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Welcome to the developer documentation for the Mixfont API. Mixfont helps developers identify type from images and work with practical open-source font matches. The font recognition model analyzes an image URL, finds the largest readable word, and returns a ranked list of visually similar open-source fonts. It works with screenshots, logos, posters, packaging, and other flattened design references without manual character selection or bounding boxes. Example of the font recognition model Use the model to find an open-source substitute for a font in an image. Suggested fonts are released under either the OFL (Open Font License) or the Apache License, so they are free to use for personal and commercial projects. Mixfont is also preparing additional API capabilities for font-specific workflows. The API reference includes a coming-soon page for font generation.

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Setting up the API

Before you make your first request, create an API key.
  1. Visit Mixfont and sign in.
  2. Create a key for the API.
  3. Include the key in the x-api-key header for each request.

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API reference

Font recognition

Send an image URL and get the closest matching open source fonts for the largest detected word in the image.

Font generation

Generate fonts with Mixfont via the API. Coming soon.

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Examples

You can try the font recognition model using the UI at https://www.mixfont.com/identify (sign in required). Here is an example output from the model: Example output from the Mixfont font recognition API