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Definately not a hard problem. For logos, impossible because of customisation, but for regular text, it's simple. Capture image, make a box around text, warp
by brador 11y ago
Definately not a hard problem. For logos, impossible because of customisation, but for regular text, it's simple. Capture image, make a box around text, warp to flatten, highten contrast, split characters, process characters for features, check against database of known features of fonts. It's similar to a facial recognition algorithm.
Problem is no monetization potential, so it's hobby project level.
- danieltillett 11y agoI think you are under estimating how similar many typefaces are to each other. When even human experts have a hard time determining which typeface is which you know it is a hard problem. I do agree 100% with you that any such product would be impossible to monetarise. I would certainly like to use it so I hope someone makes it.
- brador 11y ago> When even human experts have a hard time determining which typeface is which you know it is a hard problem A font is just a series of images with standardised traits. Computers are great at recognising these traits, and perfect for cross comparing them. It's just pixels.