What is TypeDNA?

TypeDNA is a robust, standalone Font Manager and plug-in set that seamlessly integrates with all of the most common host applications including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Microsoft Office. Once integrated, TypeDNA significantly enhances your application's font capabilities. For example, anyone can integrate TypeDNA with Adobe Photoshop to access a unique algorithm set that analyzes, matches and mixes similar font features. Combined, these grant anyone the power to FIND / SORT / CHOOSE / COMBINE and MANAGE fonts quickly and easily without having to understand formal typography rules.
Powerful Font Manager + Unique Plugins = TypeDNA

Overview of Features

  • Enhancing Photoshop, CS and Office Font Capabilities
  • Use TypeDNA to enhance built-in font capabilities for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Microsoft Office
  • - Full access to all installed fonts regardless of their status (active / inactive). Activate fonts directly within Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign
  • - Powerful search and filtering by Group/Set, font attribute, weight, style, classifications or serif/san serif without using meta font data
  • - Automated comparison and side-by-side multiple font preview
  • - Convenient multiple layer font management, used font overview and multiple layer simultaneous edits
  • - Smart Shop ready-to-use download directly within Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign
  • Plugin - Enhanced with "Magic"
  • - "Font Harmony™" helps you choose the right font for the job. Easily combine fonts to create appealing visuals without having to learn or understand typography! Save hours of time and open a whole new world of visual opportunities.
  • - "Similar Fonts™" streamlines your search! Just choose a reference font and click ‘Find Similar’. TypeDNA will analyze the characteristics of your font and list similar selections you could choose.
  • - "Font Recognition" determines which font has been used in a flattened JPG file without ever having to leave the Font Manager, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator.
  • - "Font-Substitution" instantly solves the problem of missing fonts shared across multiple documents.