Professional graphic designers can identify fonts like a chef detects ingredients in a soup. But for us mere mortals, we love to use tools to utilize the knowledge of experts.
By answering a few simple questions about an existing text string already written in the typeface, the Identifont typeface wizard helps narrow down the possibilities until you are looking at a single or at least a very small list of possible typefaces.
Check out the Typeface Wizard at http://www.identifont.com/
