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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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27 Jun 2010 — 3:54am
This typeface has been named after a place. If you travel from the designer’s home to the city where the foundry is based, this place will be more or less on your way – a bit closer to the latter. For a 1,400 km distance, one would usually take a plane, admittedly.
1 Jul 2010 — 5:12am
I’ll zoom out a bit.
This font is available from FontShop, but not from MyFonts.
1 Jul 2010 — 1:20pm
Mmm... Not among the 591 results for "inline", nor in their "multilinear" fontlist...
And sure the direction of the inner stroke is strange...
By the way, it reminds me of the VW logo ;-)
2 Jul 2010 — 3:40am
It is featured in the ‘inline’ FontLists. Only, this is an alternate glyph (I know, I know, this is mean – sorry. But this is the Expert level, after all!). The distance from the place after which this typeface has been named to the home of Volkswagen is 75 miles.
2 Jul 2010 — 4:52am
I suppose it could/should be Dessau Plakat.
But I'm unable to find the right glyph.
2 Jul 2010 — 10:07am
Oh dear, you are right. It doesn’t appear in FontShop’s character set. I’m sorry that I didn’t check that before. Yes, it is Dessau Plakat, designed by Gábor Kóthay from Hungary, released with Fountain in Malmö, Sweden. I can assure you that this ‘W’ is included in my font file – even twice!
It was not my intention to make this extra difficult. Glad you nevertheless found the correct answer. Well deserved, your turn!
2 Jul 2010 — 10:27am
Oh, well, no problem! :-)
While I’m looking for something to post, I should mention that the name of the font is an obvious reference to the second city where the Bauhaus moved in 1925 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus#Dessau).
3 Jul 2010 — 2:28am
9 Jul 2010 — 1:47am
It's not an inline typeface.
9 Jul 2010 — 8:23am
Is this an @?
9 Jul 2010 — 8:36am
It's not an @ either.
9 Jul 2010 — 8:55am
S?
9 Jul 2010 — 11:47am
Not a S, sorry.
9 Jul 2010 — 12:02pm
e?
9 Jul 2010 — 12:14pm
Mmm... no.
10 Jul 2010 — 1:36am
Here's another slightly moved and zoomed out crop of the same glyph:
12 Jul 2010 — 6:16am
The name of the font is the name of a fruit.
12 Jul 2010 — 7:17am
Thought it might be Tomate, but that doesn't have any verticals like this.
12 Jul 2010 — 7:41am
Well, while the tomato is native to South America, it is now often regarded as a typical mediterranean produce. The fruit after which the font shown here is named truly is a typical and original mediterranean product.
12 Jul 2010 — 8:00am
Looking through the /g/s and /9/s from different weights and versions of Antique Olive, but the curves don't match.
12 Jul 2010 — 8:26am
That's just because the glyph is neither a g nor a 9... ;-)
12 Jul 2010 — 10:15am
Ah, Antique Olive bold /i/?
12 Jul 2010 — 10:32am
Or Roman, or Black; I can't tell.
12 Jul 2010 — 12:44pm
The first one (Roger Excoffon’s Antique Olive Bold) is the winner! :-)
I’m sorry (almost ;-) for the malicious crop.
Congratulations and please, your turn.
12 Jul 2010 — 12:56pm
That was a clever crop. Here's a new one:
12 Jul 2010 — 1:48pm
w?
12 Jul 2010 — 2:07pm
As it happens, I can't really answer that with a yes or no...
12 Jul 2010 — 2:27pm
Mmm… I suspect why, but I can’t say nothing.
12 Jul 2010 — 3:58pm
stymie?
12 Jul 2010 — 4:13pm
Nope.
13 Jul 2010 — 4:09am
W?
13 Jul 2010 — 6:05am
You were closer the first time.
13 Jul 2010 — 7:52am
www?
13 Jul 2010 — 7:54am
Yes!
14 Jul 2010 — 7:09am
This is a recent font design by a young American designer - his first professional release, I believe.
17 Jul 2010 — 1:58pm
In this Massachusetts designer's most recent release, he exagerrated the most prominent feature of this mystery font much further.
18 Jul 2010 — 5:28am
Trilby by David Jonathan Ross?
The most recent release with the exagerrated most prominent feature being Manicotti?
18 Jul 2010 — 7:20am
Winner!
Ross's 2009 Trilby has slab serifs with exaggerated weight; his Manicotti takes that playfulness to the extreme.
You're up, Jan.
18 Jul 2010 — 10:46am
Thanks.
Here we (the few of us) go:
18 Jul 2010 — 11:08am
That looks like an interesting counter! At the moment, I have no idea. Maybe a ‘k’?
18 Jul 2010 — 11:11am
It’s not from a recently released typeface.
It’s not an obscure glyph.
It’s not a ‘k’.
18 Jul 2010 — 4:29pm
Oblique a?
19 Jul 2010 — 2:04am
Nope.
19 Jul 2010 — 3:14am
A figure, perhaps?
19 Jul 2010 — 3:18am
It could also be an R or a B.
19 Jul 2010 — 4:30am
A figure, yes.
19 Jul 2010 — 4:31am
3?
19 Jul 2010 — 4:50am
Yes.
21 Jul 2010 — 11:16am
Wild guess: Apricot by Canada Type?
21 Jul 2010 — 1:14pm
Nope.
It’s not a script.