NEW! Type ID Pop Quiz V2.1 - Intermediate Level
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, I 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.
5.Sep.2006 2.53pm
All rights guys'n'gals, because you asked for it. ;^)
5.Sep.2006 3.38pm
i know, i know! but i'll leave it for someone else to guess this dwiggins-inspired face.
5.Sep.2006 4.19pm
Upright Italic _s_ of Odile by Sibylle Hagmann, 2006. I loved her presentation at this year's Typecon. What a beautiful typeface!
Here's the next test:
5.Sep.2006 10.32pm
Good heavens, Mr. Peters, you granted my wish!
6.Sep.2006 12.14am
We aim to please, Bram, we aim to please. ;^)
I hope this one is to you liking, yaknow, not too easy and not too hard -- just difficult enough. :^P
6.Sep.2006 4.33am
Is this a small cap g?
6.Sep.2006 6.03am
Is this a small cap g?
No, sir it is not.
6.Sep.2006 8.14am
Capital G of Lido STF Regular by Frantisek Storm. Based on Times and available for free download!
6.Sep.2006 8.28am
Here's another:
6.Sep.2006 8.45am
Is it Garamond Bold Italic ? (lowercase p :) )
6.Sep.2006 8.56am
Okay, Garamond maybe it is. But which Garamond :) ?
6.Sep.2006 9.04am
You guys are close, but I can't help since I posted the last challenge.
6.Sep.2006 9.07am
Is it Sabon Italic?
6.Sep.2006 9.16am
Classical Garamond Bold Italic maybe?
6.Sep.2006 9.27am
Yep, it's Sabon Italic by Jan Tschichold (lowercase p of course).
Classical Garamond is Bitstreams copy of Sabon (and the weight is regular, not bold).
So I guess seventy7 is the winner here. :)
6.Sep.2006 9.27am
It's not Bold.
6.Sep.2006 9.40am
ok, ts back to the beginners enclosure for me so for a little while longer so!
6.Sep.2006 9.41am
Here you go:
6.Sep.2006 10.25am
Freight ... nope.
6.Sep.2006 10.49am
Not Freight. Shall i give a tiny hint?
6.Sep.2006 11.28am
Hint: In 2004 it won a national design prize in its country of origin.
6.Sep.2006 12.32pm
Kontrapunkt!
http://kontrapunkt.dk
6.Sep.2006 12.39pm
Yes! Good job, Tim. Yves says that to win you must also name the weight. If you got this far, the weight will be easy!
6.Sep.2006 12.47pm
Kontrapukt Light, I would say. Btw, I think this is one of the best free fonts you can get.
6.Sep.2006 12.51pm
I agree. Looking forward to seeing your type challenge...
6.Sep.2006 12.56pm
This one should not be too difficult.
Easy typeface but quite a small portion.
Which is the name under which this font was first published?
6.Sep.2006 12.57pm
Complete glyph for Intermediate Level, please.
6.Sep.2006 12.59pm
Oops, sorry. Did not read that properly. Will post a new one in a minute...
6.Sep.2006 1.02pm
Here we go:
6.Sep.2006 1.12pm
Ooh, another classic. Aldus Roman?
6.Sep.2006 1.17pm
Hey, that was quick! Aldus Roman it is.
6.Sep.2006 1.22pm
One of my favourite text fonts :)
Now a sans serif for a change.
6.Sep.2006 1.49pm
Costa Ptf, of course!
6.Sep.2006 1.54pm
I think you're close in flavor, but not quite there. Costa has that swooshy terminal thing on the leg if its _R_
6.Sep.2006 1.57pm
Legacy Sans
6.Sep.2006 1.58pm
R glyph in Costa has a stroke-like terminal on the tail.
6.Sep.2006 2.02pm
Not Costa, not Legacy. My challenge is a little more chauvinistic :)
6.Sep.2006 2.19pm
Hmm, it's not Lisboa either, is it?
6.Sep.2006 2.26pm
No, not Lisboa, it's not named after a Portuguese city...
6.Sep.2006 2.53pm
DTL Haarlemmer Sans Regular.
6.Sep.2006 3.07pm
Yes! Well done, that's it, named after the Dutch city of Haarlem.
http://www.dutchtypelibrary.nl/HaarlemmerSans.html
6.Sep.2006 3.21pm
A new challenge:
7.Sep.2006 10.30am
No guesses? It's a quirky text face from Poland. The tapering stem is a characteristic design feature.
7.Sep.2006 12.05pm
Hmm... Vik Burian's Maiola is the first face that came to my mind when I see that, but her taper is much more subtler.
Besides, Maiola is Czech inspired :)
10.Sep.2006 2.26am
The first metal version dates back to 1960. A recent digitization is freely available.
12.Sep.2006 7.42pm
OK - I think I've cracked it. Is it:
Typeface: Antykwa Toruńska (Medium)
Designer: Zygfryd Gardzielewski (1914–2001)
14.Sep.2006 2.15am
Yes, that's the one. Well done!
Hope that wasn't too tricky, I was somewhat curious whether people would know it at all...
14.Sep.2006 10.46am
Whoa, impressive find, Frank! =^O I for one didn't know that one at all.
14.Sep.2006 10.47am
OK, Frank e-mailed me if I could fill in for him, so here's the new challenge -- a well-hung capital Q. Not too difficult this time. ;^)
14.Sep.2006 9.09pm
Relato regular by Eduardo Manso?