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Here’s the new challenge: Have fun!

Is this could be the german etset in its italic style?

Hi André,
nope, it’s not an ß (eszett).

Hello Florian,
It's been some time since I did this.
Wild guess: Æ in some script?

So Prolix ?

Here's something I thought of:

Hoi Arjen,
An Æ? Yes!
Some script? Well, sort of.
No, it’s not So Prolix.

art deco inspired ?

Another wild guess. I'm a bit stuck within all these script. And probably it's just some kind of sans-serif/italic/swashed character… The line-endings are rounded in this one, so it's not correct, but still.

Charminette Light by Joe Van Der Bos ?

Mike, no, there is no Art Deco involved.
Arjen, yes, you are on the right track: it’s a swashy italic from a sans-serif type family.

It feels like OurType, but I have no clue. Sorry.

Oh man. I think I've got it. Too bad, I can't say. That's a very careful cropping, Florian.

Tell me thursday what it is. Too busy with other things right now.
Sorry.

Paul, and others: good luck.

It was allmost too easy.
Name me a group of typedesigners who's famous for their curly, swashy fonts!

Right, Underware!
And this one is Auto 3 light italic

Should I wait for your approval, Florian? Or can I allready start the next challenge?

This might be a tough one!

Arjen, you got it! Auto 3 Italic it is. Congratulations!
Paul, I would have zoomed out a bit today – but with such experts around, that was not necessary.

Any ideas?
Should I give some hints?

Seems to be a fraction, may be 8/9

Haha I was right.

Is that a %?

@sim: Yes, I didn't expect that to be found so quickly. 8/9

I'm off to Berlin. Will look (if possible) otherwise no response until Monday.

I'm back after a very nice weekend in Berlin.
Let's continue the quest on this secret symbol. (No hints in that).

I can’t imagine many fonts have precomposed 8/9 fractions. Perhaps it’s from something pre Opentype? Unless it’s an arbitrary fraction.

Dalton Maag sell fonts with 8/9 fractions, and their Viato Bold isn’t far off (but it can’t be something so obscure, can it?).

That looks about right, Frode.

It is not really obscure. It isn't pre-OpenType either, released in 2010. The weight I've used was for free.

Is it Otari bold?

Adelle Extra Bold!

Edit: No, it was released in 2009!

Or, it might be Aller!

Edit: Nope! 2008. Man, I have to check these dates before I get so excited.

John is right: Bold Limited to be precise.

Congrats and good luck with the next Question.

I’d say that’s rather obscure :) Congrats John!

Cool! Here’s the new cropped glyph.

No guesses, no questions? Should I give a hint?

Is it the A of Quadraat Sans?

It is an A, but it is not a typeface by Fred Smeijers.

The type designer is Canadian.

I'm not allowed to play this time, right?

That is correct, Arjen. Perhaps I should drop another hint: the family of typefaces (serif and sans-serif) was custom designed for a national publication.

I think it’s the A in Nick Shinn’s Globe and Mail News regular. It might also be some other intersection, M, W and N have similar shapes.

You are right, Frode. Globe and Mail News is the font and, as I confirmed earlier, it is an A. Nick Shinn's type design is one of the big reasons I enjoy my Globe and Mail subscription.

I just upped the level to über-expertise.

Probably the e letter.

No, it’s not an e.

When is the proper time to drop a hint? Oh, I can give you one right ahead. The font and it’s creator are both american, but not from the US.

Is it an A?

No.

/fl/ ligature?

Yes!