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You don’t have to be a designer to appreciate good typography – just check out this student-made device that can detect and name fonts just by looking at it. Called Spector, the prototype is used to snap a photo of the text to determine the letters’ shape, symbols, and weight. The algorithm then cross-references this information to a font database to match it to the correct font in the photo. At this time, Spector can identify seven different font families, and tell you the font’s size, kerning, and leading. There’s even a mode to detect CMYK/RGB colors if you’re just looking for a hue match…

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