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Posted by cheshiredave in
20 Mar 2003 — 11:53am
20 Mar 2003 — 11:53am
Not to distract too much from the other quizzes going on, I thought this might be fun as a serial pop quiz. Like the others, the person who ids correctly gets to post the next id. The point of this id quiz is to show a detail of one character and see who can correctly identify both the letter and the typeface. Given that it's only a detail, I think WhatTheFont will be baffled; ergo, you gotta know it to id it. This is probably an easy one, but I thought I'd get the ball rolling.
In other news, I miss Yves. But he's on a break, so you up-and-comers have a good shot at it.
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20 Mar 2003 — 12:30pm
american typewriter
20 Mar 2003 — 1:11pm
"E"
20 Mar 2003 — 1:36pm
Correct!
Eduardo -- your turn!
20 Mar 2003 — 2:22pm
thx cheshire.
here's next challenge:
20 Mar 2003 — 2:33pm
I think I know it, but I want someone else to get it. If no one else posts before the end of the day, I'll post my answer.
20 Mar 2003 — 2:36pm
I know the design but can't remember the face name!
Going through books and my fonts folder now
20 Mar 2003 — 3:17pm
Ah yeah! I think Jared got it!
20 Mar 2003 — 4:29pm
Eduardo -- a ruling, please?
21 Mar 2003 — 5:01am
sorry guys, i had to log off yesterday...
yes, jared got it!
it's clarendon's "5".
21 Mar 2003 — 10:48am
That's a great sample. Type as abstract art!
21 Mar 2003 — 10:51am
quick guess without checking...texas hero
or cezanne
21 Mar 2003 — 10:53am
oops, cheshire, are we allowed to guess in
this particular typophile entertainment zone.
21 Mar 2003 — 11:06am
Ha! Yes, no offense to the estimable John Hudson, but I draw no distinction between admitted guesses and unadmitted guesses. It's kind of like the fundamentalist-Christian friend I had in high school who, every time he wanted to cuss, said, "Bleepity-bleep-bleep-bleep." (This was before The Simpsons, mind you.) I used to respond, "Dwayne, you know the actual cuss words are floating around in your head. You think God only hears what you actually say?"
Since we're all here to share and learn from each other, we have to make guesses and sometimes be wrong; otherwise, we're not learning anything. Better to admit the guess than to pretend to knowledge one doesn't have, no?
So the long answer to your short question is: yes, all guesses are welcome. The more the merrier.
21 Mar 2003 — 11:15am
Finding so much similar stuff with so many similar characteristics, but a few details are off.
21 Mar 2003 — 12:58pm
It may be time for a hint... JB?
21 Mar 2003 — 1:11pm
now it's easy. ;)
21 Mar 2003 — 1:14pm
It is?
21 Mar 2003 — 1:23pm
yes, ches, it's easy.
21 Mar 2003 — 1:26pm
>Viktor
Ha! You know, one of my first thoughts was Voluta. But that wasn't it. I didn't think to look at Johann Sparkling. That's got to be the Johann Sparkling ITC 'g'.
-- K.
21 Mar 2003 — 1:32pm
Ah, man. It doesn
21 Mar 2003 — 1:33pm
Aha, so it is -- I was even looking at that and didn't pursue it because in its tiny size it didn't look so grungy. Boy am I afraid of what Stewf is going to come up with now.
20 Mar 2003 — 2:53pm
Looks an awfully lot like Clarendon?
21 Mar 2003 — 10:45am
OK, let's see who's up for this one:
21 Mar 2003 — 10:51am
:whew: Just ran it through Whatthefont.. You'll not have any luck there!
21 Mar 2003 — 11:03am
It's very close to a couple scripts at Misprinted Type, but no.
Search continues.
21 Mar 2003 — 11:12am
Well gee. I've got about 12 listings in my "Drunken
Scripts" category and none match. You wily Benson!
21 Mar 2003 — 11:23am
( ^ _ ^ )
21 Mar 2003 — 1:04pm
But I'm enjoying watch you squirm!
OK, here's one: Viktor _____
21 Mar 2003 — 1:25pm
Viktor Solt's Johann Sparkling.