All right people, summer's over, time to get busy again. ;^)

I have split the Type ID Pop Quiz in two sections -- one Entry Level and one Expert Level. I count on the experts' fair play to stick to this quiz and leave the Entry Level for beginner enthusiasts so everybody can have some fun.

Here we go again!

Hmm...

Does Cortez have an alternate 'a' that I don't know about?

- Lex

Dunno, but it's not Cortez. You've got the glyph right tho. :^P

Jackdaw?

Well, it isn't Tarzana either. Oh! I know that a ...

It's a tricky one for sure. You'll have to be willing to leave the familiar roads to find it. :^P

smells like Emigre to me, but i cant seem to trace it. i could be wrong, but it looks like it was designed in the 90's

This is a special case -- you can reach the answer either by car or by subway.

Funny... your hint is leading me to think that there is an alternate 'a' in Suburban...

Hehehe, clever thinking, but the hint is far less obvious than you think.

The typeface is not commercially available -- it is a worldwide exclusive corporate face that is quite visible while you're driving through the streets.

I found it in a PDF as "OpelSans". This brand may be called differently in America, however ("Vauxhall" in the UK).

Very nice, Tim! You're correct on all counts. It was designed by Robin Nicholas at Monotype Custom Font Solutions after test characters designed by Gary Scriven and his team at Interbrand Newell & Sorrell. In fact it's a modified Metro/Geometric 415 (hence the subway hint).

I picked this one as I recently found out a local business used Opel Sans for its logo. Some graphic designer obviously was asleep at the wheel when selecting the face for the logo, though the name "Opel Sans" in the font menu must've set off some warning signal. Can't believe they missed that. :^/

Thanks Yves for this new two level Quiz.

Whoa! They changed it!!! :^D

I guess they must've gotten really scared after I contacted them. Hah!

They changed it!
I admit I had quite intensively searched for "terrastone" already as the image file name contains it.

Anyway, here is the next one. I belive it is quite difficult because according to the designer (about a year ago) this font had never been sold. So quite contrary to the previous one you will find it as a retail font but probably not in use.

Oy, tricky one! :^/

Come on, guys'n'gals, show us what you got! :^)

Back italic lower case b or p

All I could think of is "backslanted humanist sans", but those three words should never appear together in a sentence :)

No, this font is upright, not backslanted. The letter shown is not a D or b or a p. The image is also not rotated or distorted.

Lower case o or caps O, may be an 8

How much are we seeing of the glyph? About half of it? Only a quarter? Almost all of it?

This is not an O nor an o or an 8. What we see is about the right third of the letter.

Another hint: this is a serif font. Although you may not find this is a very specific information it is by far the most characteristic thing one can say about this typeface.

What about the v or the w?

What does it say at the top of the thread? Expert Level it is! ;^)

Not a W or V or w or v but the conclusion that the stroke on the left must be some sort of diagonal is correct.

Is that a teardrop or finial?

That's a pilcrow isn't it?

Héctor

Upper Case A?

Italic Upper Case A?

Sorry I did not see the latest post!

Yes, it is an A. Not italic, not even upright italic imho.

The designer said it was his favourite font. He has also designed my own personal favourite, which is one of the most popular new fonts of the nineties, at least in Europe.

lucas de groot's Punten random?

Well done, tungsteno! It is indeed Lucas de Groot's Punten Rondom.

I cannot believe to be "so" expert! maybe just lucky, hints were useful...

so lets remain in europe. its easy. I hope not too easy.

ps. i'm going to sleep. no help for some hours...

Man,

This challenge is getting harder and harder by the second.

That spiky thing reminds me of JesusLovesYou, made by the same individual.

What about Type ID Pop Quiz -- Intermediate Level, Yves :) ?

Bram: I was thinking of posting the same request before getting that one :)!
fisrt hint:
one (between very few) digital version of a particular one (beetween many others) redesign of a classic...

> What about Type ID Pop Quiz — Intermediate Level, Yves :) ?

Like I haven't got anything else to do all day! :^D ;^)

It's quite simple -- if the challenge proves to be too hard, the person issuing it can either gradually reveal more and more of the glyph or show a portion of another glyph. Whatever makes sense. This should remain fun, even if it is hard at times. ;^)

Furthermore I'd like to suggest to show at least a third, preferably something like half of the character. And the dot on the 'i' doesn't count! :^P

It could be lots of glyph, I'll try one: caps E

I am following your suggestion, Yves.
Now the square covers more of a third of the gliph... and it is clearly not an E. ;^)

(I knew my english was bad, but late at night and early in the morning it seems to get worse...)

Uppercase Z perhaps?

...Or number 7

not number seven...
not uppercase...

another hint:
as posted before, this is a digital version of a redesign of a classic typeface, and the redesign was made for the exclusive (at that time) use of a publisher: a corporate face.

Is it one of the alphanumeric symbols?

yes, it is

lowercase zed

I mean: it is a letter!

Sorry Paul: i didn't see your post!
BTW: not lowercase...

it's not uppercase and it's not lowercase you say!....