NEW! Type ID Pop Quiz V2.1.1 - 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.
24.Oct.2006 2.03pm
Continued from here -- at almost 200 comments the previous incarnation was getting a little unwieldy. Here's a new challenge. You know the drill. ;^)
24.Oct.2006 2.11pm
Is this an ezsett?
24.Oct.2006 2.15pm
Nope.
24.Oct.2006 3.32pm
Stefan Kjartansson and RXC's Armchair Modern. The character is a lowercase 'B' in what I believe is the C Gauge weight.
Stefan's excellent photography -- including images of the furniture design that inspired Armchair Modern -- can be found on Flickr.
24.Oct.2006 3.44pm
Well close that box and call it shipped.
24.Oct.2006 3.45pm
Shoulda guessed Psyops. :^P Yvesie's go to foundry.
24.Oct.2006 10.39pm
Aw, am I that obvious? :^P
Expert Level Pop Quiz back on track. You're up, Stephen! :^)
25.Oct.2006 9.07am
Just joshing. ;^)
30.Oct.2006 5.48pm
Where's Stephen?
31.Oct.2006 12.37am
I'll go get 'im. ;^)
New challenge tonight at the latest.
15.Nov.2006 11.00am
Is the quiz is passing out? :^\
15.Nov.2006 3.14pm
Oops, Stewf still not back! He's in Berlin now. :^/
15.Nov.2006 3.15pm
Lissenup, this just became an open call. Anybody wants to post a challenge goes ahead. ;^)
15.Nov.2006 4.08pm
GO!
15.Nov.2006 4.28pm
I'm probably rusty, but I'd say it's a lc “a”. Could be coming from Emigre.
Thanks Tiffany :^)
15.Nov.2006 4.33pm
Nope and Nope. :^)
16.Nov.2006 5.46am
Second guess : caps G
16.Nov.2006 9.19am
Yes
20.Nov.2006 11.01am
Four days later and no more guesses? Here's another hint:
Same font, obviously, same point size, new glyph.
21.Nov.2006 3.04am
4?
Nick Cooke
21.Nov.2006 3.35am
Top of the 4 (osf). And I think I know what it is… Dutch type rules!
21.Nov.2006 3.44am
Yep: Versa Sans Normal by Peter Verheul. An OurType(face).
The G reminded me of Quadraat Sans but that wasnt it, so I followed my instinct to see and find out what other more recent faces were done bt Fred Smeijers and friends. Found it on the excellent OurType site.
Versa was on the Our Favorite Fonts of 2004 list of Typographica: http://typographi.com/000969.php
Designer Peter Verheul has a nice site with an overview of his type designs and other work:
http://www.farhill.nl/01_typefaces/index.html
Farhill being a literal translation of his surname into english.
22.Nov.2006 10.54am
Good find, Bert. Your turn!
23.Nov.2006 2.04am
Give me a couple of hours (and enjoy your turkey's)…
23.Nov.2006 3.08am
Here it is… (I bought this recently, hint!)
Success!
23.Nov.2006 5.40am
Q or R caps!
23.Nov.2006 5.47am
R is right.
24.Nov.2006 10.52am
Luxury Diamond uppercase R from House Industries.
24.Nov.2006 1.22pm
You the man, DRR… !
(Sorry I'm a bit late with this — Typophile has been 'out' a lot today)
25.Nov.2006 2.56pm
Sorry for the long turn around time. Here it is.
25.Nov.2006 3.05pm
oups! Is this could be a part of a r, p, n, m or h italic?
25.Nov.2006 3.15pm
No, but it is italic.
25.Nov.2006 3.46pm
S? Y?
25.Nov.2006 4.40pm
No and no.
26.Nov.2006 3.43pm
I'd say it could be the 2 or the z
26.Nov.2006 4.19pm
No, the action here is above the baseline.
27.Nov.2006 11.49am
X?
27.Nov.2006 7.24pm
No.
Same glyph but downstairs.
28.Nov.2006 12.08pm
Could be the f or the y.
11.Feb.2007 3.19pm
This was going nowhere -- the thread's been dead for over two months. I rebooted the quiz in a new thread.