List fonts used in a PSD file

Posted on September 16, 2007 | 34 Responses

The commonmost problem I face whenever I buy new designs is that sometimes I need to know all the fonts that were used to make the PSD file. Sometimes Photoshop popups a ugly message saying some fonts are missing and it has no inbuilt method to tell you which font was used. So how to tell which fonts are needed?

There is a crude method to put type tool to every text in the PSD and check on which text it says missing font. That is a bit unprofessional method and does not work if you have large amount of text in design.

Second method is to use a Javascript. Oh No, don’t panic, this is not complex and you don’t even need to know Javascript because its a readymade script available.

Download Script

Now in photoshop, go to File>>Scripts>>Browse and now locate the folder which contains the font.jsx file. And after selecting the script file, click Load.

Now it will ask for location of the folder which contains the PSD for which you want to know the fonts of. After then click Ok and then wait for some time. Don’t click anywhere in PS for the time being. After sometime, you will notice a file named fonts.txt in the same folder which contained the PSD file. The text file will contain the list of all fonts used in the PSD file.

Cool Na? :cool:

Script Courtsey: Photoshop Scripting Community

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34 responses to “List fonts used in a PSD file”

  1. List fonts used in a PSD file « kogumine
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  2. DrCord
    DrCord
    August 4, 2010 at 8:31 pm | | Reply

    This script is awesome, not only does it announce all the fonts but tells you specifically which file they are, It also works in CS5 perfectly.

  3. Steak
    Steak
    June 19, 2010 at 6:01 pm | | Reply

    My muddaboard crashed, and after backing up and reinstalling I thought I was fucked- but thanks to your script I have saved so much time!

    And as far as CS4 telling me the fonts that are missing, I guess mine is special:)

    Thanks for a great script!

  4. eMazing
    eMazing
    June 12, 2010 at 2:11 am | | Reply

    I tested it on CS5. It’s still working. Very very useful script!!!! I love it <3

  5. Lazy
    Lazy
    June 10, 2010 at 8:36 pm | | Reply

    Thanks a lot! It save much time!

  6. Mazhar
    Mazhar
    December 23, 2009 at 6:38 pm | | Reply

    Is there any script like this for adobe illustrator?

  7. Kate
    Kate
    December 19, 2009 at 1:25 am | | Reply

    I tried to use this in CS3 and it had an error.

    Error 1200: Internal error
    Line 77
    -> function_ftn(doc, layer) {

    Would love to use it if it worked!

  8. Jean
    Jean
    November 9, 2009 at 5:38 pm | | Reply

    Im trying it out but PS CS4 seems to be crashing when i run it.

  9. Multimedia Design
    Multimedia Design
    September 13, 2009 at 8:29 am | | Reply

    This seems really handy. I’ll have to remember this.
    However, Photoshop CS4 now announces the fonts that aren’t open when you open a file.

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