>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.4 - Expert Level
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.
21.Jul.2008 6.56am
Continued from here.
23.Jul.2008 2.52pm
There are some hints in the previous part of this thread and here is another one that will make the ID pretty easy: Another font of this designer, an awarded font, was used in the Intermediate Level Type Quiz.
25.Jul.2008 8.03pm
A little zoom out
28.Jul.2008 4.24pm
Come on now it's Kinesis by Mark Jamra for Adobe. The Italic g.
28.Jul.2008 7.37pm
Oh yes! it's Kinesis Italic by Mark Jamra.
Your turn Carl!
29.Jul.2008 2.33am
And, especially for Jan (the only one who got into my intricate hint):
The other typeface by Mark Jamra is Tacitus, named after the secretary of emperor Trajan. :—)
29.Jul.2008 7.17am
ok here:
29.Jul.2008 7.38am
Hello Carl,
is it the lowercase g from Cyrus Highsmith’s Prensa?
F
29.Jul.2008 10.34am
Yeeeess... Which weight?
29.Jul.2008 11.29am
Mmmmh, I’d say rather the Light.
31.Jul.2008 10.56pm
Yes, correct! Your turn. Sorry to delay so long, I've been busy.
1.Aug.2008 2.18am
¡Olé!
What delay? Most of the time the X-Level is a slow-moving beast.
Here’s the next challenge:
4.Aug.2008 4.32am
No takers?
Okay, here’s the first hint: This typeface is by a female type designer. Alas, the linked thread won’t help you: so far, her name hasn’t been mentioned on Typophile (but it has been on Typographica).
Another cropping, same scale:
10.Aug.2008 1.16am
Another 'g'?...
10.Aug.2008 5.14am
Yes, it’s another lowercase g indeed.
11.Aug.2008 12.39pm
Zooming out:
12.Aug.2008 7.51pm
Hi Florian,
Is it the ‘g’ of Scriptuale Light designed by Renate Weise?
13.Aug.2008 12.03am
Perfect answer, Akira!
It’s your turn.
13.Aug.2008 12.38am
Thank you! :)
Here’s the next one:
14.Aug.2008 8.17pm
Hint:
It’s a ligature.
16.Aug.2008 8.42am
It looks like an "fi" ligature.
16.Aug.2008 10.59pm
No, it’s not an “fi” ligature.
20.Aug.2008 1.55am
No takers?
O.K. Zooming out:
20.Aug.2008 4.48pm
‘gi’?
20.Aug.2008 6.06pm
Hi Marcelo,
No, it’s not a ‘gi’ ligature. But you’re close.
20.Aug.2008 8.12pm
'gj' ?
- Lex
20.Aug.2008 8.44pm
Hi Lex,
Yes, it’s a ‘gj’ ligature.
27.Aug.2008 6.02pm
I’m sorry. I took a trip, so I’ve not been on-line.
More zooming-out:
4.Sep.2008 8.24pm
O.K. Here is another hint.
Another gryph of the same font:
8.Sep.2008 3.13am
The designer is a woman.
13.Sep.2008 4.44pm
Hi Akira,
it’s close to this one, right? ;•)
F
15.Sep.2008 6.37pm
Hi Florian,
Indeed it’s close. But the ear of the ‘g’ and the dot of the ‘j’ of the font are connected.
O.K. More zooming out:
15.Sep.2008 11.44pm
Indeed it’s close.
I was referring to its name!
16.Sep.2008 12.25am
Ah, now I see. :D
Indeed, Florian! Sorry.
Yep, the name of your font is pretty close to the name of the font.
17.Sep.2008 2.41am
Florian knows the name of the font, but he cannot answer. Anyone else?
What it comes down to is:
The designer is a woman.
The name of the font is very similar to the name of the font Florian showed.
Other hints:
The font is named after an African mushroom.
The designer works in Berlin.
17.Sep.2008 4.57am
Yes, come on now! :-)
Another visual hint:
The designer of this typeface and the designer of the typeface in question have something in common:
17.Sep.2008 9.02am
Well, finally… after Kigali, and Jan Fromm's Camingo, I think it's Kigara by Elena Albertoni. Both designers work with Luc(as) de Groot.
17.Sep.2008 7.13pm
Finally!
Marcelo, you’re correct. It’s Kigara designed by Elena Albertoni.
Kigara was Elena’s first attempt at designing a text typeface. The result is not exactly a conventional book face.
Strongly influenced by handwriting, Kigara is best suited for short texts set at medium to large sizes. However, its open letter shapes and subtle serifs make it a very readable face in smaller sizes as well. Kigara will also make headlines as a modest, light-hearted display typeface.
Kigara is named after an African mushroom - hence the mushroom vignettes and African ornaments in the OpenType version and the ‘B’ set. Both the sets also include small caps, alternate figures, special ligatures and other expert glyphs.
It’s your turn now! :)
17.Sep.2008 10.17pm
Ok! let's go:
Have fun!
22.Sep.2008 3.35pm
No takers?
zooooming out
22.Sep.2008 7.52pm
Is it a 'w'?
- Lex
23.Sep.2008 2.19pm
Hi Lex! nope, is not a ‘w’.
23.Sep.2008 4.12pm
Is it an 'a'?
23.Sep.2008 5.11pm
Is the black really the white?
23.Sep.2008 7.46pm
No, is not an ‘a’ Craig and is not reversed, Miss Tiffany. : )
Is a Basic Latin standard glyph.
27.Sep.2008 3.48pm
Is it an ‘@’, Marcelo? Or a ‘3’?
Clueless,
F
28.Sep.2008 7.37am
Hi Florian, yes! it's an ‘@’.
Two designers for this font.
29.Sep.2008 10.29pm
Two designers: a man and a woman.
3.Oct.2008 12.09pm
Here's the complete glyph.
Two designers: a man and a woman, husband and wife.
8.Oct.2008 9.01am
Two designers: a man and a woman, husband and wife. This font was released by the foundry they founded in the 80's.
8.Oct.2008 9.27am
Okay, now I’ve found it. Released in 1988, right? Nice one, Marcelo! (I can’t win this one because I’m hosting another quiz at the moment) :-{
8.Oct.2008 9.34am
Yes Florian! 1988
8.Oct.2008 10.43am
Ha! Now I can win – let’s swap! :^D
It is Variex Bold by Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko of Emigre fame.
8.Oct.2008 11.08am
We have a winner!
Your turn Florian
8.Oct.2008 12.46pm
Very well then!
How about this one?
Have fun!
8.Oct.2008 1.19pm
lowercase g ?
8.Oct.2008 1.55pm
Well, I actually picked the ‘a’, but this part looks pretty much the same in the ‘g’.
Same glyph (thus, lowercase a), zoomed out a bit:
13.Oct.2008 5.45am
It is by a designer who celebrated a milestone birthday earlier this year.
14.Oct.2008 9.29am
And is based on her handwriting, right?
15.Oct.2008 3.15am
Yes, I think you got it … but you can’t win, alas!
15.Oct.2008 12.17pm
It's the 'a' from Columbine (Light?) by Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse who celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this year.
- Lex
16.Oct.2008 2.45am
We have a winner!
It is Colombine Pro. URW++ once gave away an OpenType version (with more than 1.000 glyphs – mainly alternates for better connections) for free.
Your turn, Lex.
17.Oct.2008 11.22am
Right on. I've just got to find a scanner, then I'll have the next one ready to go - maybe tomorrow.
- Lex
21.Oct.2008 1.36pm
Sorry for the wait. Here's the image:
The outline isn't supposed to be rough like that - it's just the scan.
- Lex
22.Oct.2008 10.21pm
Hint: the glyph is in the standard Latin character set.
- Lex
23.Oct.2008 11.03pm
Hint: it is a letter.
- Lex
24.Oct.2008 5.43am
Is it a y?
24.Oct.2008 11.01am
It's not a 'y'.
- Lex
25.Oct.2008 12.29am
Hint: it is a lower-case letter.
- Lex
25.Oct.2008 2.47pm
Another image:
Same glyph, same scale.
- Lex
26.Oct.2008 11.53am
Is this glyph could be an lower case a?
26.Oct.2008 9.11pm
Yes it's a lower case 'a'.
- Lex
30.Oct.2008 12.46pm
Still no guesses? I think I just dyed a little inside.
- Lex
30.Oct.2008 3.33pm
My guess is that it's a brush script ( looked at Choc first ), but it's not one being sold at MyFonts or Veer ( which takes a whole bunch out of the equation... )
31.Oct.2008 12.15am
No, it's not a script.
- Lex
P.S. Just to remind you, the outlines are not that jagged. I scanned this 'a' from a book, which produced the rough edges.
1.Nov.2008 4.18pm
Same glyph, same scale.
- Lex
2.Nov.2008 5.48pm
It might be a reverse typeface.
2.Nov.2008 7.37pm
Yes! It's an outlined face with a shadow.
- Lex
11.Nov.2008 1.05pm
Same glyph, same scale.
- Lex
13.Nov.2008 8.30pm
I wish I could give more hints, but I know nothing about this face. I found it in a 1985 Letraset book, but all of the online versions say it was designed in 2006.
- Lex
18.Nov.2008 12.24pm
No guesses? Here's the full character:
- Lex
20.Nov.2008 3.34pm
Hint: "Dyed a little" was actually a hint and not a misspelling.
- Lex
21.Nov.2008 11.25am
Hi Lex, I think it's Tintoretto Outline.
21.Nov.2008 12.11pm
You got it, Marcelo! Your turn.
- Lex
21.Nov.2008 7.38pm
Ok! here is it:
25.Nov.2008 2.32pm
Zoom out of the same glyph.
27.Nov.2008 4.27pm
Probably a swash letter.
27.Nov.2008 6.14pm
Yes André, from a calligraphic font.
A TDC winner BTW.
27.Nov.2008 6.59pm
I think it's P22 Dearest but I can't find the glyph.
27.Nov.2008 8.36pm
Hi, Craig. I'm afraid is not P22 Dearest.