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(x) Beach Bread - Twang {Yves}
Posted by misalion in
10 Sep 2003 — 12:01am
10 Sep 2003 — 12:01am
Hello!
Please identify... Is this a font? All three 1's look identical.
Thank you!!
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10 Sep 2003 — 2:39am
My 1st thoughts were Legende and Codex.
I went through my Calligraphics, Old Styles
and even Formal Scripts, but no luck.
Something from Scriptorium maybe? Dunno.
Hey Yves
10 Sep 2003 — 7:14am
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10 Sep 2003 — 7:15am
261 - 7711 ?!
we need the area code
i'll try during the day
David Hamuel
10 Sep 2003 — 8:25pm
Here's a thought. It looks a lot like ITC Humana Serif that's been blurred down and edited slightly (like the '2'). Here's a look at these numbers in the Medium weight: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/itc-humana-serif/humana-serif-itc-medium/testdrive.html?s=261-7711&p=48
See the resemblance in the basic letterforms?
17 Sep 2003 — 7:54pm
Yves, I think I should get partial credit for picking Donaldson's "Humana Serif". I recognized his lettering, just missed the actual font. (Figured this was worth a try ;-))
18 Sep 2003 — 7:30am
> that's why I have such a lousy average in the
> Leader Boards: persistence.
Maybe ;-). But that's not the case here.
Typefaces identified after 48h weren't included
in the ID average time calculus, just to reduce
the distortions in the results...
18 Sep 2003 — 8:06am
I would like to suggest that this scoring system overlooks the difficulty factor. I think the points should be based only on the number of guesses made, not on the time it takes. That factor is already considered when you award points to the first one who names the font correctly, but if three or four tries are needed then it seems more points should be awarded, because of the difficulty in making the correct identification.
Otherwise you are favoring the person with the fastest server, or the most time to just sit and wait for new posts. By the time I see the first e-mail that there is a new font posted for ID, there are already three posts with it to ID the thing, so of course I would like a system that puts a bit less emphasis on speed.
Just my two cents. :-)
18 Sep 2003 — 8:23am
(spoken in a small voice) Oh... well.... never mind.
10 Sep 2003 — 1:10am
Dang. Thought it might be Delphin, but no.
Hey, Tiff, weren't you the number wizard recently on
the Type ID Pop Quiz? This should be up your sleeve.
11 Sep 2003 — 2:15am
> Hey Yves
11 Sep 2003 — 2:18am
See? I can even vote myself into 5-stardom.
BTW Thanks for the vote of confidence.
17 Sep 2003 — 3:46pm
Got it: it's Letraset's Twang, a "dirty" script by
Timothy Donaldson.
See, that's why I have such a lousy average in the
Leader Boards: persistence. Sorry it took so long, Misa.
18 Sep 2003 — 12:20am
> See the resemblance in the basic letterforms?
This remark speaks in your favour.
I actually stumbled onto it during my run through
the FontBook looking for the Diet Cherry Coke ID.
Though I usually am on the look-out for several
different IDs when I do one.
18 Sep 2003 — 7:36am
Grrreat, so that means I just have a lousy average,
period.
Bugger me senseless.
<sigh>
18 Sep 2003 — 7:39am
Or I'll have to wait at least 48 hours whenever it
takes too long (this is getting really complicated).
18 Sep 2003 — 8:17am
Ouch. Head hurtz...
You won't be able to find a watertight system. This
whole competition business with the Leader Board
started out as just a big amount of silliness that's
getting a little bit out of hand. The main purpose
of the Leader Boards is to see how efficient we are,
and the averages and attribution of IDs to persons
is just raw material that's not really meant to be
taken very seriously, believe me.
18 Sep 2003 — 8:30am
You are right though, and on several occasions I pointed
out the flaws in the system. But I guess it simply can't
be helped.