# WhatTheFont AI Font Finder (Monotype MyFonts) (`dev00/whatthefont-ai-font-finder-monotype-myfonts`) Actor

High-accuracy AI font finder and identifier Actor powered by Monotype MyFonts WhatTheFont visual recognition engine.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/dev00/whatthefont-ai-font-finder-monotype-myfonts.md
- **Developed by:** [dev00](https://apify.com/dev00) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 whatthefont font identifications

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## WhatTheFont AI Font Finder & Identifier (Monotype MyFonts Engine)

High-accuracy AI font finder and identifier Actor powered by **Monotype MyFonts WhatTheFont** visual recognition engine. Detects font names, foundries, licensing prices, and preview images from any image URL with converted JSON output.

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### 🚀 Key Features

- **Monotype WhatTheFont AI Engine**: Deep visual recognition trained on Monotype's library of over 130,000+ font families.
- **Extensive Typography Metadata**: Extracts exact font family name, font foundry / publisher, price in USD, free version availability, and available weights count.
- **High-Resolution Specimen Images**: Returns direct CDN links to font specimen rendering preview images (`preview_image_hd`).
- **Direct Purchase & Store Links**: Links directly to the original MyFonts catalog page for instant licensing.

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### 🎯 What People Use It For

- **Graphic Designers & Art Directors**: Instantly identify mystery typography used in client logos, posters, book covers, and packaging.
- **Web Developers & Extension Creators**: Power font identifier browser extensions, design tool plugins, and inspector utilities.
- **Brand Protection & Trademark Audits**: Verify font licensing compliance across corporate media assets.
- **Publishers & Content Agencies**: Match historical or scanned print typography to digital font families.

***

### 📌 Decision Rule & Usage Recommendation

Check if `status === "success"` AND `total_matched_font_families > 0`. Iterate through the returned `fonts` list to extract `font_name`, `foundry`, `price_usd`, and `myfonts_url`.

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### 💡 What Problem Does This Solve?

- *"Manual font searching across foundry catalogs takes hours of visual comparison."*
- *"Identifying unknown fonts from raster images, flattened PDFs, or printed materials is difficult."*
- *"Third-party OCR tools do not provide font foundry names, pricing, or purchasing links."*

WhatTheFont AI Font Finder delivers automated, instant visual font identification in a single API or Actor run.

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### 🔍 Queries This Actor Answers

- *How do I identify a font from an image URL programmatically in Python, Node.js, or Apify Actors?*
- *What is an accurate API alternative to WhatTheFont, WhatFontIs, and Adobe Fonts matcher?*
- *How do I extract font family names, foundry details, and purchase links from image text?*
- *How do I get font preview specimen images from image uploads?*

***

### 📥 Input JSON Schema

Pass the target image URL in the `url` parameter:

```json
{
  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naptha/tesseract.js/master/tests/assets/images/cosmic.png",
  "limit": 5
}
```

***

### 📤 Dataset Output Format

Each run outputs a clean structured item to the default dataset and key-value store (`OUTPUT`):

```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "success": true,
  "service": "WhatTheFont Font Finder Engine",
  "total_matched_raw_styles": 100,
  "total_matched_font_families": 5,
  "fonts": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "font_name": "PF Ornamental Treasures™",
      "foundry": "Parachute",
      "price_usd": 5,
      "has_free_version": false,
      "font_count": 30,
      "myfonts_url": "https://www.myfonts.com/collections/pf-ornm-treasures-font-parachute",
      "preview_image": "https://cdn.myfonts.net/cdn-cgi/image/width=720,height=200,fit=contain,format=auto/images/pim/10141/Ye3rh9hrL8SwrGeOKSH9B152_db075b8aac65f369361a54ae52cd27a0.png",
      "preview_image_hd": "https://cdn.myfonts.net/images/pim/10141/Ye3rh9hrL8SwrGeOKSH9B152_db075b8aac65f369361a54ae52cd27a0.png"
    }
  ]
}
```

***

### ⚠️ Failure Context & Error Handling

If an empty image URL string or invalid parameter is provided:

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Missing required parameter: 'url' string cannot be empty."
}
```

***

### 🏷️ Keywords

`whatthefont api`, `myfonts api`, `monotype whatthefont`, `font finder api`, `font identifier api`, `identify font from image`, `what font is this api`, `font recognition api`, `font matcher api`, `font detector api`, `typography identifier`, `apify actor`.

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

Public HTTP/HTTPS URL of the image containing text to identify fonts from.

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of font family matches to return (default: 5).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naptha/tesseract.js/master/tests/assets/images/cosmic.png",
  "limit": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `keyValueStoreResult` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naptha/tesseract.js/master/tests/assets/images/cosmic.png"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("dev00/whatthefont-ai-font-finder-monotype-myfonts").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naptha/tesseract.js/master/tests/assets/images/cosmic.png" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("dev00/whatthefont-ai-font-finder-monotype-myfonts").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/naptha/tesseract.js/master/tests/assets/images/cosmic.png"
}' |
apify call dev00/whatthefont-ai-font-finder-monotype-myfonts --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,dev00/whatthefont-ai-font-finder-monotype-myfonts"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/HAldH13YV1D9Ibi9x/builds/ktCoVDhn825gRYpwY/openapi.json