Use Case

Website Font Detection & Analysis

Identify and analyze fonts used on any website. Capture typography specimens for design reference and brand audits.

Overview

Typography defines brand identity. Whether you're a designer researching inspiration, a brand manager auditing consistency, or a developer matching fonts across platforms, capturing and analyzing website typography is essential.

Screenshotly captures pixel-perfect screenshots that preserve font rendering exactly as users see it. Combined with metadata extraction, you can document font stacks, sizes, weights, and line heights across any website. This is invaluable for design system documentation, competitive analysis, and brand audits.

Use targeted element capture to isolate headings, body text, and UI components for typography specimen sheets. Compare rendering across devices to ensure consistent brand presentation.

Key Benefits

Capture exact font rendering across browsers

Create typography specimen sheets

Audit brand consistency across pages

Compare fonts on different devices

Results You Can Expect

Pixel-perfect

font rendering capture

Multi-device

typography comparison

Automated

brand consistency audit

How It Works

Enter the target website URL

Capture screenshots at multiple viewport sizes

Isolate specific text elements with selector targeting

Compare typography rendering across devices

Export specimens for design documentation

Code Example

// Capture typography specimens
const captureTypography = async (url) => {
  const specimens = await fetch('https://api.screenshotly.app/screenshot', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      url,
      device: 'desktop',
      format: 'png',
      selector: 'h1, h2, h3, p',
      fullPage: false,
    }),
  });

  return specimens;
};

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I capture how fonts render differently across browsers?

Yes. Capture the same page across different browser engines to compare font rendering. This helps identify font smoothing differences and ensures your typography looks great everywhere.

How do I create a typography style guide from screenshots?

Capture isolated headings, body text, and UI labels using CSS selector targeting. Combine these captures into a comprehensive typography specimen sheet for your design system.

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