Detecting typography elements from outlines

A system comprising:

• one or more memory devices comprising a glyph database comprising typography elements;
• and
• one or more server devices configured to cause the system to:
• select, for a vector outline within a digital file, a set of candidate glyphs for the vector outline by:
• generating a point-order-agnostic hash key, for the vector outline, comprising at least one of a number of paths or a number of lines corresponding to the vector outline;
• and
• comparing the point-order-agnostic hash key to one or more hash keys from candidate glyphs within the glyph database;
• select, from the set of candidate glyphs, a subset of candidate glyphs corresponding to at least one candidate font by comparing a path descriptor corresponding to a path from the vector outline to path descriptors corresponding to paths from the set of candidate glyphs;
• and
• determine, from among the subset of candidate glyphs, a glyph and a font that correspond to the vector outline by comparing a set of anchor points for the vector outline to sets of anchor points corresponding to the subset of candidate glyphs.

A computer-implemented method for detecting typography elements of vector outlines comprising:

• identifying a vector outline for a character within a digital file;
• selecting a set of candidate glyphs for the vector outline using a point-order-agnostic hash key for the vector outline;
• selecting a subset of candidate glyphs from the set of candidate glyphs based on a path descriptor corresponding to a path from the vector outline and path descriptors corresponding to paths from the set of candidate glyphs;
• and
• based on a set of anchor points for the vector outline and sets of anchor points corresponding to the subset of candidate glyphs, determining, from among the subset of candidate glyphs, a glyph and a font that corresponds to the vector outline.