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

Bald Condensed
24.Oct.2006 1.57pm

This is how it works:

A portion of a glyph is published in the Type ID Pop Quiz.
Try to identify the glyph and the typeface. To win, you need to name at least:
1. typeface
2. weight
3. character/glyph
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 portion of a 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 or Intermediary Level Type ID Pop Quiz first.

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.

Bald Condensed
24.Oct.2006 2.03pm

Continued from here -- at almost 200 comments the previous incarnation was getting a little unwieldy. Here's a new challenge. You know the drill. ;^)

Miss Tiffany
24.Oct.2006 2.11pm

Is this an ezsett?

Bald Condensed
24.Oct.2006 2.15pm

Nope.

Stephen Coles
24.Oct.2006 3.32pm

Stefan Kjartansson and RXC's Armchair Modern. The character is a lowercase 'B' in what I believe is the C Gauge weight.

Stefan's excellent photography -- including images of the furniture design that inspired Armchair Modern -- can be found on Flickr.

Miss Tiffany
24.Oct.2006 3.44pm

Well close that box and call it shipped.

Miss Tiffany
24.Oct.2006 3.45pm

Shoulda guessed Psyops. :^P Yvesie's go to foundry.

Bald Condensed
24.Oct.2006 10.39pm

Aw, am I that obvious? :^P

Expert Level Pop Quiz back on track. You're up, Stephen! :^)

Miss Tiffany
25.Oct.2006 9.07am

Just joshing. ;^)

sim
30.Oct.2006 5.48pm

Where's Stephen?

Bald Condensed
31.Oct.2006 12.37am

I'll go get 'im. ;^)

New challenge tonight at the latest.

sim
15.Nov.2006 11.00am

Is the quiz is passing out? :^\

Bald Condensed
15.Nov.2006 3.14pm

Oops, Stewf still not back! He's in Berlin now. :^/

Bald Condensed
15.Nov.2006 3.15pm

Lissenup, this just became an open call. Anybody wants to post a challenge goes ahead. ;^)

Miss Tiffany
15.Nov.2006 4.08pm

GO!

sim
15.Nov.2006 4.28pm

I'm probably rusty, but I'd say it's a lc “a”. Could be coming from Emigre.

Thanks Tiffany :^)

Miss Tiffany
15.Nov.2006 4.33pm

Nope and Nope. :^)

sim
16.Nov.2006 5.46am

Second guess : caps G

Miss Tiffany
16.Nov.2006 9.19am

Yes

Miss Tiffany
20.Nov.2006 11.01am

Four days later and no more guesses? Here's another hint:

Same font, obviously, same point size, new glyph.

Nick Cooke
21.Nov.2006 3.04am

Nick Cooke

Bert Vanderveen
21.Nov.2006 3.35am

Top of the 4 (osf). And I think I know what it is… Dutch type rules!

Bert Vanderveen
21.Nov.2006 3.44am

Yep: Versa Sans Normal by Peter Verheul. An OurType(face).

The G reminded me of Quadraat Sans but that wasnt it, so I followed my instinct to see and find out what other more recent faces were done bt Fred Smeijers and friends. Found it on the excellent OurType site.

Versa was on the Our Favorite Fonts of 2004 list of Typographica: http://typographi.com/000969.php

Designer Peter Verheul has a nice site with an overview of his type designs and other work:
http://www.farhill.nl/01_typefaces/index.html
Farhill being a literal translation of his surname into english.

Miss Tiffany
22.Nov.2006 10.54am

Good find, Bert. Your turn!

Bert Vanderveen
23.Nov.2006 2.04am

Give me a couple of hours (and enjoy your turkey's)…

Bert Vanderveen
23.Nov.2006 3.08am

Here it is… (I bought this recently, hint!)