Gallery: Handheld Tool Is Like Shazam for Fonts and OMG We Need It

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    Spector is a tool that can read print fonts and upload them directly to InDesign.
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    Hover Spector over a block of text and it will capture the font, and ID it.
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    The tool is also able to detect colors.
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    Right now it's just a working prototype, but here's hoping we can buy it someday.
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