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 :-(