NEW! Type ID Pop Quiz V2.1.1 - Intermediate Level

Bald Condensed
17.Oct.2006 2.01pm
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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.

Et voilà -- rebooted the thread because it was becoming too long and unwieldy.

Here's the new challenge. Not too hard, so experienced type IDers please stay away from this one and go to the Expert Level where you belong, you bunch of hotshots. ;^)


I think it's Mr Barnbrook's Delux (cap A).

Seems slightly easy but the expert quiz is very, very tricky (for me, anyway).


Hey Chris! Welcome aboard. Long time no hear.

Nick Cooke


Good one, Chris! Now you post a slightly more difficult one. ;^)

BTW I know, it always seems too easy when you know the solution, doesn't it? That's psychology for you. :^P


OK, BC, should be slightly harder, but not impossible.

Hi Nick, sure you don't mean ‘long time, no beer’?


Mmm, quite. Had a sesh with Joe yesterday BTW.

Difficult one... I've no idea what this could be ;^)

Nick Cooke


I thought someone might pick up on your little clue there Nick...


Softly softly catchee monkey Chris.

Sometimes these things go on for weeks, so just be patient.

Nick Cooke


Is it Nick Cooke's Houschka, bold? ;^)

Emiliano Amadei


Well done Emiliano. Your turn.


Hah! No fair with the hints, Nick! :^P


It was a giveaway anyway! Yves, but Chris rubbed it in.

Nick Cooke


Thanks for the nice hint! :)
In a few minutes I'll post the next challenge.

Emiliano Amadei


I hope this one is not too easy.

Emiliano Amadei


Well, not everybody knows Houshka has been used for ... errr ... Heineken, isn't it? (I'm no beer drinker, so i wouldn't know for sure.) ;^)


I did actually use Houshka as the base for a logo for 'Vodka'. That's Video On Demand Kind-of Advertising. (And I must stress that I didn't come up with the name...)


I think it was Grolsch.

Nick Cooke


This looks like Christian Schwartz's Luxury Platinum from House Industries.


That's the one. Your turn Riley.

Emiliano Amadei


Here's a new one for you.

D Riley


I know but I can't tell, : (

Emiliano Amadei


Nobody has a clue?


Was this typeface designed within the EU?


Looks very familiar. :^/


The designer is based within the EU.


Looks British to me. I checked Fontsmith but to no avail.


The designer is not British and is not based in the UK.


Is this of Scandanavian descent?


Not Scandanavian.

I will say that the designer's name is familiar to Typophiliacs and that this typeface, though not currently, will certainly become her (or his) most used in the next year.

D Riley


Hmm... No takers? Here's another hint.

An apt alternate name for this might be Times Newer Roman.


I think it’s Calibri by Lucas de Groot ;)


I think you're right.

Good work.


I wouldn’t have nailed it without your hint.

Now it’s on me, isn’t it? Oh my god, I’m so nervous ;)


Ok. Here comes the next. I hope it’s not to easy …


Morgan Sans from Mário Feliciano. Winner of the 2003 Type Directors Club Type Design Competition. Weight could be the Office Bold Oblique or the Lining Bold Oblique (And the Condensed versions also? I'm not sure)


You got it. It’s Morgan Sans Condensed Bold Italic.

Good Job.


Danke, Frank.

I am also so excited. I hope it won‘t last too long to post my example. Please be patient.


Well, what are your opinions about this one?


Need some hints (before I'm off for today)?

Hint1: You won't find it on fontshop.com, MyFonts.com or identifont.com.
Hint2: It is NOT Gridnik from foundrytypes.co.uk, although "the design was heavily influenced by it " – as the designer elucidates.


Thanks to the hint this is Blender Pro Thin.


Congratulations, D Riley. Blender Pro Thin is it exactly. Designed b Nik Thoenen from Vienna.
It's your turn.


I hope this one is easy enough that it does not require a hint.


Is it Hightower Text Roman by Tobias Frere-Jones?


Yes indeed. Good call.


Here we go again


Tadaaaa. You’re right.


Looks like Antares which is not yet but soon(?) scheduled for release by DTL.


You're right, of course. There are already a couple of fonts of DTL Antares available: http://www.dutchtypelibrary.nl/Nieuws_rdrct.html

Your turn!