# Stack & Justify

> Browser tool to generate aligned type specimens using equal-width words

Stack & Justify is a browser-based typography tool designed to help designers build type specimens. By analyzing dropped local font files, it searches dictionaries and Wikipedia titles to find words and phrases that match identical widths across different styles and weights.

Website: https://max-esnee.com/stack-and-justify

## What it is for

- Create balanced type specimen posters with perfectly justified text blocks
- Test local font files across weights and styles without uploading them to a server
- Find matching-width phrases across multiple languages for typography pairings

## Features

- Drag-and-drop local font loading processed entirely inside the browser
- Word and phrase matching by exact line width
- Multi-language support across dozens of languages including English, French, and German
- Multiple text sources including standard dictionaries and Wikipedia article titles
- Open-source GPLv3 codebase

## Pricing

Open source. Free (optional PayPal donation)

## Details

- Type: Web app
- Category: [Design](https://xiry.app/topics/design.md)
- Topic: [Typography](https://xiry.app/topics/design/typography.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: Web
- For: Type designers, graphic designers, and typographers creating specimens
- Alternative to: Mass Driver Waterfall
- Tags: typography, type specimen, fonts, variable fonts, graphic design

## Why it was saved

- [@thedesignely, 18 September 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAEdI8wu2G1/): Makes it easy to test local typefaces at various sizes and line heights without opening heavy design software.
- [@groteskly.yours, 13 August 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-nOfj7CE1h/): Automates scaling and letter-spacing across multiple text lines so they form a clean, cohesive rectangular block.

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Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/stack-and-justify

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