>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.4 - 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.




21.Jul.2008 7.05am
Continued from here.
21.Jul.2008 7.50am
Thought it might be Candice, but it is Motter Femina's Latin Small Letter F With Hook (is there a better name for this character?).
Designed by Othmar Motter and exists in one weight only.
21.Jul.2008 7.54am
That's the discontinued Dutch monetary sign called 'florin'. It's gone the way of the dodo since the Euro finally took over in 2002.
21.Jul.2008 8.02am
Hej Seb,
absolutely right! :)
Nothing to add but a link to a thread about the florin: http://www.typophile.com/node/13226
Your turn!
F
21.Jul.2008 11.15am
Okay, here you go. One of my personal favourites:
25.Jul.2008 5.03pm
Could this be Mixage EF Black by Elsner & Flake?
26.Jul.2008 11.11am
Dear Katelynn,
right on - it's the subtle 'Q' of ITC Mixage Black designed by Aldo Novarese.
Guess that makes it your turn. Have fun!
Seb
26.Jul.2008 11.16am
Well, I was gosh darn close! Now to find a good one for the next challenge...
28.Jul.2008 6.33am
Well guys, here is the new one. Being a newbie here, I had a hard time deciding how obscure to be with this, so I hope I didnt make it too easy. I suppose I shall soon find out.
30.Jul.2008 5.41am
Hmm. A clue perhaps?
The roman of this font (this is the italic, book italic rather) was a 90's revision of the work of Lucian Bernhard.
I lovelovelove this font.
30.Jul.2008 7.04am
Well, then I think it's Belucian Book Italic.
30.Jul.2008 12.27pm
Right on! Perhaps because my name starts with "k", I am partial to fonts with an interesting "k". Vibertus is next on my purchase list for this very reason. Your go!
30.Jul.2008 9.01pm
Thanks, Katelynn.
Here we go:
Have fun!
3.Aug.2008 5.38am
Marcelo, how about a little hint?
3.Aug.2008 5.33pm
Yes, yes , my bad.
The designer died ten years ago.
4.Aug.2008 1.00am
Ah thanks! So this must be the nice 'ffi' ligature in Phill Grimshaw's ITC Klepto.
4.Aug.2008 8.09am
You're right! it's Klepto by Phill Grimshaw but in fact, is the ‘ffl’ ligature ;-)
Your turn, seb.
4.Aug.2008 11.47pm
Okay, und noch einmal!
5.Aug.2008 2.59am
This made my day, some days it just comes to you! Seb I believe this is FF Zapata Black by Erik van Blokland. Released in 1997.
5.Aug.2008 3.10am
Well Naoise, you are spot on! It surely is a beautiful face, just begging for an opportunity to show itself.
...and glad I could help in improving your day, it's your turn now and I am looking forward to it.
5.Aug.2008 4.13am
Ich bin dran! Lets stick with the Deutsch. I give you the lowercase 'a' from from a typeface I love.
6.Aug.2008 7.43am
I think it's NB Grotesk 65 — Halbfett by Stefan Gandl.
6.Aug.2008 7.49am
Good man Seány, du bist dran!
7.Aug.2008 7.30am
hello, i'd love to know which type this is!
can anybody name it?
thank you
7.Aug.2008 3.16pm
Start a new thread, tikitown.
- Lex
8.Aug.2008 3.50pm
Here we are.
10.Aug.2008 9.55pm
Is it Co Headline Regular by Ron Carpenter?
11.Aug.2008 4.44am
It is indeed, congrats!
11.Aug.2008 6.11pm
Thank you!
And this is the new one. Here we go.
12.Aug.2008 1.26am
Well, it’s not Cadena Black.
12.Aug.2008 2.37am
It's Eli Castellanos' delightful Barricada published through Sudtipos.
12.Aug.2008 2.42am
Yes, Sebastian, you’re right. It’s Barricada.
Your turn now.
12.Aug.2008 3.39am
Hurrah! So here it is.
13.Aug.2008 11.19pm
Seems like it is time for a little hint. This is the section sign from a typeface that was among the winners of the 2003 Type Directors Club Competition.
14.Aug.2008 12.01am
Sauna Black.
14.Aug.2008 12.26am
Well done, Craig! Now it's your turn.
14.Aug.2008 12.37am
15.Aug.2008 6.00am
Hint: a 1930s design, redrawn by ITC.
15.Aug.2008 8.08am
An incredible smile... but I really don't have a new challenge ;)
15.Aug.2008 12.55pm
Is this small-x-height font just a ♬ cold and lonely, lovely work of art ♪ for the rest of you?
15.Aug.2008 3.48pm
ITC Mona Lisa Solid I think.
15.Aug.2008 4.20pm
Bingo, smongey! You're up again.
15.Aug.2008 5.23pm
Thanks Craig,
I guess I'll get straight to the point!
23.Aug.2008 3.52am
The hint was in my initial comment.
27.Aug.2008 3.35am
FF Unit ?
27.Aug.2008 1.35pm
Afraid not?
This typeface was designed in 2003 and then got a facelift in 2006. I can also say that it has 7 weights with small caps and italics complementing each weight.
27.Aug.2008 1.37pm
Apex New... That d really threw me off Sean!
27.Aug.2008 1.40pm
Well done!
Perhaps this one was a little abstract. It took a good while to crack.
Sorry for holding things up.
27.Aug.2008 1.52pm
Yeah but you gave a nice clue at the start... Straight to the point haha! :) seems obvious now!
2.Sep.2008 5.33pm
Sorry for the delay, I was in Amsterdam for the weekend and couldn't put up an image!