I immediately jumped on FontShuffle as soon as I ran across it, but it immediately gave me an idea. If I were advanced enough of a programmer I’d try it myself but I’m nowhere near that point. Here it is:
Take a picture of a font sample, and the app identifies it. Take more pictures to get a better match. That’s it.
It’s analogous to how TinEye can dig up information on an album by simply taking a picture of the cover. Call the app FontEye for now. I strongly suspect that you could sell a copy to every single person on Typophile’s Type ID board.
Remember that you heard it here first!
somehow I completely missed TinEye. thanks!