Typecat

Typecat allows you to search and filter fonts based on visual features including

width
height
aspect ratio
thickness
thickness variation
category
similarity almost

Dependencies

Most python dependencies will be auto-installed by pip.

These are the other dependences required:

Linux

Most Linux installations will have what typecat requires. If not, find the necessary packages in your package manager.

Mac

Run bash /path/to/typecat/mac-install.sh to install all necessary dependencies with brew. If brew is not installed it will be installed automatically.

Windows

Install MSYS2 and run this in msys: pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk3 mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-gobject

Disclaimer! Due to lack of access to a Windows machine, this installation process has never been tested.

Installation

Once the dependencies have been installed, navigate to the typecat github directory and run pip3 install . (you may need root/admin privileges). You can now run it from anywhere on the system with python3 -m typecat.

Status

While it is currently fully functioning, there remains to be a lot of room for improvement.

Better feature spreading
Categorization (That's happening like, right now)
Feature/font similarity
Font pairings
Config/reload window