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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 Jan 2011 — 1:27pm
Well, now it's gone easy suddenly - it is indeed another k.
28 Jan 2011 — 1:42pm
It's not a script font.
4 Feb 2011 — 7:06am
It's a typeface directed towards a very specialised user. In fact, it's a futher narrowing of the intended user base from the another version of this typeface, which already has a narrow intended group of users.
4 Feb 2011 — 10:43am
Is it the "k" in Jeremy Tankard's Aspect (heavy weight, I think)?
4 Feb 2011 — 11:16am
No, I'm afraid not. It's a sans-serif... more or less, though a bit cursive.
4 Feb 2011 — 2:14pm
Looks like Ronnia, but it's not.
4 Feb 2011 — 2:23pm
Sassoon Infant Bold /k/?
4 Feb 2011 — 3:20pm
Nick's got it. Well done! Sassoon is a typeface designed by Dr. Rosemary Sassoon, a handwriting researcher and typographer, especially for children to read. Each letterform has been thoroughly researched with tests of actual children reading. It comes in four versions, of which the most recent, "infant", is for younger children and includes more handwriting-like glyphs.
4 Feb 2011 — 3:31pm
Here goes...
6 Feb 2011 — 10:27am
Q?
6 Feb 2011 — 12:09pm
Yes, Q.
14 Feb 2011 — 1:52pm
Need a clou?
16 Feb 2011 — 12:47pm
Yes.
17 Feb 2011 — 1:50am
Since you know its a Q...
17 Feb 2011 — 1:55am
When you stick the name of this font into Wikipedia, you get an Austrian guy who played field handball last century, no mention of the font though!
18 Feb 2011 — 1:44am
Houschka, by fellow typophile Nick Cooke.
It's funny how, distracted by the curvy A, I never noticed this beautifully sharp Q!
http://www.identifont.com/show?4Y1
18 Feb 2011 — 2:05am
Well done, Riccardo. It is indeed a very beautiful Q from Houschka Pro Medium (Nick Cooke's G-Type).
You're up next!
18 Feb 2011 — 2:21am
That took a while! Well done Riccardo.
20 Feb 2011 — 3:02am
Thanks all :-)
Here we go:
20 Feb 2011 — 3:40am
Is it a /¿/?
20 Feb 2011 — 3:43am
¡No! ;-)
20 Feb 2011 — 8:22am
Is this the Q from Ambicase Modern Poster?
20 Feb 2011 — 9:02am
Kudos for such a quick answer! Indeed it is.
(if anyone missed it, here’s the thread where fellow typophile Craig Eliason shared its development: http://www.typophile.com/node/60316)
20 Feb 2011 — 9:29am
Thank you!
Here's a new one:
20 Feb 2011 — 10:10am
Now I've really arrived! :-)
21 Feb 2011 — 11:22am
Okay, before I go clinically insane, is it a /d/? ;)
21 Feb 2011 — 1:37pm
Yes, it's a /d/.
23 Feb 2011 — 6:14pm
The designer of this typeface is American.
2 Mar 2011 — 5:17pm
Hint: This typeface began its life as a Jenson revival.
1 Apr 2011 — 7:47am
I have to confess I'm just about ready to give this one up. :D More hints?
1 Apr 2011 — 5:48pm
Hmm... Here's a few hints:
The designer developed this typeface here on Typophile, where he originally labelled it with a saintly name.
It's frequently brought up in discussions of typefaces with relatively-upright italics.
The typeface contains a (beautiful) inline variant.
2 Apr 2011 — 6:48pm
Eason italic? By Randall Jones
Love the Inline version, BTW
2 Apr 2011 — 8:08pm
Yes, you got it! I agree, the inline is gorgeous.
Your turn!
6 Apr 2011 — 1:41am
Oka.. Here we go again!
6 Apr 2011 — 4:31am
Is that a /7/?
6 Apr 2011 — 7:15pm
Yep it is.
A beautiful one.
8 Apr 2011 — 12:14am
Tip: It´s a Italic 7
15 Apr 2011 — 8:29am
Another hint, please?
15 Apr 2011 — 7:37pm
Tip: It´s not the schoolbook version.
16 Apr 2011 — 2:39am
.
17 Apr 2011 — 1:38am
It could be a Century* (751?) Bold or Black Italic.
* there are so many (cfr. http://typophile.com/node/80989)
17 Apr 2011 — 3:51am
I've checked that, but no exact match.
18 Apr 2011 — 11:51pm
Riccardo is right.
Century 715 Bitstream Black Italic
19 Apr 2011 — 1:57am
I think Sindre got it right before me! :-)
20 Apr 2011 — 1:44am
I removed my answer, because I couldn't make Century 751 Black (nor any of the other black and bold Centuries I tried) exactly match the sample. So nominally, you won.
20 Apr 2011 — 2:52am
But, morally, the victory is yours.
And, I'm sure you will come up with something better than anything I could.
20 Apr 2011 — 3:10pm
OK, then.
This shouldn't be too hard, I think.
20 Apr 2011 — 4:05pm
t?
20 Apr 2011 — 4:27pm
t.
22 Apr 2011 — 1:18am
This typeface might not quite deserve its name.