preview.
Type your own words into the preview box to compare them. It’s the fastest way to see which one really fits.
Step 5: Save or get the font
Tap Copy name to copy the font’s name, or Get font to go where you can download it. Free fonts link straight to Google Fonts.
Make it one tap next time. In Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen. In Chrome on Android, tap the three-dot menu, then Add to Home screen. Whatsdafont will sit on your home screen like an app.
Screenshot tips that improve accuracy
- Capture large, sharp text. Tiny captions are hard to read.
- Choose a line that uses only one font.
- Words with letters like a, g, R, y or & are easier to match than all capitals or numbers.
- If text sits over a busy photo, find a frame where the background is plainer.
- Avoid screenshots of screenshots. Every re-share adds blur.
For more ways to improve a match, see How to Identify a Font from an Image.
Why can’t my phone just tell me the font?
Phones can read the words in an image, and features like iPhone’s Live Text or Google Lens will copy them for you. They don’t tell you the typeface, though. Naming a font means comparing the shapes of the letters with thousands of typefaces, and that’s what a font identifier does.
What about fancy Instagram bio fonts?
Many of the “fancy fonts” you see in Instagram bios and comments aren’t fonts at all. They’re special Unicode characters made with online text generators, which is why they paste as text anywhere. If you want that look in a real design, screenshot it and Whatsdafont will suggest the closest actual fonts.
Try it on your next screenshot
Got a screenshot waiting in your camera roll? Open Whatsdafont and find out what font it is. It’s free, there’s no sign-up, and your screenshot is never saved.