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Q: What are these tools, and why are they worth saving?

This card is a small list of web tools that are useful enough to keep in the vault, with a short note on what each one is for.

Generate your certificate

• Link: https://certificate.brendonmatos.com/
• What it does: Generates a certificate-style image/document based on inputs.
• When it is useful: Creating quick mock certificates for demos, internal docs, or placeholder assets when you do not want to design one from scratch.
• What to verify before relying on it: Export formats, whether it embeds fonts correctly, and whether it stores input data server-side.

FontSniff

• Link: https://fontsniff.com/en/font-identification
• What it does: Identifies fonts from an image and offers related utilities (the site also advertises text translation and data extraction from images).
• When it is useful: Design audits and reverse-engineering typography from screenshots when you do not have access to the source files.
• What to verify before relying on it: Whether the detection is based on a model or a database, accuracy on CJK fonts, and privacy handling of uploaded images.

🌲 Branching Questions

Q: What is the safest workflow for using image-upload tools like FontSniff?

If the image contains private information (customer data, internal product screenshots, unreleased designs), do not upload it to a third-party service unless you have explicitly approved that risk. Safer options are:

• Use local tools first (offline OCR, offline font detection) if available.
• If you must use a web tool, crop the image to remove sensitive areas and remove metadata.
• Prefer vendors with clear privacy policies and explicit retention statements.

Q: What should I capture when saving a tool link so future-me can reuse it quickly?

At minimum:

• One sentence describing the problem it solves.
• Any important constraints (requires upload, requires an account, pricing tier limitations).
• A small checklist for validation (export format, privacy, accuracy) so you do not rediscover the same pitfalls.

References

• References pending. Links are included in Main Topic.