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Here’s the new challenge: Have fun!

Hi André,
nope, it’s not an ß (eszett).

So Prolix ?

Hoi Arjen,
An Æ? Yes!
Some script? Well, sort of.
No, it’s not So Prolix.

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 ?

It feels like OurType, but I have no clue. Sorry.

Tell me thursday what it is. Too busy with other things right now.
Sorry.

Paul, and others: good luck.

Should I wait for your approval, Florian? Or can I allready start the next challenge?

This might be a tough one!

Any ideas?
Should I give some hints?

Haha I was right.

Is that a %?

I'm off to Berlin. Will look (if possible) otherwise no response until Monday.

I can’t imagine many fonts have precomposed 8/9 fractions. Perhaps it’s from something pre Opentype? Unless it’s an arbitrary fraction.

That looks about right, Frode.

Is it Otari bold?

Or, it might be Aller!

Edit: Nope! 2008. Man, I have to check these dates before I get so excited.

I’d say that’s rather obscure :) Congrats John!

No guesses, no questions? Should I give a hint?

It is an A, but it is not a typeface by Fred Smeijers.

I'm not allowed to play this time, right?

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.

I just upped the level to über-expertise.

No, it’s not an e.

Is it an A?

/fl/ ligature?

Here’s another hint. The font in question sports a rather unusual female glyph (and I’m not talking about the ordinal).

Is it Fondo?

I think it’s time for another hint:
This family of fonts has more than one display cut.

It could be Leksa, but the bar doesn't cross the l… No, it's not.

A strange female-sign indeed:

And it’s not drawn by someone from America. Sorry, it’s not it.

Is it PampaType's Arlt?

Rayuela? No, that's not it.

Yes! Borges Titulo Blanca it is.

The cow.

Is it a c?

Maple Bold, maybe?

How about Bureau Grot Wide - UltraBlack?

Does this mean I can guess again? (If I promise to take it easy with the überness if I happen to guess right.)

Here’s a new glyph portion.

I would say that's a w.

Typophile readers may be more familiar with this type designer's scripts and his contributions to discussions on this site about a certain Estonian calligrapher.

Yeah, I usually give away too much in the hints.

I’m not sure I understand your question about Air Italia, Arjen. I suspect you’re barking up the wrong tree.

No, I’m afraid he couldn’t be Anton Koovit (although my understanding of quantum physics is sketchy).

Another hint: this typeface was released in 1991, according to Identifont.

Yes, you are right again, Frode (on both counts). Your turn.

Hint: The family has a rather geographic(al) name.

It’s not Vida (21 Italic), is it?

I don’t get the ‘geographic(al) name’ hint … is it from the Vida family?

Ah, I see. Evropa seems to be a special package, containing a few styles of two families, with enhanced language support:
Vida and Politic B, enriched by Greek and Cyrillics, have been adapted for the purposes of Czech Presidency of EU.

And I was pondering on what Vidå/Danmark, or Vida/Oregon might have to do with this!
Off to prepare a new challenge …

Looks like a /W/ or /w/ from Banjoman Open Bold, flipped horizontally.

This typeface has been named after a place. If you travel from the designer’s home to the city where the foundry is based, this place will be more or less on your way – a bit closer to the latter. For a 1,400 km distance, one would usually take a plane, admittedly.

Mmm... Not among the 591 results for "inline", nor in their "multilinear" fontlist...
And sure the direction of the inner stroke is strange...
By the way, it reminds me of the VW logo ;-)

I suppose it could/should be Dessau Plakat.
But I'm unable to find the right glyph.

Oh, well, no problem! :-)
While I’m looking for something to post, I should mention that the name of the font is an obvious reference to the second city where the Bauhaus moved in 1925 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus#Dessau).

It's not an inline typeface.

It's not an @ either.

Not a S, sorry.

Mmm... no.

The name of the font is the name of a fruit.

Well, while the tomato is native to South America, it is now often regarded as a typical mediterranean produce. The fruit after which the font shown here is named truly is a typical and original mediterranean product.

That's just because the glyph is neither a g nor a 9... ;-)

Or Roman, or Black; I can't tell.

That was a clever crop. Here's a new one:

As it happens, I can't really answer that with a yes or no...

stymie?

W?

www?

This is a recent font design by a young American designer - his first professional release, I believe.

Trilby by David Jonathan Ross?
The most recent release with the exagerrated most prominent feature being Manicotti?

Thanks.
Here we (the few of us) go:

It’s not from a recently released typeface.
It’s not an obscure glyph.
It’s not a ‘k’.

Nope.

It could also be an R or a B.

3?

Wild guess: Apricot by Canada Type?

Probably a three with a loop in the middle.

Another clue maybe?

The typeface’s origin is Canada.

The typeface in question was drawn in 1977, but is based on an older design commissioned by the Governor General of Canada-in-Council in 1967 to create a new and distinctively Canadian typeface. This earlier face went by a different name.

We have another (see Intermediate Level) winner.
Although, Carl Dair’s original typeface was called Cartier and quite different.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartier_%28typeface%29
Raleigh is an “interpretation”.
Cartier was continued as Cartier Book.
http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/HiddenGems/Cartier.htm

That looks like a piece of a W in Auriol italic. Or maybe the bold italic.

Bravo!

Here’s a new one:

Nope, not an s.

The lower case g

Here's a hint: the type designer is from the USA.

No, not Christian Schwartz.

Birra Stoud by Joshua Darden?
http://www.dardenstudio.com/typefaces/birra_stout-features

I guess it can't be wrong... so, here is the new one:

You are correct, Pablo.

@Pablo: I've already knew that. BTW, Congratulations to having solve the challenge.

A swashed glyph.

…I think it's an upper case 'O', and those two different terminals should work as a hint…

An upper case E…

Not E, but you are closer.
Not Champion.

Yep!

It looks like the ampersand from the Globe and Mail. Whatsitcalled....

Young Gallant.

That is a truly beautyful ampersand!

I'll give you this:

Let's see if we can narrow down the options....

Is it from the brush of one of these geniuses:
Michel Clark, Rob Leuschke, Stephen Rapp, Jason Walcott, Charles Borges de Oliveira, or AlePaul/Angel Koziupa?

None of the above, Pablo. And yes, it's lower case k but not Tango.

Mitchell, you are very close: this is not Bernhard Tango, but a font based on it.

So is this the one from c1910 or the 90s?

And this could in fact be more difficult than I thought; I Googled the font and the maker, and found no mention of this font. This was in a font package I bought in 1999.

1995 or 1996, I believe.

No. A big hint: made by Richard Beatty.

I believe it was, but that was ten years ago, and I can't that package anywhere. Propably in the attic somewhere.

This is Beattys interpritation of Bernhard Tango, but it's not Goodhue. Here's the whole glyph.

More R.B. fonts here
http://www.will-harris.com/store-h/richard_beatty_fonts.html
But still, can't find a match...

This is it: Jane’s Waltz and Jane’s Waltz Swash. I still can't find it from anywhere.

But let's start over (if you don't mind). This one is more managable, since this one is still in use today (I checked):

It is an upper case glyph. That's all I'm giving right now…

And an afterthought: that C-like form reminded me of the best use of counterform I've ever seen:

Nope.

The designer of this typeface is American.

Not Goudy. This East Coast designer is still working.

By compiling your images and guessing a bit, I came up with this M, which looks a lot like LTC Caslon Swash.

Okay, now it’s easy: is it one of the swash alternate 'M’s in Hoefler Text Italic, by Jonathan Hoefler?

Yes! Indeed it is. Here's the whole shebang.

Is that also an M?

Is it an A?

Looks a bit like Algerian that has been through some rough times.

This typeface was designed in the early 1980s. I saw it popping up quite a bit lately, thanks to Apple. It is available from Fonts.com, but not from FontShop nor MyFonts, at the moment.

That is correct!

Noted British type designer David Quay designed Blackmoor in 1983. Based on an old English letter style, this textura-style Blackletter evokes a mediaeval character, expertly mixing a gothic lowercase together with Lombardic capitals. Blackmoor's rough, distressed features make it ideal for a variety of applications, from serious historical publications to horror movies, and comics.

… and CD/DVD covers and booklets. Blackmoor LET comes bundled with iWork.
Your turn, Pablo.

Is it an Aldus k?

All right! I'm absolutely new to this - and the whole forum in general - so this might not be the right difficulty at all. We'll see! :)

Is it a /k/?

Well, now it's gone easy suddenly - it is indeed another k.

It's a typeface directed towards a very specialised user. In fact, it's a futher narrowing of the intended user base from the another version of this typeface, which already has a narrow intended group of users.

No, I'm afraid not. It's a sans-serif... more or less, though a bit cursive.

Sassoon Infant Bold /k/?

Here goes...

Yes, Q.

Yes.

When you stick the name of this font into Wikipedia, you get an Austrian guy who played field handball last century, no mention of the font though!

Well done, Riccardo. It is indeed a very beautiful Q from Houschka Pro Medium (Nick Cooke's G-Type).

You're up next!

Thanks all :-)
Here we go:

¡No! ;-)

Kudos for such a quick answer! Indeed it is.
(if anyone missed it, here’s the thread where fellow typophile Craig Eliason shared its development: http://www.typophile.com/node/60316)

Now I've really arrived! :-)

Yes, it's a /d/.

Hint: This typeface began its life as a Jenson revival.

Hmm... Here's a few hints:

The designer developed this typeface here on Typophile, where he originally labelled it with a saintly name.

It's frequently brought up in discussions of typefaces with relatively-upright italics.

The typeface contains a (beautiful) inline variant.

Yes, you got it! I agree, the inline is gorgeous.

Your turn!

Is that a /7/?

Tip: It´s a Italic 7

Tip: It´s not the schoolbook version.

It could be a Century* (751?) Bold or Black Italic.

* there are so many (cfr. http://typophile.com/node/80989)

Riccardo is right.
Century 715 Bitstream Black Italic

I removed my answer, because I couldn't make Century 751 Black (nor any of the other black and bold Centuries I tried) exactly match the sample. So nominally, you won.

OK, then.

This shouldn't be too hard, I think.

t.

No-one? Really? OK, I'll make it easy. This typeface is named after (but not necessarily designed by) a prolific British type designer.

Gill Facia it is.

I don't know much about it, really. I once worked for an organisation that insisted on using Gill Sans for its written stuff, so I licensed Gill Facia as a companion face for headlines and stuff. I actually quite like it, with all its alternates and ligatures, though it's generally scorned upon by designers, I think. It's designed by Colin Banks, who also gave the British Post Office its look.

Your turn!

Is that some sort of swash?

E? c?

@?

The designer is a creative character from South America.

That's it, Riccard0! It's the clever reversed-out at-sign from Titulata.

Close… but no ;-)

Not close in that sense ;-)

Not a vowel either.

That’s it! :-)

Ah, that was too much of a hint!
It is Carl Reissberger’s Forte, right? One of the few typefaces designed by an Austrian. And one of the nicer fonts that come with Microsoft Office – at least I feel it has suffered less from having been bundled than others.

Thanks!
Here is the new challenge. No hints for the moment. Happy guessing!

% maybe?

Matthew Carter?

Is it a Czech designer?

So it must be Storm's Preissig?
http://www.stormtype.com/family-preissig.html

Ah, this font is perfect for cropping a character. Spoilt for choice!

No, not a G. Not a g either.

No, not a pseudo-Hebrew. Not Art Nouveau either. Definitely retro but a few decades later.

Well...isn’t that letter ‘J’ from Blackcurrant Squash designed by Rian Hughes?

Ok Tim, thanks for your generosity!

So let’s try this one…

Yep.

Should I give you another hint?

You're definitely right about the italic. And it’s the regular one.

That’s Storm’s Serapion Italic.

I know those lacrymal terminals anywhere!

Mike :-)

Bump. Hey SuperUltraFabulous, you've had five months, have you come up with a new challenge yet? ;-)

Craig, if Mike (SuperUltraFabulous ) hasn’t posted a new challenge within the next 24 hours, I hereby decree that it is your turn to do so.

Is that the original rotation? Is it a w?

|&| would be too predictable, right?

Cound it be an /f/?

k?

Is it a /b/?

Mistral, non? I was actually going to guess that as soon as I saw it, but having seen Mistral in metal I guess the digital outlines don't do it justice.

BTW, on what planet was that 24 hours? (That can probably be specifically answered actually. But this is not Astronomophile.)

hhp

x

hhp

Wow, I never noticed how peculiar Mistral's |x| is!
Now we know how an hastly written Turkish Lira will look ;-)

Yes, it's Mistral's /x/. Hrant has it.

Okay, I guess we're guessing glyphs again then. :) It is a /G/?

I'm hoping to pass the baton before my trip on the 13th, so I'm not going to wait too long before dropping a hint:

This font lives in a large, conventional house.

--

BTW, I just realized I was supposed to show off. I mean about the one I got, Mistral. So, behold the large and small masters of the /a in metal Mistral:

hhp

It's lowercase.

hhp

OK, back from my epic journey to Yerevan, Istanbul and Reading, it seems I need to drop another hint...

And I'll just list them all here:
- The glyph is a lowercase /g.
- The font lives in a large, conventional house.
- And: The family features three "flavors" (each in four weights).

hhp

He lives in the same half of the same state, but he's younger.

hhp

Bingo! Good job, good job.
Don't forget to show off something you know about Reliq and/or Carl.

Aaaaand you're up.

hhp

Ok, here goes... Not sure if this is easy or difficult. We'll see