I came across this project but can't find any information about it. Is anybody here familiar with it?
Having dabbled with something similar, I'm impressed by them having access to nearly 100.000 fonts. The scanning and fingerprinting are relatively straightforward from a technical perspective, but to recognise a font you'd have to somehow compare it to the original font. I figured if 650 foundries would be in on this, there'd be more to be found about this project online.
I see the address is the same as Font Ninja, https://www.fonts.ninja/, so my guess is they're sharing the library.
Is anyone here sharing their fonts? Or have an idea of how effective this service is? On paper it looks like something many folks here would appreciate, after reading about previous projects like TypeSnitch on this forum.
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Font Radar also makes it very easy to contact these individuals and companies so that you can discuss correcting their font licensing. You can keep track of cases easily and filter out legitimate instances swiftly. The whole site is beautifully put together and works efficiently and effectively. Once you are in dialogue with an individual or company, I have found that they either remove the fonts or obtain a licence within 24 hours.
I would recommend Font Radar to every type designer and foundry.
Thanks @Paulo Goode
@Roel Nieskens let me know if you have any questions, I'll be glad to answers them (althought I won't be able to share all our tricks )
@Axel CORJON No need to share the secret sauce, I understand. I guess I was mostly wondering if I was reading a fantastic promo blurb, or if this service works as advertised. Kudos for setting up something as big as this. As a web developer, I hope you can find a way to share some anonymised stats. I'm sure you can provide lots of insights in font piracy.
I would love to, I'll work on it later this year and share what I can.