The good point is you can also use it to find a free font with the same specifications that a paid version. This tool is an excellent way to find some clues if you’re not a typographer. Those are the basics to begin a research.
Be careful of image contrasts, they have to be strong. Just fills one of the field available and click to Continue. This website is actually easy to use, if you have the URL of an image, or a real image in your computer that contains the font you are looking for. To turn Fount off, just click the bookmarklet. After adding the bookmark: Go to any site and click the Fount bookmarklet. It’ll also tell you the font size, weight, and style. And you know what? I found one to help me in that task. Fount will tell you which web font in your font-stack you are actually seeing not just what is supposed to be seen.
When I need to find the name of a typeface I saw, I have two solutions: asking Twitter (so, what?!) or using a tool to help me. Yep, it’s happening to me too, sometimes. “This font is just awesome! I want the same for my new project!”.