Font Inspector for
Microsoft Edge.

Edge is built on Chromium, the same engine as Chrome, so it runs Chrome extensions as they are. Font Inspector installs from the Chrome Web Store in about a minute.

Install it in Microsoft Edge

  1. Open the Font Inspector page on the Chrome Web Store in Edge, using the button on this page.
  2. Edge shows a banner asking whether to allow extensions from other stores. Choose Allow extensions from other stores, then confirm.
  3. Start the install from the store page, then choose Add extension when Edge asks.
  4. Open the extensions menu in the toolbar and make Font Inspector visible, so its icon is one click away.
  5. Refresh any page that was already open, click the icon and choose Pick text on page.
You only allow other stores once. After that, Chrome Web Store extensions install in Edge like any other.
The Font Inspector panel showing the family, rendered font, weight, size and line height of a headline

What you get

  • The font family, the font actually rendered, and a warning when a fallback is showing.
  • Size in px, em and rem, weight, line height, letter spacing and colors with a contrast check.
  • Every font on the page, ranked by how much text it sets.
  • Copy any style as CSS, Tailwind classes or SCSS variables.
  • A local library to pin, group, compare and export what you find.

New to it? Start with how to identify the font on any website.

Find a font in Microsoft Edge without an extension

Microsoft Edge has the same developer tools as Chrome, so you can always check a font by hand.

  1. Right-click the text and choose Inspect.
  2. In the Elements panel, open the Computed tab and find font-family. That is the stack the page asks for.
  3. Scroll to Rendered Fonts at the bottom of the same tab. It names the font actually drawn and says whether it is a network resource or a local file.

That works well for one element. It gets slow when you want every font on a page, the values as CSS, or a record of what you found, and that is the gap the extension fills. The full walkthrough is in how to find a font with Chrome DevTools, which applies to Microsoft Edge as well.

If it does not work

  • Nothing happens on a page that was already open. Refresh it once. Extensions only reach pages loaded after they were installed or updated.
  • The page is an internal one. Microsoft Edge blocks all extensions on edge:// pages and on the Chrome Web Store. Try a normal website.
  • The text is part of an image. No code inspector can read pixels. See how to identify a font from an image.
  • The text sits in an embedded frame. That is fine. Font Inspector works inside iframes, as explained in how to find a font inside an iframe or embed.

Questions & answers

Does Font Inspector work in Microsoft Edge?

Yes. Edge is a Chromium browser and installs extensions from the Chrome Web Store once you allow extensions from other stores.

Is Font Inspector in the Edge Add-ons store?

Not at the moment. Install it from the Chrome Web Store, which Edge supports directly.

Can I find a font in Edge without an extension?

Yes. Edge has the same DevTools as Chrome: right-click the text, choose Inspect, open the Computed tab and look at Rendered Fonts.

Is Font Inspector free in Edge?

Yes. It is free in every browser it supports, with no account and no paid plan.

Why does nothing happen when I click the icon in Edge?

Pages that were open before you installed the extension need one refresh. Edge also blocks all extensions on its own internal pages and on the Chrome Web Store.