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>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.5 - Expert Level
Posted by Florian Hardwig in
14 May 2010 — 8:56am
14 May 2010 — 8:56am
This is how it works:
- A portion of a glyph is published in the Type ID Pop Quiz.
- Try to identify the glyph and the typeface. To win, you need to name at least:
- typeface
- weight
- character/glyph
- Show off your knowledge by casually mentioning additional trivia, like who designed it, when and by whom was it (first) published, and other cool stuff to impress your fellow Typophiles with.
- The winner produces a new challenge – a portion of a glyph, black on white background, presented in a 288 × 288 pixel square, including a R204G000B00 1 pixel border.
- The person who posts a challenge can’t win the next game.
In case of any disputes, Mr Bald Condensed or me will act as judge, jury and avenging angel of wrath.
If you think this is a little too difficult, maybe try the Entry Level Type ID Pop Quiz or Intermediary Level Type ID Pop Quiz first.
Good luck everyone, and have fun. ;^)
With respectful thanks to the originator of this utterly useless but highly entertaining waste of time, the often imitated but never duplicated Cheshire Dave.
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3 Jun 2010 — 7:54am
Here’s another hint. The font in question sports a rather unusual female glyph (and I’m not talking about the ordinal).
3 Jun 2010 — 7:56am
I should have written “right away” instead of “right ahead”, btw. Please forgive my lousy English.
3 Jun 2010 — 8:26am
Is it Fondo?
3 Jun 2010 — 9:27am
No.
4 Jun 2010 — 6:54pm
I think it’s time for another hint:
This family of fonts has more than one display cut.
6 Jun 2010 — 5:53am
Sunday afternoon, outside it's too hot to hang out…
Why not play along in a game out Typophillic-expert-level-quizing?
6 Jun 2010 — 6:25am
It could be Leksa, but the bar doesn't cross the l… No, it's not.
A strange female-sign indeed:
6 Jun 2010 — 6:50am
Internet is really slow today. Must be the heat.
No further answers right now, sorry.
6 Jun 2010 — 9:37am
And it’s not drawn by someone from America. Sorry, it’s not it.
7 Jun 2010 — 9:05am
A summary:
• It is a fl ligature
• It’s creator is american, but not from the US.
• The font in question sports a rather unusual female glyph (and I’m not talking about the ordinal).
• The family of fonts have more than one display cut.
And a new hint:
• Another typeface by the same designer was drawn as a corporate typeface for a european city.
7 Jun 2010 — 9:24am
Is it PampaType's Arlt?
7 Jun 2010 — 9:29am
ooo, close
7 Jun 2010 — 9:39am
Rayuela? No, that's not it.
7 Jun 2010 — 9:46am
Borges Titulo Blanca!
7 Jun 2010 — 9:53am
Yes! Borges Titulo Blanca it is.
7 Jun 2010 — 9:54am
So what's the female glyph?
7 Jun 2010 — 10:01am
The cow.
7 Jun 2010 — 10:03am
Okay, here's the next one. Not so über as the last, I think!
8 Jun 2010 — 9:40am
Is it a c?
8 Jun 2010 — 10:08am
Yes it is.
8 Jun 2010 — 12:50pm
Maple Bold, maybe?
8 Jun 2010 — 12:52pm
Nope.
8 Jun 2010 — 1:19pm
How about Bureau Grot Wide - UltraBlack?
8 Jun 2010 — 1:50pm
There you go! It's actually the regular width and the black weight, but my cropping probably makes that next to impossible to divine, so I'm going to call that a win for John.
8 Jun 2010 — 2:38pm
Does this mean I can guess again? (If I promise to take it easy with the überness if I happen to guess right.)
9 Jun 2010 — 12:48am
John, impressive! Congratulations.
Frode, yes, you can participate in this round.
9 Jun 2010 — 6:36am
Here’s a new glyph portion.
11 Jun 2010 — 6:35am
The designer in question is not Nick Shinn this time, but he is someone (like Mr. Shinn — and myself, for that matter) who came from a European nation and has made Canada his home.
11 Jun 2010 — 10:02am
I would say that's a w.
11 Jun 2010 — 10:04am
It's a W.
14 Jun 2010 — 7:59am
Typophile readers may be more familiar with this type designer's scripts and his contributions to discussions on this site about a certain Estonian calligrapher.
14 Jun 2010 — 8:29am
Ooh I know it now.
14 Jun 2010 — 8:52am
Yeah, I usually give away too much in the hints.
14 Jun 2010 — 12:40pm
Looks more like Air Italia ?
14 Jun 2010 — 8:22pm
I’m not sure I understand your question about Air Italia, Arjen. I suspect you’re barking up the wrong tree.
15 Jun 2010 — 12:19pm
Is the type designer could be Anton Koovit
15 Jun 2010 — 12:48pm
No, I’m afraid he couldn’t be Anton Koovit (although my understanding of quantum physics is sketchy).
Another hint: this typeface was released in 1991, according to Identifont.
15 Jun 2010 — 2:34pm
This is Lineale by Gérard Mariscalchi, and according to his website it was designed in 1997.
15 Jun 2010 — 2:40pm
Yes, you are right again, Frode (on both counts). Your turn.
15 Jun 2010 — 3:05pm
17 Jun 2010 — 1:48pm
Hint: The family has a rather geographic(al) name.
18 Jun 2010 — 12:25pm
It’s designer is from the Czech Republic.
18 Jun 2010 — 3:09pm
It’s not Vida (21 Italic), is it?
18 Jun 2010 — 3:14pm
You are VERY close!
19 Jun 2010 — 12:40am
I don’t get the ‘geographic(al) name’ hint … is it from the Vida family?
19 Jun 2010 — 3:54am
The Vida family is called Evropa (on the front page). Anyway, you were right, only not with the weight. It’s Evropa Vida 32 Italic.
19 Jun 2010 — 4:33am
Ah, I see. Evropa seems to be a special package, containing a few styles of two families, with enhanced language support:
Vida and Politic B, enriched by Greek and Cyrillics, have been adapted for the purposes of Czech Presidency of EU.
And I was pondering on what Vidå/Danmark, or Vida/Oregon might have to do with this!
Off to prepare a new challenge …
19 Jun 2010 — 4:45am
Here you go, experts!
19 Jun 2010 — 5:57am
Looks like a /W/ or /w/ from Banjoman Open Bold, flipped horizontally.
19 Jun 2010 — 6:26am
Not bad – yes, it is a ‘W’. But as flipping, rotating, squooshing etc. is not allowed, the answer is: no, not Banjoman.