FONTGOBLIN 1.6.2 — Font Inspector & Color Picker
Prepared update, November 5, 2026. Not submitted or Store-approved.
By Charan — https://ravulacharan.in
Guide: https://about.ravulacharan.com/fontgoblin/guide.html
Store: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/jccnlabglkgnpimcgpeceblcpancfpio

INSTALL / UPDATE FOR TESTING
Unzip fontgoblin-1.6.2.zip into a folder you will keep. In chrome://extensions,
enable Developer mode and Load unpacked; select the folder with manifest.json.
To update an unpacked installation, replace its files, click Reload on its card,
and refresh the website tab. Activate FontGoblin from Chrome's Extensions menu
or Alt+Shift+F. Read the notice and choose Start inspecting. No page text/styles
are inspected before that choice. Restricted Chrome pages cannot be inspected.

INSPECT, MINIMIZE, PAUSE
Hover for CSS family, exact size, computed style, and HTML tag. Click text to pin.
The hover refreshes about every 150ms while visible. Pinned picks are snapshots.
Minimize stops hover inspection by default. The launcher says Minimized.
Turn Keep inspecting when minimized ON to keep hover active; it then says
Inspecting, and clicking text reopens its details when page-click protection is ON.
Pause stops inspection and lets page clicks through.
Alt+Shift+K pauses/resumes without expanding; a paused launcher says Paused.
Turn compact inspection off in Settings for a passive launcher labeled Minimized.
Esc or any Exit button closes the inspector completely.

FOOTER LINKS
User guide opens the manual. Send feedback opens the website feedback form.
The credit reads By Charan and links to https://ravulacharan.in in a new tab.
No inspected content is attached to these links.

EIGHT SWITCHES — COMPACT INSPECTION OFF, THE OTHER SEVEN ON
Open the SVG settings button beside the card's close button. Inspection pauses
while Settings is open. Each control has its own explanation:
1. Keep inspecting when minimized (OFF by default): optionally enable live hover
   and click-to-reopen in compact mode.
2. Highlight hovered text: show the inspected element's outline.
3. Show HTML tag on hover: include H1, P, SPAN, and other tags.
4. Show font style on hover: include the computed weight/slant label.
5. Protect page clicks: capture inspected text clicks to pin details. OFF means
   hover only; normal clicks, page actions, and link navigation pass through.
6. Restore minimized launcher after navigation: same origin, same tab, existing
   activeTab grant. Expand/Exit removes the record. New origins, tabs, or browser
   restarts need activation again.
7. Remember panel position: save coordinates locally; OFF removes saved position.
8. Keep recent picks: five picks in tab memory only. OFF clears history and stops
   recording it, while preserving the currently pinned pick and comparison.
Existing saved ON/OFF preferences are preserved when updating. Use Restore
defaults or turn the first switch OFF to apply the new default to an existing
installation. Restore defaults turns compact inspection OFF and the other seven
switches ON.
Default color format: HEX (default), RGB, HSL, HWB, CSS original. Screen pixels use
HEX if CSS is chosen. Restore defaults resets preferences, preserving consent and
current selection. Preferences apply to other open tabs through Chrome storage.
A failed save is reported; the local tab preference remains usable.

DETAILS, COLORS, COPYING
Preview & full details has an editable 40px sample, CSS font stack, extra font
controls, verified selector, contrast estimate, and recent picks. Compare this
pick holds style values as A; pick another text for B. Clear removes comparison.
Copy CSS preserves original computed values. The color menu supports alpha and
CSS original; wide-gamut conversions are labeled sRGB approximations.
The SVG eyedropper uses native EyeDropper on secure pages in compatible browsers.
The inspector disappears while picking. Click a pixel, or Esc to cancel. Its color
stays separate from font/text color. Display compositing and antialiasing can make
screen sRGB pixels differ from CSS; no perfect-accuracy claim or capture permission.

SHORTCUTS / MOVEMENT
Alt+Shift+F: open/exit, or restore when minimized. Alt+Shift+H: minimize/restore.
Alt+Shift+K: pause/resume. Esc: cancel picking, otherwise exit completely.
Customize shortcuts at chrome://extensions/shortcuts if a default is unavailable.
Drag the grip, header, or launcher. Focus the grip/launcher and use arrow keys;
Shift moves faster. The interface stays within the viewport.

DATA / ACCURACY LIMITS
Permissions remain activeTab, scripting, storage. Executable code is bundled.
Consent, preferences, and optional position persist locally. Only minimized tab
ID, origin, and paused state may be stored temporarily in session storage.
Inspected text, recent picks, comparisons, and picked colors are not uploaded or
saved to extension storage. Clicks read up to 80 characters, including supported
text fields. Password inputs are excluded. Exit/reload clears tab selections.
The optional website feedback form stores volunteered messages separately; read
its privacy notice. CSS families/weights describe computed styles; fallback font
faces and rendered axes may differ per glyph. Image/canvas/video pixels cannot
reliably identify fonts. Selectors are verified at copy time in their document or
accessible shadow root; DOM changes can invalidate them. Same-origin frames work;
cross-origin/sandboxed frames remain restricted. Contrast uses determinable solid
CSS pairs, marks uncertain compositing Unavailable, and is not a complete audit.
See the separate release verification report for checks performed and limits.
