Detecting typography elements from outlines

A system comprising:

• a memory component comprising a glyph database comprising typography elements;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory component, the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• selecting a set of candidate glyphs from the glyph database for a vector outline corresponding to a character utilizing a hash key determined from a quantity of attributes corresponding to the vector outline;
• selecting, 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
• determining, 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 comprising:

• selecting a set of candidate glyphs for a vector outline corresponding to a character utilizing a hash key determined from a quantity of attributes corresponding to 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.