[amelius]

If you want to take it a step further: there's an app ([1]) that allows you to aim your smartphone camera at a sign, and it will identify the font, translate the sign to a different language, and edit the image with the translated text. All in real time.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs

[XaspR8d]

I'm not intimately familiar with this app, but I've used Google's version quite a few times. I don't think either really identifies the font much more than separating into a few different categories (e.g. serif vs sans). Not to mention, it struggles with more decorative typefaces.

That said, this tech has been around for years and I still think it's magic every time.

[zeratax]

checking the description, I think it is now google translate.

[fractallyte]

Word Lens was actually introduced on HN a few years back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2014555