Type Attack

How to play Type Attack

1. Letters fall from the top, each shown in a different real Google font.
2. The lowest letter is highlighted — that is the one you must sort.
3. Press ← Left (or tap Serif) if the letter has little feet; press → Right (or tap Sans) if it is clean and footless.
4. Each correct sort is +10 points and builds your streak. A wrong sort — or a letter that reaches the bottom — costs one life.
5. You have 3 lives. The game speeds up and spawns faster every level (each 10 correct answers). See how far you can get!

Serif vs Sans — the quick version

A serif font has small finishing strokes (the “feet”) at the ends of its letters — think Times or Merriweather. A sans-serif font has none: clean, blunt endings, a more modern look — think Arial or Roboto. Training your eye to spot the difference instantly is exactly what this game builds.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes — tap the big Serif and Sans buttons at the bottom. On a desktop you can use the ← and → arrow keys instead.

Which fonts appear?

Around 40 real Google fonts, split evenly between serif and sans-serif, all preloaded before the game starts so a letter never shows in a fallback font.

Want to identify a real font you saw somewhere?

Upload an image on WhatFontIs and it will find the exact font or the closest matches, plus where to get it.

Want to have more typography fun? Check out our other font games: Serif or Sans · Font Tetris · FontField · Type Dash · Solitype · FontSweeper · all font games →