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dzuc
See also: http://url2png.com/
biggitybones
Are these run by the same company? The copy on Webyshot's FAQ is straight lifted from url2png on the 'Limit of One Domain' question.

edit: most of the FAQ, actually. Poor form.

dangrossman
Not the same company. URL2PNG takes better screenshots as they didn't just throw up PhantomJS on a server, lift some wording from a competitor, leave the placeholders in a template and call it a day. Missing fonts are the main reason for the worse screenshot quality -- the default fonts that replace them mess up layouts.
fawzyj
as we said in other comment, we have several generators, currently we are using a phantomjs based one, we are investigating more options as we mark this period "Early Access Preview", we are collecting feedback , at the end of it, you will have the best experience ever
dylanpyle
Is this using PhantomJS?
fawzyj
we have multiple backend generators, the currently deployed one is phantomjs based,yes we use phantomjs
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Titanous
I made a really basic PhantomJS app that runs on Heroku for this purpose: https://github.com/titanous/screenshotplz
heliostatic
This is fantastic! Have you given any thought to how you might support additional fonts?
Titanous
I think phantomjs uses system fonts, but research is warranted. It sounds like you may be able to use @font-face to inject more fonts.
cstrat
I created an account and activated it. Password is not recognised and when I follow the reset your password process I get a blank email. =(

Looks promising - I want to be able to use it!