Continued from here.

Karl Gerstner’s Gerstner Original ?

No, it’s not Gerstner Original.
Hint: The original was released in 1996 with Mac OS 8…

Truth FB Regular?

Yes Akira, it’s Truth Regular from David Berlow. Your turn

Thank you.

Here is the next one:

I think it’s easy. ;^)

Jonathan Hoefler’s Requiem (Text) Italic, isn’t it?
Its ‘fffl’ is depicted in The Elements of Typographic Style … ;°)

Yes, Florian, it’s Requiem Text Italic.

Your turn now.

Okay, here’s mine:

A first hint?
This typeface is exactly 1 year old.

It’s a commissioned free font.
Its creator is a typophile member, though not a very loquacious one.

Mmh, oh dear, seems to be a little bit too hard.

Silesiana 2006

Yes, Marcelo, that’s the one! Silesiana, a typeface for the Silesia region by Artur Frankowski. Congrats!
I’m glad you knew it … next hint would have been: It’s the font with the most inscrutable EULA – at least to me, as it is only available in Polish. ;°)
Your turn.
F

Thanks Florian! I found it only because your geographic hint (with a little bit of help of my friend Google) :)

Here is the next one:

Conrad Extra Bold by Akira Kobayashi

9 days for Florian and 9 minutes for me! I’m going to hide under the pillow now ;^D

You’re totally correct Akira, my friend. Your turn.

Thank you, Marcelo.

I was just lucky because Conrad is one of my favourite fonts. :D

Here is the next one:

Conrad is one of my favorite fonts too! :)

I’m glad to hear that, Marcelo, my friend. ;^)

Hint:

This font is based on a famous left-handed calligrapher’s writing.

The calligrapher’s husband is a well-known letter-carver.

I can’t win but I want to know!... the calligrapher herself produced the font? or was someone else who did it inspired by her writing?

OK, Marcelo,

What it comes down to is:

The designer is a left-handed calligrapher.
Her husband is a letter-carver.

And here is another hint:

The person who digitized her writing is a well-known type designer.
He is well-known also for you and me. ;^)

Thanks Akira! I found it... ;^D

Congrats!

You know him well, don’t you? :D

Yes I do! ;^) and the font is... let me find the word... gorgeous, yes, that’s it, and with the alternates and swashes, wow!

Yeah, it’s gorgeous. It’s an excellent font.

I’m waiting someone else to find the font! ;^)

Anyone?

It is Hamada Roman by Gaynor Goffe.

Yes!

Congrats, Pieter. You’re correct.

It’s Hamada designed by Gaynor Goffe. Akira Kobayashi digitized her writing.

According to Akira Kobayashi, Hamada was named after two people.

One is a Japanese famous ceramist, Shoji Hamada (濱田庄司) whom Gaynor and her husband like. Two is a man whose name is also Hamada. He is the boyfriend of their daughter.

And another reason is that Hamada sounds musical and it fits the typeface.

Pieter, your turn now. ;^)

Thanks Akira.

Good Luck!

Hint: One of the designer’s best friends is called Charlie.

Nobody?
Hint: Charlie is a Italian Greyhound

PMN Caecilia ?

It is Seravek from Process Type Foundry. Good hint!

Seravek Roman to be precise.

Hello Miss Tiffany. You are right it is Seravek Roman from Eric Olson (Process Type Foundry).
It’s your turn now.

Pieter

Here’s a hot samba of a text face for you to guess.

Just chiming in to say that’s a beautiful glyph...yet I have no idea to what face it belongs.

Hint: This foundry is fairly new and the designer sounds Italian.

Is this too difficult? Need another hint? I just recommended this font to someone based upon the merits of the italic.

...how about Adrianne Text Bold Italic?

Exactamundo! You’re turn, Glen!

Hint: The foundry is located in the Czech Republic.

Jannon... medium? by Storm

Hooray! Your turn

This should be an easy one!

Happy New Year! :D

hmmm... not so easy eh? I thought it was because is very distinctive and is from a well-know senior designer released by a major foundry.
Maybe another glyph?

Eggwhite

Cyrus Highsmith & Font Bureau.

Yes Brian!
Is Eggwhite-Lite. Your turn now.

thanks.

oops, forgot to mention the weight.

here’s the next one:

aaah!... I know this one very well, but I can’t win. Great choice Brian!

Sorry, Marcelo ;^)

Bistro Script by Tomas Brousil?

Yes, correct Akira. :)

apologies, I had a travel day, and just got back on the internet today.

you’re up.

Thank you, Brian. I’ve been waiting for you to come! :^p

Here’s the next one:

Aquamarine Swash Roman by Rodrigo Xavier Cavazos and Gábor Kóthay

For 25 minutes?!

Marcelo, you’re correct! :^)

Your turn now.

Thanks Akira!

Here’s the next one:

Have fun!

The designer was born in the Netherlands.

He was born in 1961 and is a first generation digital type designer.

I just joined today, was very hard to find this font. I hope I got it right:
Fresco Script Sans by Fred Smeijers (?)

Sí Eric! estás en lo correcto. Fresco Script Sans Normal. Felicidades, es tu turno.

Gracias plumbago! This is my first time, ok here is the next one:

Have fun!

(edited image & text)

The designer was born in Argentina.

ha! I just realized this is from my favourite foundry :)

His lastname can be used as a firstname

(hope that’s clear)

Murga by Angel Koziupa and Alejandro Paul?

yup! your turn akira!

Thanks! I did not expect it is the capital s.

Have fun!

The designer is one of the Typophile type designers.

The font has several lowercase g’s. The g above is an alternate character.

P22 Underground Pro?

Hello, Marcelo.

Yes, you are correct. It’s P22 Underground Pro Book designed by Paul D. Hunt. Of course, P22 Underground Pro expanded on the historical design by Edward Johnston.

P22 Underground Pro has five lowercase g’s.

Your turn now.

ah, I forgot the weight :-)
Thanks Akira, I enjoyed the search.

Here’s mine:

It is based on the manuscript hand of a 16th-century calligrapher.

The designer was a Speaker at TypeCon 2007

I found it! That’s Lagarto (Italic) by Gabriel Martínez Meave.

Kimera Type Foundry

Yes Mårten, excellent!
your turn now.

Nice! Here’s another one...

That is a Peter Bruhn lowercase g

No, it’s not. But there is a clear connection...

Fountain?

Yes it is.

It’s Hybrid Regular by Simon Schmidt.

Yes, Jan! You’re right. Now it’s your turn...

I’d never guessed that one without Miss Tiff mentioning Peter Bruhn.

Here goes:

Ha! This one’s a pain in the neck! ;°)

Does that mean you are crying for some hinting already, Florian?

;-)

No, that was supposed to be a hint itself! ;^D

FF Dolores?

Yep. Too easy?

It’s in my old 1993 FontFont catalogue. and I was really surprised when I finally discovered that Dolores is by Tobias Frere-Jones.

You’re up next, Toby.

Ok, here goes...

I think I can’t participate in this one but I know it.

Clue: the designer is american and the face was a bit inspired by Univers..

Antenna (Light) by Cyrus Highsmith at Font Bureau?

Sure is! One of my favourite sans.. your turn, Marten!

Allright! Here we go...

Aw man, that´s easy... that´s a Mrs Eaves ligature...

Yes it is. To easy, maybe?

But you don’t get to guess on this one since you “hosted” the last quiz... ;^)

So here’s another (easy) one:

Emigre’s Matrix Script Book? They don’t offer it any more. They have a Matrix II now and the script is called italic now and has a regular E and Æ.

You’re right again, Jan! I didn’t know that it was out of the market. Sorry for that! Nice ID though. Your turn...

No need to be sorry. I didn’t know they changed Matrix until just now.

How about this one?

The designer’s from Europe and the typeface is named after him.

Another glyph?

ITC Mendoza ?

Yep. That’s right, Stéphane. Your turn.

OK, here we go.

Can you give us a hint?

OK — in the 1980s, the designer of this font shared a teaching tenure with the designer of the previous challenge in this thread.

i think its time for another hint celeste...

OK, OK — the designer is quite known for his work on telephone directory typefaces.

Ladislas Mandel?
I still can’t find the font

Messidor?

Yes, Marcelo, it’s the one — congratulations !

Ok! let’s move on!

Aminta

Nick Cooke

Hum… and what about the Expert Level, then ? No one interested ?

Great! your turn, Nick.

OK... New week, new challenge.

No new challenge yet? :)

Well, this is a pilcrow, isn’t it? Any hints?
Thanks, F

It is a Latin capital letter OI.

Nick Cooke

Here’s another one - maybe more recognizable?

Nick Cooke

Ha! That’s Cochin. And the Uyghur Ƣ (I never have seen this one before) is taken from the Linotype version that ships with recent versions of Apple Mac OSX – it hasn’t been included in the Cochin that came with Panther. The version available from Linotype directly doesn’t comprise Latin Extended-B. Tricky!

I can’t add to that, except to say you’re right, so well done Florian.

Nick Cooke

Yay! I never would have guessed it without the ‘4’.
Here’s one on today’s occasion:

Bonus eggs if you can reveal the connection to the Helvetica movie cast.

Lineto’s FE Mittelschrift O.

BTW - Nick, I couldn’t see your first challenge-image.

Hehe, I had considered banning you (and other Germans) from this one, as I anticipated it would take only a second for you. ;-)
Actually, it isn’t Lineto’s version but some bad freeware (couldn’t really justify spending $220 on fonts I have no need for, so far). But of course, you’re perfectly right: It’s FE aka ‘Fälschungserschwert’ [‘made difficult to forge’], the German carplate typeface.
Martin Fredrikson of Fountain also made a version, called Sauerkrauto – but that one doesn’t feature the original Easter egg ‘O’.

Can you rake in the bonus eggs, too?

Nick, I couldn’t see your first challenge-image
O dear, it’s in CMYK. Advantage in competition, thanks to Safari!

Florian, I haven’t seen the movie yet. So I can’t say anything about the cast.

> I had considered banning you (and other Germans) from this one ...
At least I checked if it was Sauerkrauto or FE Mittelschrift.

I didn’t see Nick’s image either. Thats why I posted ’no new challenge yet?’. :)

Ah, I see, sorry ’bout that. Well it’ll have to be RGB next time (if there is a next time that is).

Nick Cooke

The designer of FE is Karlgeorg Hoefer, father of Otmar Hoefer – the guy with the fancy bow tie, who led us down to the Linotype morgue and unveiled the ‘original Helvetica’.

Enough trivia for today – Jan, it’s your turn!

Here we go:

Holy cow!
It’s a very recent design, isn’t it?

I just knew it would be too easy.
You know what it is, don’t you, Florian?
Indeed, very recent.

No, I don’t think it’s that easy. My first line should have read: ‘Wow, that looks generic – and difficult!’

Yeah, I guess I guessed it – by fluke, as I had the font open only yesterday. But I cannot win this one.
So, all I can do is provide an obscure hint – trivia galore!
The designer was born in X, which is also the name of a typeface by Y, who works as a teacher in Z. Typophile Tim has revived a typeface named after Z.
Correct me if I’m wrong, Jan.

Museo, by Jos Buivenga?

That’s correct, Irène. Your turn.

I hope it is not too easy.

So, all I can do is provide an obscure hint – trivia galore!
The designer was born in X, which is also the name of a typeface by Y, who works as a teacher in Z. Typophile Tim has revived a typeface named after Z.
Correct me if I’m wrong, Jan.

Sorry. I just reread this and have to ask Florian:
Was this just bull or is this X-Y-Z-thingy real?
If the latter, could you reveal the conclusion, please?
And if the latter - Florian, that’s really nerdy ;-)

No, it wasn’t bull – but I’m afraid I messed it up, d’oh! Jos Buivenga seems to have been born in Assen (famous for its curves, not only bézier style). Not in Arnhem. That’s where he lives.
So, X = Arnhem … I guess now you can hunt down the rest by yourself, no? Sorry, got tangled up in my own riddle. :-#

Y = Fred Smeijers
Z = Leipzig
and Tim Ahrens’ revival of the Leipziger Antiqua is JAF LAPTURE.

They called him the riddler.

Yay, 100 extra points! :D When a Leipziger says ‘Leipziger’, it almost sounds like the English neologism Lapture. Great name, imo.
Sorry for interrupting your challenge, Irène!

No problem! l am glad to know the answer to this riddle.

Is it time for a clue?
Designed by a active Typophile...

I got it. But I can’t participate in this one. Darn.

Think swedish!

It’s the ‘æ’ from Lunda Modern by Stefan Hattenbach/Mac Rhino Fonts, isn’t it?
:—D
F

Yes, you got it. Your turn now.

Aaaalright! I got a fun one:

Aaah, nice, so if it’s not an electron, then my money is in the ampersand from Mistral ;)
Good one Florian!

Hi Marcelo, dead-on!
Yes, that thingy really is the ampersand of Mistral, the famous script face by Roger Excoffon. And it looked much better yesterday …
Darn, I hoped this would be more difficult. ;-) Your turn!

ok, here’s the next one:

Enjoy!

The designer has his own foundry since 1997 but this font was released by the foundry of one of his friends.

He describes his work as fun, whimsical and kitsch, but you know that already… He is a typophile member since more than 4 years ago.

Jack’s BV, by Jess Latham, published by Chank

I found it with the last tip...

Great!
If you search for ‘kitsch’ at MyFonts, the first result is: Jess Latham.

Your turn Irène!

And here is the next one

It was part of an exhibition in 2006.

I think another hint is needed.

Well, it isn’t Sweepy, so I’ve got nothin’.

Created by two designers.
The first one is creating type for the past 40 years.

The second designer is a typophile contributor.

Ah, it is Koziupack’s lowercase ‘w’, isn’t it?
Koziupack was designed by Angel Koziupa and Alejandro Paul, as you all know.

Yes, it is the alternate lowercase ‘w’ of Koziupack.
Congratulation, it is your turn now Akira.

Thank you, Irène.

Here it is:

Hi Akira!
Is this a custom font?

Ha! in the moment I thought that, I found it… Arjowiggins Inuit by Jeremy Tankard.

Hi Marcelo,

You’re right. It’s Arjowiggins Inuit by Jeremy Tankard. It was designed for
a new premium paper. I used the font included in Indie Fonts 3 CD.

Your turn now.

Great! thanks Akira.
Here is mine:

Have fun!

Does this just look like an ‘E’ or is it some odd glyph that I have never seen before?

Ah! it is not an ‘E’ but a standard glyph I’m pretty sure you have seen.

So it’s an ‘£’?

Yep.

Ok… the designer was born in 1978. He is an architect.

It could be Underconstructionism, by Ryoichi Tsunekawa

Aaah! no Irène, it’s not it but you are really, really close. You should look deeper on the same ‘line’.

Oups! it is Amsterdam Modern Medium, by Ryoichi Tsunekawa.

Yes Irène! that’s it, Amsterdam Modern Medium by Ryoichi Tsunekawa.

Your turn.

Let’s try this one

FF Unit Rounded Pro Regular?

Yes Akira, it is Unit Rounded Pro Regular.
That was a rapid identification.
Your turn now.

Thank you very much Irène.

There are not so many fonts which have ‘wwww’ ligature.

Here’s the next one:

It was designed by two designers: a woman and a man.

The font was released from their own foundry. But one of her font families was released by FontFont.

Hmmm… it’s like a condensed version of PTL Zupra Sans…

It’s not PTL Zupra Sans as you know.

The k is an alternate character.

Edit for my previous post: Hmmm… it’s like a condensed version of PTL Zupra Sans… but I know such a thing doesn’t exist! ;^D

So, this is Bree, regular? by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione from TypeTogether. Veronika designed FF Maiola, released by FontFont.

Hi Marcelo,

Yes, you’re totally right. It’s Bree Regular.

Your turn now.

Hi Akira! thanks.

Here’s the next one:

This font is based on one of the script specimens found in an old book of ‘how to’ lettering.

The designer got into the font business in 1978 and later worked at a major foundry as Director of Typographic Production.

hallo, it must be ’fl’ from ’Tiamaria’ by George Ryan? a?

Hi Andrius, right on!

It is Tiamaria by George Ryan.

Your turn now.

ok then, lets try this one:

its a typeface of very famous designer, even this comma character clearly reflects distinctive style of the typeface

Adobe Jenson?

no, its not jenson

the name of this typeface was changed because of the protests

Ah, it’s certainly Mason (formerly known as Manson) by Jonathan Barnbrook?

yeah, yeah, yeah Florian, You’r right, its certainly Mason, so now is your turn :)

Yay! Okay, here’s the next challenge:

I don’t know which typeface that is, but I really like that swash L.

Malte

Hi Malte,
I’m sorry, it’s not a swash L.
I know, this one is a little bit difficult. But once you’ve guessed the glyph, the typefaces in question will decrease dramatically.

Maybe this glyph? It is Nexus Serif Italic Swash One, isn’t it?

Akira strikes again! Yes, it’s a dotless i with swash. And yes, it’s from Nexus Serif Italic by Martin Majoor. Congratulations, your turn!

Thank you, Florian. :D

Here’s the next one:

Have fun!

Hi Akira!

I think it’s the ampersand from Marat Regular Italic by Ludwig Übele.

Hi Marcelo,

Yes, you are correct. It is the ampersand of Marat Regular Italic by Ludwig Übele. Marat was selected by the Type Directors Club of New York to receive the Certificate of Excellence in Type Design 2008.

Well done. Your turn now.

Thank you, Akira.

Here is the next one:

Ed Roman

Yes Miss Tiffany, it’s Ed Roman by Ed Benguiat and Ken Barber.

Your turn!

I wish I could’ve resisted ID’ing that one. Ok. Gimme a little bit. I’ll come up with one.

Don’t we play for the exact weight too?

Hi Tiffany, I’ll give it a try:
First I was leaning towards Kepler Bold Caption, but I settle for Kepler Black – from the giant Kepler family by Robert Slimbach.
Right?

Btw (listen up students!): Its 168 fonts are available as part of Adobe’s Font Folio Education Essentials at a very affordable price.
F

Florian you are so close I will give it to you. It is Kepler Black Caption. :^) And good pointing that out to students too. That pack is an amazing deal!

Hehe, thanks for your generosity! :·D

Here’s a crazy one:

Ok, so, is this a currency sign?

Yes, Marcelo, that’s right. I wonder if this glyph has ever been in use, out in the wild.

Hint: This typeface is a little bit older than Helvetica (though this currency glyph has probably been added later).

Choc?

Hi Irène,

yes, that’s right: Choc by Roger Excoffon, designed in 1955 for the Fonderie Olive.
It’s not only a classic brush script – no, it can also be used as a dingbat set, ‘Wild Jungle Creatures at Night’! ;-)
Here’s a simple setting of a few scary characters: º„° ï ø,o˚l˚

Your turn!

Yes, very scary!

And here is the next one.

Is that an ’œ’, like in Paul Ricœur? (I don’t know the name of that glyph)

Yes, it is an ’œ’, upper case.

Sorry, double post.

The designer has studied with calligraphers and type designers such as Gottfried Pott and Jovica Veljovic.

[edit]

Dang, I’m not allowed to answer this one …

It’s Greenbriar AEF 120 by Brian Sooy.

Google was my friend.