About FontScanner
We help web teams, agencies, and businesses discover every font on their websites and in uploaded PDFs — and understand licensing risk before it becomes a legal problem.
Our mission
Fonts are everywhere on the web — but most teams don't know which typefaces their sites actually load, let alone whether they're properly licensed. A single unlicensed commercial font can lead to cease-and-desist letters, project delays, and unexpected licensing costs.
FontScanner was built to solve this. We crawl websites the same way a browser does, detect every font source — from Google Fonts CDN links to self-hosted WOFF files and Adobe Typekit scripts — and you can also upload PDFs to extract embedded fonts. We cross-reference findings against our database of 2,000+ known commercial typefaces to surface licensing risk before it becomes a problem.
How FontScanner works
From a domain or PDF upload to a compliance report.
Enter a domain or upload a PDF
Paste any website URL, or upload a PDF from your dashboard. No code changes, plugins, or DNS configuration required.
Deep detection
Sites: we scan pages, parse CSS and JavaScript, detect @font-face, CDN links, and fonts in linked PDFs. Documents: we extract embedded fonts from your upload.
Actionable report
Review license alerts, catalog matches, and exportable reports for your team or clients.
What we detect
FontScanner finds fonts on live sites and inside documents.
Google Fonts & Bunny Fonts
Fonts loaded via CDN links, link tags, and @import rules.
Adobe Fonts / Typekit
Commercial fonts loaded through Adobe's Typekit JavaScript and CSS endpoints.
Self-hosted fonts
WOFF, WOFF2, TTF, and OTF files served from your domain via @font-face rules.
CSS stacks & system fonts
font-family declarations in stylesheets, inline HTML, and computed page styles.
Uploaded & linked PDFs
Embedded fonts in PDFs you upload, plus PDFs linked from pages during a site crawl.
Scan report sections
Every scan produces a detailed audit with the sections below — available on your scan detail page.
Licensed Fonts — Action Required
Commercial fonts actively loaded or distributed from your site. Shows vendor, license type, affected pages, and links to purchase or verify licenses.
Mentioned in CSS — No Distribution
Paid fonts referenced in CSS font-family stacks without actual font file loading. Usually indicates system-font fallbacks with no web licensing obligation.
Unverified Self-Hosted Fonts
Fonts served from your domain that couldn't be matched to our license database. Flagged for manual licensing verification.
PDF Embedded Fonts
Fonts embedded in PDFs linked from your site, or in a PDF you uploaded for a document audit.
Font Health Report
Overall compliance score with severity-rated checks (critical, warning, info) and specific recommendations to improve your font licensing posture.
Page Breakdown
Expandable per-page view showing every font name, source (CDN, CSS file, JavaScript), license status badges, and source code snippets.
Who uses FontScanner
Anyone responsible for a website's typography and legal compliance.
Web agencies & studios
Audit client sites and deliverable PDFs before launch. Include font compliance in your QA checklist.
E-commerce & brands
Verify that your storefront, marketing pages, and document assets use properly licensed fonts at scale.
Developers & DevOps
Catch unlicensed fonts introduced by themes, third-party widgets, or CDN changes during deployments.
Legal & compliance teams
Get documented evidence of font usage across web properties and PDF assets for licensing audits.
Start your first scan
Create a free account and get 1 scan credit for a website or PDF. No credit card required.
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