Inktrap. A font license auditor for macOS. It scans every installed font, reads the license data inside, and flags demo cuts, fakes, and duplicates.
Every Mac accumulates fonts. Client handoffs, old ZIP downloads, converted webfonts. After a few years nobody remembers what was bought, and the files all look the same in Font Book. Inktrap tells you which ones you’re actually licensed to use.
What it checks
License verdicts. Inktrap reads the licensing and embedding data inside each file and sorts your library into commercial, open, demo, unlabeled, and restricted. It recognizes the Google Fonts, Fontshare, Apple, and Microsoft catalogs.
Red flags. Font editor tool marks, stripped variable axes, webfont conversions, re-saved files. Inktrap flags the signs of a modified or fake copy and explains the evidence behind every flag in plain language.
The license text. When a file carries license data, you see it: the license text, the embedding rights, and the foundry’s website. Bought a font with no metadata? Record the purchase yourself, with seller, license type, seats, invoice, notes, and receipts.
Duplicates. The same style installed twice means apps may load either copy. Inktrap groups duplicate files under their family so you can reveal or remove the strays right there.
Beyond the audit
Click into any family for a full specimen: a style waterfall across every
weight, a size ramp, and the complete glyph set, rendered live with your own
preview text. The OpenType view shows only the characters each stylistic set
actually changes, with a copyable font-feature-settings line for your CSS.
Reveal a file in Finder, deactivate a font, or move it to the Trash straight
from the audit. Export everything as a Markdown report or a CSV inventory, or
point Inktrap at a project folder and audit the fonts and @font-face
declarations it ships against your library.
Details
Native app for Apple Silicon Macs, signed, with built-in auto-updates. Scans run on your Mac and nothing about your fonts leaves it. No account and no subscription: $19 one-time for one Mac.
License
What you get. A non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use Inktrap on one Mac you control, for personal and commercial work. Updates are included.
What you may not do. Share the app or your license key outside your own Mac, resell or redistribute it, bypass license activation, or reverse engineer the software except where local law allows it.
Verdicts are guidance, not legal advice. Inktrap reports what the font files themselves say. Metadata can be missing, outdated, or wrong, so the license you actually bought, from the foundry or seller, always wins. Check it before relying on a verdict for client or commercial work.
Ownership. Copyright in Inktrap stays with Michael Andreuzza. Buying a license does not transfer ownership of the software.
Termination. The license ends if you break these terms, and activation can be revoked in cases of abuse or fraud.
No warranty. Inktrap is provided as is. To the extent the law allows, liability is limited to the $19 you paid.
Governing law. Åland Islands, Finland.
Contact. Questions about the license: michael[@]lexingtonthemes.com or X.