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>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.5 - Expert Level
Posted by Florian Hardwig in
14 May 2010 — 8:56am
14 May 2010 — 8:56am
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 × 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, Mr Bald Condensed or me 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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14 May 2010 — 8:57am
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Here’s the new challenge: Have fun!
14 May 2010 — 10:35am
Is this could be the german etset in its italic style?
14 May 2010 — 11:23am
Hi André,
nope, it’s not an ß (eszett).
16 May 2010 — 11:22am
Hello Florian,
It's been some time since I did this.
Wild guess: Æ in some script?
16 May 2010 — 11:31am
So Prolix ?
16 May 2010 — 11:52am
Here's something I thought of:
16 May 2010 — 12:58pm
Hoi Arjen,
An Æ? Yes!
Some script? Well, sort of.
No, it’s not So Prolix.
16 May 2010 — 4:06pm
art deco inspired ?
17 May 2010 — 12:58am
Another wild guess. I'm a bit stuck within all these script. And probably it's just some kind of sans-serif/italic/swashed character… The line-endings are rounded in this one, so it's not correct, but still.
Charminette Light by Joe Van Der Bos ?
17 May 2010 — 4:10am
Mike, no, there is no Art Deco involved.
Arjen, yes, you are on the right track: it’s a swashy italic from a sans-serif type family.
17 May 2010 — 1:21pm
It feels like OurType, but I have no clue. Sorry.
17 May 2010 — 4:54pm
Oh man. I think I've got it. Too bad, I can't say. That's a very careful cropping, Florian.
18 May 2010 — 12:46am
Tell me thursday what it is. Too busy with other things right now.
Sorry.
Paul, and others: good luck.
18 May 2010 — 12:59am
It was allmost too easy.
Name me a group of typedesigners who's famous for their curly, swashy fonts!
Right, Underware!
And this one is Auto 3 light italic
18 May 2010 — 1:07am
Should I wait for your approval, Florian? Or can I allready start the next challenge?
This might be a tough one!
18 May 2010 — 1:33am
Arjen, you got it! Auto 3 Italic it is. Congratulations!
Paul, I would have zoomed out a bit today – but with such experts around, that was not necessary.
18 May 2010 — 4:32am
Any ideas?
Should I give some hints?
18 May 2010 — 11:47am
Seems to be a fraction, may be 8/9
18 May 2010 — 3:41pm
Haha I was right.
Is that a %?
19 May 2010 — 12:13pm
@sim: Yes, I didn't expect that to be found so quickly. 8/9
19 May 2010 — 12:19pm
I'm off to Berlin. Will look (if possible) otherwise no response until Monday.
24 May 2010 — 5:26am
I'm back after a very nice weekend in Berlin.
Let's continue the quest on this secret symbol. (No hints in that).
24 May 2010 — 7:31am
I can’t imagine many fonts have precomposed 8/9 fractions. Perhaps it’s from something pre Opentype? Unless it’s an arbitrary fraction.
24 May 2010 — 11:21am
Dalton Maag sell fonts with 8/9 fractions, and their Viato Bold isn’t far off (but it can’t be something so obscure, can it?).
24 May 2010 — 5:35pm
That looks about right, Frode.
24 May 2010 — 11:22pm
It is not really obscure. It isn't pre-OpenType either, released in 2010. The weight I've used was for free.
25 May 2010 — 7:48am
Is it Otari bold?
25 May 2010 — 8:19am
Adelle Extra Bold!
Edit: No, it was released in 2009!
25 May 2010 — 8:30am
Or, it might be Aller!
Edit: Nope! 2008. Man, I have to check these dates before I get so excited.
25 May 2010 — 2:40pm
John is right: Bold Limited to be precise.
Congrats and good luck with the next Question.
25 May 2010 — 3:03pm
I’d say that’s rather obscure :) Congrats John!
26 May 2010 — 7:03am
Cool! Here’s the new cropped glyph.
28 May 2010 — 7:28am
No guesses, no questions? Should I give a hint?
28 May 2010 — 7:41am
Is it the A of Quadraat Sans?
28 May 2010 — 8:05am
It is an A, but it is not a typeface by Fred Smeijers.
31 May 2010 — 7:59pm
The type designer is Canadian.
1 Jun 2010 — 11:54am
I'm not allowed to play this time, right?
1 Jun 2010 — 1:17pm
That is correct, Arjen. Perhaps I should drop another hint: the family of typefaces (serif and sans-serif) was custom designed for a national publication.
2 Jun 2010 — 7:13am
2 Jun 2010 — 7:44am
I think it’s the A in Nick Shinn’s Globe and Mail News regular. It might also be some other intersection, M, W and N have similar shapes.
2 Jun 2010 — 8:12am
You are right, Frode. Globe and Mail News is the font and, as I confirmed earlier, it is an A. Nick Shinn's type design is one of the big reasons I enjoy my Globe and Mail subscription.
2 Jun 2010 — 9:33am
2 Jun 2010 — 9:39am
I just upped the level to über-expertise.
2 Jun 2010 — 4:59pm
Probably the e letter.
2 Jun 2010 — 5:20pm
No, it’s not an e.
3 Jun 2010 — 2:19am
When is the proper time to drop a hint? Oh, I can give you one right ahead. The font and it’s creator are both american, but not from the US.
3 Jun 2010 — 4:30am
Is it an A?
3 Jun 2010 — 4:32am
No.
3 Jun 2010 — 5:45am
/fl/ ligature?
3 Jun 2010 — 7:17am
Yes!