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>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.5 - Intermediate Level
Posted by Florian Hardwig in
7 Jan 2010 — 3:04am
7 Jan 2010 — 3:04am
This is how it works:
- A complete glyph is published in the Type ID Pop Quiz.
- Try to identify the typeface. To win, you need to name both the typeface and the weight.
- 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 complete glyph, black on white background, presented in a 288 x 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 first. Too easy? Go to the Expert Level Type ID Pop Quiz.
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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7 Jan 2010 — 3:07am
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Bart (barthak) wrote:
Here's a new one, if anyone is still watching this...
The roughness is because I do not own the face ( it's not the cheapest of fonts ) and the website doesn't provide a bigger sample.
7 Jan 2010 — 3:15am
It’s the ‘G’ from TEFF’s Burgundica, probaby the X075 grade.
7 Jan 2010 — 5:47am
damn, thatt was quick
7 Jan 2010 — 6:13am
Well, Bart tends to choose type from his neighbourhood for his challenges and if he says the font in question isn’t the cheapest it must be either from TEFF or DTL and since it’s obviously a blackletter typeface it was quite easy ;-)
7 Jan 2010 — 9:51am
Hehe, I know, I was lazy ;) I'll pick a tougher one next time.
Well done, Jan, your turn!
7 Jan 2010 — 3:29pm
Thanks Bart.
Here’s one of my favourite italics:
7 Jan 2010 — 4:00pm
Oh, that should be Garamond MT Italic. Wicked slant!
7 Jan 2010 — 4:39pm
Absolutely correct (and wicked), Nina. Your turn.
7 Jan 2010 — 4:49pm
Thanks Jan!
New glyph:
8 Jan 2010 — 5:52am
That's really, really close to the Greta Grande small caps n.
8 Jan 2010 — 6:00am
Wow, you are also really, really close!!
8 Jan 2010 — 6:41am
Haha. I don't know why I thought about small caps before I thought about weights.
Is it Greta Grande Bold N?
8 Jan 2010 — 6:49am
:-) It's actually the Medium "N"!
But you're too close for the next turn not to be yours. :-)
8 Jan 2010 — 7:11am
Thanks!
Not sure if this is too easy, but I only learned of this typeface a few days ago and am already completely enamored of it.
9 Jan 2010 — 3:39am
Freight Serif ?
9 Jan 2010 — 9:49am
No, although my affinity for Freight is well-documented haha.
23 Jan 2010 — 8:41pm
PL Barnum Block?
(Probably wrong, but hey, a good guess)
25 Jan 2010 — 10:18am
Let’s get this going …
Is it the µ from Farao Black by František Štorm?
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27 Jan 2010 — 9:57am
Florian got it. Nice!
28 Jan 2010 — 9:04am
Okay, here we go again:
29 Jan 2010 — 2:41am
To make things easy an inverted interrobang?
29 Jan 2010 — 4:10am
Yes, that’s correct! As one would need to properly typeset Spanish interrogative exclamations, like ‘‽Qué Cabrón‽’
I guess that narrows the options down drastically, no? ;-)
29 Jan 2010 — 6:09am
Is it Vesper Regular Italic? The slanted dot gives it away. There's a nice article about it on ilovetypography.
31 Jan 2010 — 2:06am
Michael: well done! Without any further hints – call me impressed. Your turn!
31 Jan 2010 — 5:18am
Thanks.
Here's my attempt.
2 Feb 2010 — 1:43am
Too obscure? I look at this font for hours everyday, but that's probably no consolation.
2 Feb 2010 — 2:38am
The construction is similar to the one of Lucida Console.
2 Feb 2010 — 5:34am
Yes, it's a monospace font, hence my staring for hours at it everyday while coding. The construction of this glyph is very similar to Lucida Console as Riccardo says, but the designer indicates that it was actually inspired by the equally nice Consolas by Lucas de Groot.
2 Feb 2010 — 6:16am
I know this font.
2 Feb 2010 — 8:44am
Are you building up suspense?
2 Feb 2010 — 10:09am
I just hope someone else comes up with the answer!
2 Feb 2010 — 10:29am
Riccardo's too lazy to say that it's Inconsolata by Raph Levien
http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html
2 Feb 2010 — 12:38pm
:-)
Actually, I was too lazy to think up some glyph for the quiz! ;-)
2 Feb 2010 — 9:20pm
Here's a new one:
3 Feb 2010 — 3:25am
Er yes, you were right by the way, please post a new glyph.
3 Feb 2010 — 5:42am
Sorry murphy.md, didn't mean to be rude! :-/
3 Feb 2010 — 6:24am
Hehe, don't worry about it. Although I believe I know what this font is. Shame I can't say...
3 Feb 2010 — 8:08am
Looks like Walbaum Bold Italic.
3 Feb 2010 — 8:50am
You got it, Marcelo.
3 Feb 2010 — 2:44pm
ok :-)
Have fun!
3 Feb 2010 — 2:51pm
Ooh I know it.
3 Feb 2010 — 3:02pm
Hehe...
4 Feb 2010 — 2:59am
Is it an upside-down exclamation mark?
4 Feb 2010 — 10:38am
Yes, Michael.
5 Feb 2010 — 4:33am
Is it Constructivist Square by P22?
5 Feb 2010 — 7:03am
Aaah! no, sorry, it's really close but is not it. It's 3 years older than Constructivist Square.
5 Feb 2010 — 7:52am
Then it's Epokha by Colin Brignall. Right?
5 Feb 2010 — 11:01am
That's right! Nicely done Michael, your turn.
6 Feb 2010 — 2:39am
Ok, another interesting @:
8 Feb 2010 — 6:43am
No takers? It's a very recent font: 2009 in fact.