The invention provides an international phonetic sign typeface identification method based on feature matching, and relates to the technical field of typeface identification. The method comprises the following steps that international phonetic sign images with the unified dimension are subjected to preprocessing, i.e., each international phonetic sign image is subjected to fining processing, the typeface part in the image is scanned line by line under the condition of ensuring that the continuity of the typeface pixel is not interfered, further, excessive pixel points are removed, and the preprocessed international phonetic sign typeface images are obtained; feature points are extracted; the feature points of each training typeface sample are used for building a template base; input typeface images are tested, feature points are matched, and test results are obtained. The method provided by the invention is utilized, the correct identification on the international phonetic sign typeface can be carried out through the feature point matching, simplicity and high efficiency are realized, in addition, the method can also be used in the typeface identification of other languages, and the universality is good.