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>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.4 - Expert Level
Posted by Bald Condensed in
21 Jul 2008 — 6:55am
21 Jul 2008 — 6:55am
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:
- typeface
- weight
- 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.
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17 Aug 2009 — 2:28am
Congrats to you now, Sindre! Glorious. :)
17 Aug 2009 — 9:01am
Thanks, Nina, but we'd better wait for authorised judgement this time. Technically, you won, since your solution was the first to match the provided sample.
19 Aug 2009 — 2:20am
... waiting impatiently for the verdict ...
20 Aug 2009 — 12:54pm
Sorry, I forgot I was running this thing!
Yes, you are correct. Your turn, Sindre :-)
- Lex
20 Aug 2009 — 1:16pm
Wowee!
I have absolutely no idea if this is ridiculously easy or insanely hard.
Good luck, everyone.
20 Aug 2009 — 1:33pm
Thought I had it here but the angles aren't quite right.
20 Aug 2009 — 1:44pm
Is it a bowl and stick glyph?
20 Aug 2009 — 2:00pm
Nice try, Craig.
Er, I'm afraid that's unfamiliar terminology to me, Ben, but I deduce you're asking whether this is one of these glyphs: bpdqþ. And my answer is: No hints yet.
20 Aug 2009 — 2:12pm
FF Pitu
20 Aug 2009 — 2:20pm
FF Pitu
Nice try, but no.
20 Aug 2009 — 2:45pm
free font?
20 Aug 2009 — 2:51pm
Only in my dreams. Well, in fact, it's actually rather inexpensive.
20 Aug 2009 — 4:26pm
so not an american foundry then?
20 Aug 2009 — 4:30pm
This is not Twenty Questions.
20 Aug 2009 — 4:53pm
OK then, the typeface in question is not from an American foundry.
21 Aug 2009 — 5:05am
And yes, it is a stick and bowl glyph.
21 Aug 2009 — 2:21pm
I'll make it easier: The author of this typeface has two letters with diacritics in his name.
21 Aug 2009 — 2:42pm
It's not the q from František Štorm's Serapion, is it?
21 Aug 2009 — 3:28pm
Actually, it is. We have a winner! Congratulations.
Gee, I dig that typeface. Baroque 'n' roll!
21 Aug 2009 — 5:09pm
arrrrgggg—oh—I mean congratulations. :-)
21 Aug 2009 — 8:49pm
Okay, here goes:
Good luck!
25 Aug 2009 — 6:24am
Could be a French ampersand.
25 Aug 2009 — 7:07am
But it's not! :-)
25 Aug 2009 — 9:37am
Maybe an 'R' or a 'K'?
- Lex
25 Aug 2009 — 9:50am
Nope. It's a lowercase letter.
28 Aug 2009 — 2:50am
free or pay?
28 Aug 2009 — 10:18am
Sorry, totally "spaced out" and forgot to give any clues! Hmm...
It's not a free font.
29 Aug 2009 — 11:12pm
Same glyph and scale.
31 Aug 2009 — 3:55am
Could it be a ‘g’?
31 Aug 2009 — 5:53am
Not a 'g'
31 Aug 2009 — 10:17am
Probably a connected typeface, may be the x.
31 Aug 2009 — 10:44am
Now we're getting somewhere, but not an x.
Designer taught me much of what I know about designing type.
But I've never met him.
5 Sep 2009 — 9:08am
Time for another subtle hint, perhaps? (Yes, I know the rules forbid my participation in this round.)
5 Sep 2009 — 9:10am
Yeah, like: Is the designer, by any chance, a regular contributor to Typophile?
5 Sep 2009 — 9:31am
Not a contributor to Typophile I don't think. I learned from his books.
5 Sep 2009 — 9:39am
:-| This is a hard one.
5 Sep 2009 — 10:07am
Maybe another view will propel one of you towards the right answer.
Same glyph and scale.
8 Sep 2009 — 6:40am
I'd say that's a caps J
8 Sep 2009 — 7:11am
No, it's lowercase!
8 Sep 2009 — 9:04pm
I think it's the ‘w’ in Rocket by Leslie Cabarga, who is well known for his many books.
8 Sep 2009 — 9:16pm
Nicely done. It's actually the 'v', but I'm going to say that's close enough! Your turn, Marcelo.
9 Sep 2009 — 7:16pm
Thanks, Craig. Here's the new one:
10 Sep 2009 — 8:09am
At first look, I guess it's the interrogation point from a sans serif typeface.
10 Sep 2009 — 10:30pm
No, it's not an interrogation point. Sans serif? well... er... hmmm... it's in my "Idon'tknowhowtocatalogtheseones" folder in my font manager.
11 Sep 2009 — 5:39am
What about the number 2 or the german Eszett? If it's not a sans serif, could it be a “hybrid” one? ;^)
11 Sep 2009 — 5:57am
An outline three?
11 Sep 2009 — 7:37pm
hmmm... yes, André , hybrid could be a keyword for this one, also decorative and display :^)
Craig, it is a three! not outlined though.
12 Sep 2009 — 2:17am
Do I smell the ‘Hague style’? ;-p
12 Sep 2009 — 3:05pm
Does this have anything to do with the mathematical typographer Luc Devroye.
I have him on my friends list in Google Talk.
http://dafont.com/SharpCurve.font
13 Sep 2009 — 10:25am
Ha ha ha! yes, Florian, yes... he was born in Netherlands but lives in the U.S. ;^)
Nothing to do with Luc Devroye.