Type ID Pop Quiz V2.0
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.
In case of any disputes, I will act as judge, jury and avenging angel of wrath.
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.

22.Oct.2005 6.52am
You’ve been clamouring its return, and now — finally — we witness its triumphant rebirth. Laydeez and gennelmun, I’m humbled and honoured to kickstart Version 2.0 of the ridiculously popular Type ID Pop Quiz!
OK kids, playtime’s over, let’s get down to bizz-nizz. Last one out the gates is a smelly sock.
22.Oct.2005 9.40am
Character i (or j) from Maiola Regular designed by Veronika Burian.
She designed this typeface in 2003 in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Typeface Design, from The University of Reading.
Maiola was one of the TDC2 2004 winning entries. This typeface was recently added to the FontFont library, and first appeared in its Catalogue 2004-05 Addendum, on page 3. It covers Extended Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
I find it amazing the way she handled the curves. It’s a beautiful typeface full of (Czech) character.
22.Oct.2005 1.11pm
Yes, Maiola is a very nice piece of work indeed.
T
22.Oct.2005 1.33pm
Whoa, Miguel, you know how it’s done. :^D
Perfect ID, it was the “i” indeed. You’re up next. You’ve got let’s say 48 hours to post a new challenge. Make it a good one! ;^)
22.Oct.2005 3.19pm
Hurray! :^D
Ok, I’ll try to do my best.
23.Oct.2005 5.00am
Here it goes...
23.Oct.2005 7.19am
Woohoo, we’re back on the right track! :^)
I think this might be a Q of some sorts, but even that I’m not sure of. Don’t answer and give away the glyph just yet, let’s wait for some more contenders. ;^)
23.Oct.2005 1.59pm
This might also a part of Z or 2 or iz or...
Wow! Big challenge!
24.Oct.2005 9.50am
That’s armenian! (maybe)
Maybe r, but I don’t think it’s from Calouste.
At any rate it’s non-roman, yes?
24.Oct.2005 11.33am
Nope, it’s latin, and in the a to z scope.
(I would never be that presumptuous. Besides, using Calouste would have made the quiz too easy. I can’t underestimate you guys that much ;^)
24.Oct.2005 12.02pm
As Randy think, Is this could be the Armenian small letter JHEH? If so, now I’ve to find the typeface...
24.Oct.2005 12.03pm
At any rate it’s non-roman, yes?
Let’s agree not to use any funky scripts, OK? It’s already hard enough as it is! :^P
24.Oct.2005 12.09pm
Hey Yves, not nice! :-)
Then at least make a separate non-Latin sister to this.
hhp
24.Oct.2005 12.45pm
Re:Nope, it’s latin, and in the a to z scope.
Wow. Very funky.
I think it’s italic.
I think it’s a z. Yes?
I think the typeface is... well I have no idea.
How’d I do on the other parts?
R
24.Oct.2005 12.55pm
After some ’yes’ and ’no’ questions, I found out that the straight stroke is the part sitting on the baseline.
24.Oct.2005 12.56pm
It isn’t a q, nor is it an n, and neither is it a z.
24.Oct.2005 1.00pm
> After some ‘yes’ and ‘no’ questions
You mean off-line? Is this allowed? Yves, DISQUALIFY THE MISSY! ;-)
—
Must be a cap-Q, no?
hhp
24.Oct.2005 1.15pm
So far, the only one closer is Randy. Yes, it’s italic.
And again, it is Latin!
What else can I say...
The designer published a typeface family with Linotype in 1999, and recently published this one under his/her own foundry name.
24.Oct.2005 1.26pm
Is it an italic y?
24.Oct.2005 1.39pm
Yes Nick, well done!
Now the typeface...
24.Oct.2005 1.46pm
Hmmm looks familiar...you’d think I’d know it but the fact of the matter is I haven’t got a clue.
24.Oct.2005 1.48pm
...by Gary Munch ? - he designed Really 1999
24.Oct.2005 1.56pm
…by Gary Munch ?
No
24.Oct.2005 2.25pm
At last...
Tim Ahrens’ Lapture (Italic) (Just Another Foundry).
http://justanotherfoundry.com/Lapture/index.htm
Linotype Aroma was the 1999 font family.
(Thanks everyone who knew what it was but were feeling sorry for me because they thought it would be unfair to gazump me after I had correctly identified it was a y!)
24.Oct.2005 2.38pm
Congratulations!
Your turn :^)
24.Oct.2005 2.46pm
Shouldn’t take too long.
24.Oct.2005 2.58pm
5
24.Oct.2005 3.06pm
Yes, 5. (Not E or F.)
24.Oct.2005 3.10pm
trade gothic?
24.Oct.2005 3.22pm
No, a bit older than that (this version is younger though).
24.Oct.2005 3.26pm
When I say older than Trade Gothic I mean older than 1948 but younger than News Gothic 1908. The version I captured above was designed in 1979 if that helps.
24.Oct.2005 3.28pm
news gothic
24.Oct.2005 4.00pm
No, not News Gothic (see above).
24.Oct.2005 4.16pm
> younger than News Gothic
Alternate Gothic 1903?
24.Oct.2005 9.42pm
1979? It’s not Franklin Gothic is it?
- Lex
25.Oct.2005 12.40am
> After some ‘yes’ and ‘no’ questions
> You mean off-line? Is this allowed? Yves, DISQUALIFY THE MISSY! ;-)
Tiff, I know you’ve got an inside track to the Portuguese guy, but do that again and you’re barred from the Type ID Pop Quiz for life. Hrant has a point. :^D ;^) :^P
What did I tell ya? Avenging Angel of Wrath, baybee. Didn’t know the abuse of power would taste so sweet... :^D
25.Oct.2005 1.00am
BTW Great challenge, Miguel. And a beautiful face too. Very nice angularity.
25.Oct.2005 1.11am
Nope, its not Franklin Gothic either.
The 5 is not italic.
25.Oct.2005 3.56am
It this Johnston’s Underground?
25.Oct.2005 11.19am
You are very close, Jan. I think I’m going to have to let you have it.
It’s New Johnston Medium (by Colin Banks of Banks and Miles 1979) which I think has recently been overhauled for Transport for London (formerly London Transport).
I would also have allowed Dave Farey and Richard Dawson’s ITC Johnston Medium.
Here are all ten numerals. I still don’t understand why the arm of the 5 is cut off at such a strange angle.
Your turn...
25.Oct.2005 1.22pm
OK, here we go...
25.Oct.2005 1.37pm
italic lowercase v
25.Oct.2005 1.42pm
yes, it’s italic lowercase v.
25.Oct.2005 1.57pm
The sharp corners lead me to believe this is by a young designer. Is this true? (silly theory)
25.Oct.2005 2.02pm
Storm’s DynaGrotesk DC Bold Italic
25.Oct.2005 2.05pm
Frantisek Storm. 2001.
25.Oct.2005 2.06pm
> The sharp corners lead me to believe this is by a young designer.
Killer observation (although more “young at heart”).
hhp
25.Oct.2005 2.18pm
Very Good Tiffany... Not 100% perfec thou, it’s not “DC” but “D”.
Correct answer is also StormType’s DynaGrotesk D bold italic
your turn, Miss Tiffany.
(BTW, is it OK to post these “explanatory” images in this thread?)
25.Oct.2005 2.59pm
I think DynaGrotesk is one of the most beautiful sans serifs currently available. With the roman being a good masculine counterpart for the curvaceous and elegant italic.
So I have 48 hours?
25.Oct.2005 3.13pm
(BTW, is it OK to post these “explanatory” images in this thread?)
Yes, please do. One of the nice things about this game is that it allows us to direct our fellow Typophiles to maybe lesser-known faces that we like and admire. That’s also why I added the trivia bit in my introduction to the game.
So I have 48 hours?
Don’t take that too literally — I just added that to avoid the thread dying out. If that ever happens, I’ll step in and post a new challenge myself. You can certainly take your time to look for a really interesting challenge.
25.Oct.2005 3.21pm
Killer observation (...).
Miss Tifanny knows her type, that is a fact.
26.Oct.2005 2.26pm
Ok. Sorry. I’m old, memory is bad. If my stroke color is wrong or too thick ... tough.
26.Oct.2005 2.40pm
Is this Brothers?
26.Oct.2005 2.41pm
Huh, what’s that extra pixel at 2-o’clock?
hhp
26.Oct.2005 2.45pm
it’s an 8, isn’t it?
26.Oct.2005 2.45pm
Nope, the counters in Brothers seem to be round...
26.Oct.2005 2.46pm
huh? nope. nope.
26.Oct.2005 3.03pm
Foundry Gridnik Bold (is it a B?)
26.Oct.2005 3.05pm
nope. nope.
26.Oct.2005 3.06pm
I thought I had it — the B of JAF Mashine, designed by the talented Tim Ahrens, available through his inadequately named Just Another Foundry.
But alas... :^/
26.Oct.2005 3.06pm
So it’s a sneaky 3?
26.Oct.2005 3.08pm
yep.
26.Oct.2005 3.14pm
Teco, but I know it’s not really.
26.Oct.2005 3.22pm
And I thought it was one Identikal job.
26.Oct.2005 3.26pm
nope. nope.
26.Oct.2005 3.27pm
LTC Octic Gothic #2.
26.Oct.2005 3.32pm
Link, Nick! We wanna check them out! ;^)
26.Oct.2005 3.32pm
:^D Good job, Nick! Glad to have helped you waste that past 45 minutes. Your go!
26.Oct.2005 3.41pm
Apologies, LTC Octic Gothic here from P22:
www.p22.com/lanston/products/octicgothic.html
New one...
26.Oct.2005 3.53pm
A lower case r?
26.Oct.2005 4.18pm
something from star trek? =^>
26.Oct.2005 5.17pm
Closest I’ve gotten is Soda Smooth, but it’s missing the 3-D effect.
26.Oct.2005 5.34pm
I am so not qualified to play this game, but this form intrigues me. There’s something really **** up about the perspective. When i extrapolate the lines, i get something kinda like this:
is this on the right track? Some kind of “m” or ...???
-marian
26.Oct.2005 8.43pm
nick you’re going to have to give of some sort of clever pun -slash- clue.
nice visualization, marian. i’m seeing one of those cool old 3d seventies fonts.
27.Oct.2005 1.33am
Marian
> I am so not qualified to play this game...
I think you’re better at it than you think. Your just missing the stem on the left for a perfect m - great sketching!
It looks kinda 70s but this “weight” wasn’t actually designed until mid-80s. Yep, its a 3D version of a simpler font, which was my favourite font at university.
27.Oct.2005 1.36am
BTW, it comes in italics only. There’s no upright to my knowledge but can you imagine if there was...!
27.Oct.2005 2.07am
Profil?
27.Oct.2005 3.47am
Nope. Not Profil although I’m loving that.
27.Oct.2005 5.22am
Is that font could be :
Crillee Italic Inline Shadow
27.Oct.2005 5.37am
the Crillee Italic Inline Shadow lower case m :
27.Oct.2005 5.49am
You know it is! I love your graphic.
Your turn!
27.Oct.2005 7.42am
What a challenge!. I wonder if it’s not harder to choose a glyph than finding the response
; )
Here the mine, one of my favorite glyph.
27.Oct.2005 11.38am
lowercase g?
27.Oct.2005 12.04pm
That’s a lowercase g.
Typeface or weight now
27.Oct.2005 12.19pm
Crillee Italic Inline Shadow
Oh, His Divine Shadow! (obscure Canadian pop culture in-joke) No wonder I couldn’t understand the perspective.
Why has this thread fallen off the front page? It took me ages to find it again.
-marian
27.Oct.2005 3.14pm
Hmm.. it’s still on my front page?
27.Oct.2005 3.37pm
Hmm.. it’s still on my front page?
Freaky weird. All the “Newest Links” are current, but “Hottest” starts with “Non-Common Greek Caps” with this thread nowhere in sight. [yes, shift re-load, yes, quit and restarted Safari]. Anyway, I know where to find it now.
-marian
28.Oct.2005 6.06am
This g appears to sit exactly on the baseline, is that true? Then it’s all about the ear. Still have no idea.
28.Oct.2005 7.38am
He effectively sits on the baseline. Do you want a clue?
28.Oct.2005 8.32am
How about Charlotte Sans Medium.
I’ll try to get a sample up soon.
Hmmmmm... just a wee eentzy-teentzy off :-(
28.Oct.2005 8.43am
whoops, sorry, double post. :-|
28.Oct.2005 10.03am
Yves
I guess what Marian is asking is why is the quiz no longer on the handpicked list...?
28.Oct.2005 10.04am
It is not Charlotte Sans Medium, although that there is a resemblance.
Keep going ; )
28.Oct.2005 11.29am
Hmmmm... looks closer to Stella by Mário Feliciano.
Trying to find a larger sample to compare.
28.Oct.2005 12.10pm
It is not Stella either! I admit that she is close, but you have to continue to look.
28.Oct.2005 12.20pm
Why has this thread fallen off the front page? It took me ages to find it again.
In short, here’s how it works: the Newest: category is quite self-explanatory I guess. The threads that go into the Hanpicked category are indeed literally handpicked by the moderators. For example I promoted Joe’s birthday thread to the front page for one day only and removed it after that. The Hottest: category is somewhat more complicated, so I’ll let Christian do some ’splainin’:
“The algorithm that picks the hottest simply picks the threads that have the most posts in the last four days. So a thread that got a lot of attention on the first day, but none on the next three will drop off quickly. A thread can’t just rest on its laurels, it’s got to stay hot. We decided to do it this way so that the content would cycle pretty quickly and stay fresh.”
28.Oct.2005 1.33pm
Is it a sans serif typeface?
28.Oct.2005 1.36pm
Yep! A sans serif
This typeface was developed in two series, and began as a custom typeface developed for the Paris Metro network (RATP) to improve signage legibility and space economy in 1996...
28.Oct.2005 1.45pm
Parisine Regular by Jean François Porchez?
28.Oct.2005 1.46pm
...
28.Oct.2005 4.04pm
You got it Lauri - antiphrasis - Your turn.
28.Oct.2005 4.42pm
Is the inside of the join of that “g” supposed to be so cruddy?
hhp
28.Oct.2005 7.57pm
Thanks André. I’ll try to dig up something somewhat obscure!
28.Oct.2005 8.23pm
Here’s the new challenge:
28.Oct.2005 9.08pm
Mazarin Y by David Nalle from Scriptorium?
28.Oct.2005 10.14pm
Norbert, good guess, but not quite. It’s by a different designer.
You’ve got the right letter though! It’s an uppercase Y.
29.Oct.2005 6.39am
Is it something from any of these type designers?
29.Oct.2005 9.13am
Miguel,
No, it’s by someone well-established, and it’s not freeware.
29.Oct.2005 9.10pm
Hint: created in 1992, and renamed in 1998.
30.Oct.2005 5.14am
Is that Y could be :
Elephant typeface, 1992
Renamed Big Figgins, 1998
Typography Design: Matthew Carter?
30.Oct.2005 5.20am
Big Figgins Italic:
30.Oct.2005 9.13am
André,
Perfect, that’s it! You go next!
30.Oct.2005 7.04pm
Thanks Antiphrasis, I’ll post new one monday a.m.
André
31.Oct.2005 6.09am
Here my second one. Not too far from us…
31.Oct.2005 12.45pm
wowsers! what the heck is that?! no one wants to touch it.
31.Oct.2005 12.50pm
Isn’t it something from Emigre’s Soda?
hhp
31.Oct.2005 1.36pm
Isn’t it something from Emigre’s Soda?
No, Hrant, not Emigre’s Soda.
It «could be the result of a happy marriage of Kabel and French Script.»
dixit: type designer
31.Oct.2005 2.10pm
That must by Coquette Light’s o
by Mark Simonson.
31.Oct.2005 2.20pm
Oooo... Good thing Mark Simonson isn’t playing the game. Otherwise that would’ve been mighty embarassing (not recognizing your own typeface), don’t you think?
31.Oct.2005 2.21pm
Wow! Your’re fast Randy! That’s it!
http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/coquette.html#
Your turn.
31.Oct.2005 2.33pm
I’d have never know if not for Stephen Coles’ Coquette fetish.
Give this a shot:
31.Oct.2005 2.42pm
Uppercase K from Democratica?
31.Oct.2005 2.45pm
Oops, not quite, there’s a serif missing.
31.Oct.2005 3.50pm
Capital R?
31.Oct.2005 3.51pm
...Or lowercase k
31.Oct.2005 4.01pm
Cap K.
This is the least characteristic design from this designer (IMHO). It’s designed for text, but some people might be skeptical on principle. I’ve used it for text to good effect.
Randy
31.Oct.2005 4.12pm
something by Nick Shinn?
31.Oct.2005 5.04pm
Walbaum Text bold?
31.Oct.2005 5.08pm
Walbaum Tex bold
31.Oct.2005 6.04pm
Storm’s Walbaum Text Bold Cap K.
Fewer clues next time :-)
Go for it!
R
1.Nov.2005 4.45am
I’ll prepare a new one within the next 24 h...
2.Nov.2005 5.18am
Finally…
Here my new one.
2.Nov.2005 9.10pm
That’s a really good challenge — I was all, how many different slabs could this be, but then, this section really does lay out a uniqueness to the face in question, which I haven’t found yet. I got pretty close, though.
2.Nov.2005 9.11pm
Oh, and a belated thanks to Yves for resurrecting this game.
2.Nov.2005 11.19pm
André,
Lowercase D or A?
3.Nov.2005 1.50am
Lowercase D or A?
Antiphrasis : Could you confirm your choice?
3.Nov.2005 11.14am
well either way it must have a huge x-height.
3.Nov.2005 11.37am
She effectively has a huge x-height compare to Garamond.
3.Nov.2005 11.40am
André,
Lowercase D. But I don’t really have a clue on the typeface yet. Almost looks like some squarish typewriter font.
3.Nov.2005 12.26pm
ITC Fenice Light (one of the ugliest typefaces in the world)
3.Nov.2005 12.38pm
aldo novarese, 1980 (you can tell it is from the 80s, sadly)
3.Nov.2005 1.04pm
Tiffany, You got two third of the answer :
The ITC Fenice, Light version was good, the letter was the a.
Aldo Novarese of Italy. Born: Pontestura Monferrato, 1920, Died: Turin, 1995.
He also designed those one: Augustea Open, Belizio, Central, Egizio Condensed, Eurostile, EF Feder Fraktur, ITC Fenice, Fontella, Microgramma, ITC Mixage, Nadianne, ITC Novarese, Sprint, Stop, ITC Symbol
Good work Miss Tiffany.
Your turn now...
3.Nov.2005 1.56pm
ITC Fenice Light (one of the ugliest typefaces in the world)
Did I miss something? I didn’t read in the rules, we had to find nicest or ugliest typeface. Typeface is often a personal point of view isn’t it? ;^)
3.Nov.2005 3.24pm
Jeez, Tiffany!
I think ITC was responsible for a lot more UUHGLLY designs than Fenice.
Take ITC Ancestor fer’instance.
4.Nov.2005 6.48pm
Ooops ... Totally forgot. Here’s the next quiz.
4.Nov.2005 7.27pm
Is it Newton from Para Type?
Hmmm... nope, not close enough.
4.Nov.2005 7.43pm
:D nope. but you have the glyph correct.
4.Nov.2005 7.51pm
Is this X could be Antiqua Medium?
4.Nov.2005 7.56pm
Rotis Serif Bold 65? I don’t think so.
5.Nov.2005 6.53am
Nope. Nope.
5.Nov.2005 9.01am
Hollander™ Std Bold seems to be pretty close.
5.Nov.2005 5.34pm
Nope
5.Nov.2005 6.25pm
Le Monde?
5.Nov.2005 7.40pm
I think your’re right on Dave.
Is this X could be Le Monde Livre Classic:
http://www.typofonderie.com/alphabets/try/LeMondeLivreClassic
We will wait the verdict from Miss Tiffany.
5.Nov.2005 8.18pm
Ding Ding Ding ... but, which weight and family?
6.Nov.2005 4.33am
Family: Le Monde Livre SC
Weight : Demi
Or
Family: Le Monde Livre
Weight : Normal
6.Nov.2005 7.05am
Here my final answer:
Letter: lower case x
Typeface: Le Monde Livre Classic
Weight : Regular
6.Nov.2005 4.32pm
Ding Ding Ding.
Your go.
6.Nov.2005 5.13pm
See how sneaky that was? I cracked the ID and made Andre come up with a new quiz! ;)
6.Nov.2005 5.18pm
Hard one your posted Tiffany. Good work!
I’ll post the new one tomorrow.
7.Nov.2005 5.57am
Here a new one:
7.Nov.2005 7.28am
The Ampersand of ATF Bodoni?
7.Nov.2005 7.56am
You got it fast, Jan!
You go.
7.Nov.2005 10.39am
Here we go...
7.Nov.2005 1.55pm
What is that? Is it a ’q’? Is it even latin?
- Lex
7.Nov.2005 1.59pm
It’s latin allright. It’s not a lowercase ’q’.
7.Nov.2005 2.01pm
Jan,
That one is pretty hard... I haven’t even figured out what glyph it is yet.
7.Nov.2005 2.06pm
I’ll give you some hints tomorrow if there isn’t any progress :)
7.Nov.2005 2.11pm
Cap H with a crazy crossbar?
7.Nov.2005 2.15pm
Jan,
Kiitos, kuullostaa hyvältä.
7.Nov.2005 2.27pm
Nick, no...
hint: read one of my above posts very carefully.
antiphrasis, en tiennytkään että myös Los Angelesissa puhutaan suomea!
7.Nov.2005 2.46pm
Jan,
Kyllä jos äiti on Suomalainen ja Ruotsissa syntynyt ja asunut. :-)
7.Nov.2005 3.05pm
It could be a lowercase a or i
8.Nov.2005 5.34am
This seems so difficult that I’ll help you out...
Believe it or not, this is an uppercase ’Q’.
8.Nov.2005 6.08am
???
8.Nov.2005 6.19am
Nick, do you have the typeface family name for this amazing Q?
8.Nov.2005 6.33am
Call me a novice, but all I’m doing is trying to guess how the shape in question can be a Q in anyone’s world! When I’ve done that, then I’ll start looking for the typeface. Jan, please tell me it’s not a Q with straight sides.
8.Nov.2005 6.35am
“Jan, please tell me it’s not a Q with straight sides.”
It’s not, it has a round portion at the left. the whole glyph looks a bit like a regular lowercase q.
I was flipping my fonts to find something to post and this character catched my eye “what the *** is that?”. I’ll also add that this typeface is for display purposes and has also an alternative Q that looks more “normal”.
8.Nov.2005 8.01am
Dalliance roman
8.Nov.2005 8.10am
Here the Dalliance Roman caps Q:
8.Nov.2005 8.24am
Sim, great! I was already a bit afraid that I posted a too difficult image.
That Q is totally weird.
Your turn!
8.Nov.2005 9.08am
Wow, that was a good one.
hhp
8.Nov.2005 10.20am
Really hard one, but this is how I love them. The one from Miss Tiffany (Le Monde Livre Classic, wasn’t easy either).
Wow, that was a good one.
Hrant, will you be interested again?
I’ll post new one soon.
8.Nov.2005 11.36am
I’m afraid I have neither the nose nor the stamina to be
anything more than a spectator in these wonderful hunts.
hhp
8.Nov.2005 11.51am
im not good enough to be the first one in any of these (except for crilee which i’d have known.. but have seen too late), but i would have SUCH a nice glyph to use here. so if anyone of you doesnt know which to take and wants to give it away, please give it to me :)
(or maybe i could post this one glyph and then shutup forever? :D )
8.Nov.2005 12.00pm
Hard to refuse something to ask so friendly.
Your turn kesh.
André
8.Nov.2005 12.23pm
wow, thanks! i hope you find this somehow.. a good entry.
stage fright.. :)
a little hint: the most important thing is to find out which glyph this is. it IS a roman glyph, but it does not normally appear without the use of opentype - should be clear enough what i mean. (i hope i understand the word glyph correctly.. but it should be correct)
8.Nov.2005 12.44pm
Is this a ’LA’ ligature.? :)
Dav, formlos
8.Nov.2005 1.06pm
yes, its an LA ligature :)
8.Nov.2005 1.07pm
I would say probably an A, but it is probably too easy, isn’t it?
8.Nov.2005 1.24pm
Oups! too late. The family and weight now?
8.Nov.2005 2.19pm
yes :)
i cut the L there at the bottom (~ in the half of the width), all the straight lines are cut by me.
8.Nov.2005 2.49pm
Ah - that makes a little more sense now. I was wondering how that could even be recognised as LA with so much cut out.
- Lex
8.Nov.2005 2.57pm
i cut the L there at the bottom (~ in the half of the width), all the straight lines are cut by me.
Did you do the same for the bottom right part of the A glyph?
8.Nov.2005 3.08pm
yes, thats why i wrote “all the straight lines are cut by me”..
ehm, i meant “every of those straight lines was cut by me”, thats probably the correct way to say what i meant :)
shall i post the whole A, just the L cut off? i wouldnt, but if its too hard that would maybe work for you.
8.Nov.2005 3.51pm
No, No. I think we will ride alone for a while.
9.Nov.2005 9.53am
Well, I think after almost 24 h of search, I’ll need a clue about typeface this LA ligature come from.
Is there is other people think the same?
9.Nov.2005 9.59am
Yeah. I checked all the ligature fonts I know, and I still can’t figure it out. A little hint would be helpful.
- Lex
9.Nov.2005 12.51pm
ok, lets try it. i’ll give you several hints:
- it is an original font, its not an imitation of an old one.
- it is a textface but can also be used in titles.
- the creator is named john [..]
- its name in some ways also predicts its use.
- if im not totally wrong, its a 2005 release - if not, 2004.
well, now it should be a possible one.. i only saw this ligature because its in my name (BLANCPAIN). i really love it.. it gives my name a very special look :)
9.Nov.2005 1.08pm
Ah. That’s just what I needed.
It’s gotta be Paperback (96 Roman?) by John Downer, distributed by House Industries.
- Lex
9.Nov.2005 1.11pm
Oops - it seems from the House site that Paperback 96 doesn’t have the ligatures. It’s most likely Paperback 48 Roman.
- Lex
9.Nov.2005 1.16pm
yes you’re right! im sure it was paperback 96, i dont think there are ligatures shown at all with “lettersetter”..
which one gave you the “final hint”? :)
9.Nov.2005 2.10pm
Hard one. Congratulations Lex.
9.Nov.2005 2.18pm
When you said it was designed in 2005, I remembered wanting Paperback for all its cool ligatures when it came out. It’s a very beautiful face. Maybe when I win the lottery (or at least a very rich client) I’ll buy it.
I just have to install flash 8, then I’ll get my image up.
- Lex
9.Nov.2005 2.37pm
...And thanks to you Kesh for this nice glyph.
-André
9.Nov.2005 3.12pm
Here it is. This one’s pretty distinctive, so no hints yet.
- Lex
9.Nov.2005 5.15pm
American Text Regular BT, letter caps F
It may having an other name on an other foundry
9.Nov.2005 5.27pm
Spot on. It’s even the bitstream version. Your turn (again).
- Lex
10.Nov.2005 6.25am
Here it is.
10.Nov.2005 6.46am
oh wow, whats that? capital C or G?
10.Nov.2005 6.51am
It’s a small caps of one of this two glyph.
10.Nov.2005 8.48am
How about Bank Gothic?
Bank Gothic Light small cap “G”
Morris Fuller Benton (from Para Type)
10.Nov.2005 10.03am
Great Norbert! You go!
More info: A set of square capitals developing from the interest in geometric forms stimulated by the Bauhaus, Bank Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1930, the same year that Georg Trump designed City for Berthold.
BTW, what you’ve done with the Chapelle Sixtine on “Typographic exercice / challenge” is really good!
10.Nov.2005 11.33am
Huwaaaa!
Wow... finally.
Thank you for your comment on my Sistine joke, but now I’ll probably never look at it the same.
On to plan for new type quiz challenge, but forgive since I cannot get to it until later this evening. So, everybody — you can rest easy for a while.
10.Nov.2005 3.38pm
This one might actually be easy, but it happens to be one of my new favorites.
This is really all you need to make the ID. Bonne chance.
10.Nov.2005 5.10pm
It’s the ear of a g !
10.Nov.2005 5.21pm
Could also be a kind of an «ear» of a lower case q
10.Nov.2005 5.34pm
Mais oui, c’est une “g”
11.Nov.2005 3.55am
Hmmm... twelve hours with no guess.
Now I am getting dupressed.
11.Nov.2005 4.53am
Could it be Font Bureau’s Zingha Bold, designed by Xavier Dupré?
11.Nov.2005 4.59am
: ^/
I wasn’t fast this time...
11.Nov.2005 5.08am
Good... now I’m less Dupréssed but not quite bold.
Maybe I should join Weight Watchers lose a little weight.
YES... but it’s ZINGHA medium.
Good catch. I pass the baton to Robin.
11.Nov.2005 5.54am
— Now I am getting dupressed.
Wow! Norbert, tu es subtil... Bravo!
11.Nov.2005 6.05am
Thanks , but I also left previous clues:
1- it happens to be one of my new favorites. (clue that Stephen Coles might have guessed since Zingha was my candidate for Typographica’s best design survey.)
2- This is really all you need to make the ID. Bonne chance.
3- Mais oui, c’est une “g”
As I rarely post in French, I thought looking for a French designer or foundry was a clue.
Last and final clue: Now I am getting dupressed.
André: You must close the italic tag from your previous post!
11.Nov.2005 6.44am
Cool! Great clues by the way; I would never have got it without them.
I’ll try and get a new challenge up tonight.
11.Nov.2005 9.28am
> Typographica’s best design survey
When is that coming out anyway?!
hhp
11.Nov.2005 10.20am
I dunno, but the candidates for best release during the first half of 2005 had to be in months ago.
11.Nov.2005 3.19pm
Here you are. Have at it!
11.Nov.2005 4.58pm
Gee... we’re running a “g” marathon for quizes.
13.Nov.2005 5.01am
The choice of letter is significant.
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