PDF Font Counter
Count how many distinct fonts are used across every page of a PDF, and see their names. Free, private, runs entirely in your browser.
Click to select a PDF file, or drag and drop
Your file never leaves your browserHow to Count Fonts in a PDF
- Upload the PDF you want to check.
- Click Count Fonts — every page's text is scanned for the fonts used to render it.
- See the total number of distinct fonts, and their names, in the results panel.
Example
A typical report built in Word or Google Docs might use just two fonts — a bold heading font and a regular body font — while a design-heavy brochure exported from InDesign could easily use six or more distinct typefaces across its pages.
Common Use Cases
- Auditing a document for excessive font variety before standardizing a template.
- Checking which fonts a PDF relies on before editing it in design software.
- Diagnosing font-related rendering or printing issues in a shared PDF.
FAQ
- Why does it say no fonts were detected? Scanned or photographed PDFs are just images of text with no underlying text layer, so there are no fonts to detect. Use a PDF with selectable text instead.
- Are the font names always the original font family name? Usually, but some PDFs use subsetted or renamed fonts (common with embedded fonts), which can show an internal identifier rather than the exact original font name.
- Is my file uploaded anywhere? No — analysis happens entirely in your browser; the PDF is never sent to a server.