Packaging artwork measurement tool

Measure packaging dielines, label elements, and layouts with pixel-perfect accuracy right in your browser.

Proof your file
  • Upload artwork files and overlay precise measurement scales.
  • Apply custom or preset scale ratios to maintain print consistency.
  • Validate dieline layouts for cartons and sleeves.
  • Extract and identify fonts in your artwork.
  • Verify fonts on your packaging files comply with regulatory requirements.
  • Check artwork fonts by units of measurements.

Free online proofing tools by Artwork Flow

Looking for a specific proofing feature? Check out some of our advanced proofing features for free.   

What is an online measuring tool?

An online measurement tool allows packaging designers, project managers, and compliance teams to verify dimensions in their artwork easily. Our artwork management system offers an online measuring tool that helps you:

  • Confirm label size before printing.
  • Ensure barcode and font sizing meet compliance.
  • Check spacing between labeling elements.  

 

Why font accuracy matters
in packaging artwork

In packaging design, font readability and accuracy directly impact product quality, legal compliance, and brand trust. Using the wrong font size or style can make details such as ingredients, dosage, allergens, and batch numbers hard to read, fail regulatory requirements, or confuse consumers.  

Whether you're auditing fonts before print or ensuring global packaging consistency across SKUs, Artwork Flow streamlines your packaging artwork proofing process. Need a complete system to manage fonts, color proofing, and packaging approvals? Explore our artwork management software.

What are the benefits of online measurement scale?

Online measuring tools help packaging development teams to measure the dimensions of their packaging artwork in a hassle-free manner with the help of a free interactive ruler online.

  • Ensure regulatory elements like barcodes, nutritional info, and legal text meet spacing and sizing standards.
  • Eliminate back-and-forth between design and production teams by measuring directly on the artwork. 
  • Your teams can speed up internal and client approvals by providing precise on-screen measurements.
  • Whether it's a sleeve, carton, or label, the tool helps ensure the final product matches the design intent down to the millimeter. 

Measure your creative dimensions with free online measurement scale

Here’s how our font detector can help you and your team deliver better packaging files:  
Here’s how our online measurement tool can help packaging professionals deliver better output:   

Ensure accuracy in dimensions 

Make sure your artwork have accurate dimensions and reduce redundancy.

Correct fonts and colors 

Extract and correct fonts and colors on your designs using our free online measurement scale tool.

Instantly compare designs 

With our online measurement scale tool, you can instantly compare your designs through various modes side by side.

Create best-in-class designs 

With our free online measurement scale tool, simply calculate the dimensions of over 160+ file formats and create the best-in-class designs. 

Accelerate artwork reviews
With AI, instantly identify and verify font type and size, eliminating manual checks. This speeds up approvals by ensuring all typography aligns with packaging guidelines, reducing errors and review cycles. 
Ensure compliance 
Regulatory bodies have different rules for font size and type in packaging labels. With the font finder tool, you can verify accurate details and eliminate non-compliance. 
Maintain font consistency
Identify font type and size to remain consistent across artwork in line with your brand and packaging guidelines using this font identifier tool. 
Verify UOM
Our free tool lets you check font details in multiple units of measurements such as millimeters, pixels, inches, and points. This simplifies conversions, allowing users to easily meet regulatory standards across different markets. 
Save staff hours
No more digging through files, trying to eyeball a font in a PDF. With Artwork Flow’s AI font finder, you’ll have what you need in seconds. 
Scale for various teams 
This font identifier can be used for all kinds of packaging files and will help everyone from packaging design to regulatory teams in your organization. 
Measure label dimensions accurately 
Confirm the size of folds, cutlines, and complex shapes instantly before printing 
to avoid costly reprints due to sizing errors. 
Validate dieline layouts and PDP areas 
Ensure artwork aligns perfectly with
pre-defined templates, reducing print mismatches.
Check spacing between regulatory elements
Maintain compliance by verifying spacing of critical information such as fonts, symbols, and logo on your labels. 
Ensure barcode and font sizing meets compliance 
Confirm readability and scanability of barcodes and legibility of text at every size.
Verify bleed lines
Avoid cut-off risks by checking that key elements stay within safe boundaries.

How does the online measurement tool work?

01.

Simply upload or drag and drop your file 

Simply begin by uploading your artwork file in AI or PDF format to Artwork Flow's secure servers. If you don’t have a packaging file to upload, you can use our sample file to see how to measure the dimensions of your artwork.

02.

Select the area to measure 

Let our packaging workflow solution guide you through and draw vertical or horizontal lines or arcs with the online measuring tape on the dimensions you'd like to measure.

03.

Proof your creative

Artwork Flow’s online measurement tool also offers color checker and spell check option to make sure your designs are error-free in a seamless manner.

04.

You’re all set to go live! 

Voila! You have all the dimensions of your uploaded file.

Who can use online measurement scale tools?

Artwork Flow’s digital proofing software is built to accommodate every team involved in the creative review process.

Branding

It is essential for branding and marketing teams to ensure that every design is within the recommended proportions. Branding and creative teams can use Artwork Proofing Tool, Artwork PDF Compare, and Online Spell Checker tools to ensure that creatives are error-free.

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Design

Design teams ensure that the final version of the design is in-line within the given dimensions. Artwork Flow’s Font Finder, Colour Extractor to check, proof, measure and verify design dimensions accurately.

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Legal

It is essential for legal teams to scrutinize and ensure that all designs and labels comply with the given industry rules and regulations. Legal teams can use the Artwork PDF compare tool to review and approve the creatives

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Frequently asked questions

Is Artwork Flow’s online measurement tool suitable for packaging design review?

Absolutely! It’s widely used to review dielines, labels, and printed mockups across CPG, pharma, and food industries.

Can I use this tool to present packaging artwork to clients?

Absolutely! AI-generated backgrounds help you present packaging artwork designs in a polished,professional manner. It is ideal for presentations, approvals, and pitches.

How do I use the ruler online?

You simply need to upload an AI or PDF file and you can proceed to measure the dimensions of your creatives.

Does this support barcode or nutritional panel size checks?

You can easily measure the sizes of barcodes or nutrition label panels using this tool and for simplifying nutrition label generation, pair it with our nutrition label generator.

What formats does the tool support?

Our artwork management software works with over 160 file formats including PNG, AI, PDF, and MP4.

How does Artwork Flow help manage fonts across packaging workflows?

Artwork Flow’s artwork management platform centralizes font checks, version control, and proofing tools to ensure every packaging file meets branding and regulatory standards, reducing errors and accelerating approvals.

Is font consistency required for label compliance?

Yes. Many industries, especially in food, pharma, and cosmetics, require consistent and readable fonts on packaging for legal compliance. Deviating from these standards can result in recalls, reprints, or fines.

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