Best iPhone App Ever?

Being a designer I seem to have evolved into quite the font junkie. I am constantly on the lookout for the latest fonts, new fonts, new trends in branding & advertising. I can’t even count the times that I have been walking through a store, or down a street & spotted the “perfect” typestyle for a project. Inspiration comes from strange places, and rarely do I have my laptop with me when it strikes. By the time I get back to my desk, the inspiring font is just a memory.

Enter my new best friend – WhatTheFont for the iPhone. I have long been a fan of the WhatTheFont website, an incredible tool for sourcing fonts from a sample. Simply scan and/or upload an image of the font in question, and the magical WhatTheFont system analyzes the font and provides a list of potentials. More often than not this website is BANG on with its guess, saving literally hours of combing through thousands of rarely-used typestyles, trying to find a perfect match.

The mobile version couldn’t be handier. You can literally walk up to the font you admire, open the app & use your iPhone’s camera to snap a photo, upload to the WhatTheFont database and presto – a perfect match, on the go, without even putting down your latte.

I’m in love.