It does quite a good job. I drew a number of shapes and characters and it always had the right match in its list of possible matches.

The tool was created to recognize unicode characters that we only roughly know the shape of. As you see in the screenshot above, it shows the possible shape along with information related to that character. It doesn’t require any sign up, so you could just start drawing in the box and hit “recognize” to get the results.

Features

• Draw shapes and characters and find their names.
• No registration needed.
• Similar tools: Unicodinator, NiceEntity, UnicodeTable and JoyLy.

Check out ShapeCatcher @ www.shapecatcher.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

Unicodinator is a web tool that lets you visually navigate through Unicode blocks and codepoints 0000 through DFFF. You can click on any character and have its encoding details, comments, and location appear.

To jump to a specific category of characters you can access a particular type of block using the site’s “Block” menu in the top right.

Unicodinator can be used to identify a particular character, understand the various Unicode blocks, and find shapes to use in non-image icons.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you visually navigate through Unicode blocks.
• Can be used to identify a particular character.
• Includes encoding and comment for each character.
• Similar tools: NiceEntity, UnicodeTable and JoyLy.

Check out Unicodinator @ www.unicodinator.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

The index covers over 12 major web font services and provides in-depth information on all you would want to know before choosing one of them. It also tells you if they offer a trial account and what plugins they support, if any.

Features:

• An index of major web font services.
• Provides detailed on 16 different features for each service.
• No registration required.

Visit WebFontServices @ http://sprungmarker.de/wp-content/uploads/webfont-services/ [By Tehseen from Ijaar]

You can preview the fonts in a positive print (black text on white background) or negative (white text on black background). You can also increase or decrease the size of the font with a single click and isolate any number of fonts by selecting them. The title of each font is displayed underneath its sample and all fonts are organized in alphabetical order.

Features:

• Preview fonts installed on your machine.
• Type any word to see how it would look in a particular font.
• View white text on black background or black-on-white.
• Increase or decrease the font size.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: FontComparer, FontViewer, FlippingTypical, FontPicker and TypeTeste.

Visit Wordmark @ www.wordmark.it

FontComparer is a simple online tool that lets you compare web fonts from Google Fonts as well as Typekit. You can type in any text and it is displayed in different font styles next to each other. You can change the font color and background color.

When you find a font you like, place your mouse pointer at the top right of the sample to make the “Get Font” link appear. Click on this link and the CSS for that font will be displayed at the bottom of the webpage.

Features:

• A user friendly website.
• A must-bookmark site for web developers.
• Lets you compare fonts from Typekit and Google Fonts.
• Provides the CSS for each.
• Lets you type up your own sample.
• Lets you select colors of the fonts and background.
• Similar tools: FontViewer, FlippingTypical, FontPicker and TypeTeste.

Check out FontComparer @ www.fontcomparer.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Take the test and see if your type face accurately represents your personality. The tool has been put together after seven years of academic research and the results, though controversial at times, are usually claimed to be quite true. The catchy background music and the character in video makes it even more interesting. In the end, you can also read about other types and see how popular your type is.

Features:

• See what type you are.
• Fun little video-based test.
• See popular types and read more about each.
• No registration required.

Visit Pentagram @ www.pentagram.com/what-type-are-you [via Swiss-Miss]

You can browse through categories like Punctuations, Accents, Shapes & Symbols, Math and even filter them further using sub-categories. If browsing is not your thing simply search for the character you are looking for, or click on “all’ to display the complete list.

Once displayed, just copy the code for the character and use it in whatever way you want. The interface is easy-to-use and sleek which make NiceEntity all that more useful.

Features:

• Get HTML and unicode for special characters and symbols.
• Includes accents, punctuations, math, symbols and more.
• Browse through categories and sub-categories or search.
• View the complete list of characters.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: JoyLy,  CopyPasteCharacter and EntityCode.

Visit NiceEntity @ www.nice-entity.com

Lamb Typograph is a free web service that helps you check typographic scale and rhythm. The webpage is both an essay and a testing tool. In the center pane you will find descriptive paragraphs on scale and rhythm in terms of typography. Terms like “vertical tempo” and “typographical music” are introduced and explained in these paragraphs.

To the left and right of this center pane, you will find tools which help you modify the font in these paragraphs. Changes to the font are seen in real time. The right pane has a “rhythm” box.

Through your modifications, if you reach a desirable font, click on “˜show’ in the Code box to obtain the font’s CSS code.

Features:

• User friendly.
• Lets you test typographic rhythm.
• Rare tool for typography experts.
• You can obtain the CSS code for the fonts you create.
• Similar tools: Type Folly, Typedia, @Font-Face Generator, Typekit, MyFontBook and FontPicker.

Check out Lamb Typograph @ www.lamb.cc/typograph (by MOin from ThumbPress)

It is advisable to create an account on Type Folly so you can create and save your type projects. The first stage in creating your type is “layers”; this is where you select the font layer. The next step is to choose your CSS options; here you modify a number of options including font style and size, rotation level, width plus height, line height, letter and word spacing, opacity, and text shadow.

After CSS options you can modify the container options for your type result ““ you can modify container height, width, and background image. The final option is for you to select the CSS grid options for your final result.

Features:

• You can create visually brilliant type structures and obtain their CSS / HTML code.
• The controls are self explanatory; any designer will be able to easily understand them.
• You can create projects and save them for completing later.
• Similar tools: CSS3 Gradient Generator, CSS3 Generator and Border-Radius.
• Also read related articles:
  10 Cool Free Computer Fonts That Will Make You Stand Out.
  5 Excellent Sources To Download Free Text Fonts .
  2 Free Tools To Make Your Own Text Font.

Check out Type Folly @ www.typefolly.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

To start using Fontself, select one of the fontself applications in the ‘Use’ panel. Fontself is available as a MySpace application, Widget Maker Application, and Netlog. Then just choose one of the free fonts within the application to use them in your website or profile. The fonts in the collection are pretty edgy but very usable and readable.

You can also make your own interactive smileys and artsy words by going to the ‘Create’ panel. With this tool, you can select a smiley or upload your own drawing or image, and then match it with a custom keyword.

Fontself is a cool tool for social network homebodies or for anyone who just want to express their mood through text.

Features

• Lets you get creative with fonts.
• Free to use.
• Easy to implement in MySpace and blogs.
• Create your own smileys.
• Support for several languages.
• Similar tools: FontPicker, AceFreeFonts, and FontBurner.

Check out Fontself @ www.fontself.com