This magical gadget can scan text and tell you what the font is

Font nerds, rejoice! There's now a magical gadget that can scan fonts and colors, figure out exactly what they are, and even transfer them for use in Adobe's InDesign desktop publishing software.

The Spector, as the gadget is called, is like a "physical eyedropper" says designer Fiona O'Leary who created the device for her graduation project.

The device contains a camera inside that takes a picture of a font when its capture button is pressed. The Spector can also capture real-life colors and determine their CMYK or RGB values. Read more...