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>>> Type ID Pop Quiz V2.4 - Expert Level
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21 Jul 2008 — 6:55am
21 Jul 2008 — 6:55am
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.
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8 Oct 2008 — 9:27am
Okay, now I’ve found it. Released in 1988, right? Nice one, Marcelo! (I can’t win this one because I’m hosting another quiz at the moment) :-{
8 Oct 2008 — 9:34am
Yes Florian! 1988
8 Oct 2008 — 10:43am
Ha! Now I can win – let’s swap! :^D
It is Variex Bold by Rudy VanderLans and Zuzana Licko of Emigre fame.
8 Oct 2008 — 11:08am
We have a winner!
Your turn Florian
8 Oct 2008 — 12:46pm
Very well then!
How about this one?
Have fun!
8 Oct 2008 — 1:19pm
lowercase g ?
8 Oct 2008 — 1:55pm
Well, I actually picked the ‘a’, but this part looks pretty much the same in the ‘g’.
Same glyph (thus, lowercase a), zoomed out a bit:
13 Oct 2008 — 5:45am
It is by a designer who celebrated a milestone birthday earlier this year.
14 Oct 2008 — 9:29am
And is based on her handwriting, right?
15 Oct 2008 — 3:15am
Yes, I think you got it … but you can’t win, alas!
15 Oct 2008 — 12:17pm
It's the 'a' from Columbine (Light?) by Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse who celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this year.
- Lex
16 Oct 2008 — 2:45am
We have a winner!
It is Colombine Pro. URW++ once gave away an OpenType version (with more than 1.000 glyphs – mainly alternates for better connections) for free.
Your turn, Lex.
17 Oct 2008 — 11:22am
Right on. I've just got to find a scanner, then I'll have the next one ready to go - maybe tomorrow.
- Lex
21 Oct 2008 — 1:36pm
Sorry for the wait. Here's the image:
The outline isn't supposed to be rough like that - it's just the scan.
- Lex
22 Oct 2008 — 10:21pm
Hint: the glyph is in the standard Latin character set.
- Lex
23 Oct 2008 — 11:03pm
Hint: it is a letter.
- Lex
24 Oct 2008 — 5:43am
Is it a y?
24 Oct 2008 — 11:01am
It's not a 'y'.
- Lex
25 Oct 2008 — 12:29am
Hint: it is a lower-case letter.
- Lex
25 Oct 2008 — 2:47pm
Another image:
Same glyph, same scale.
- Lex
26 Oct 2008 — 11:53am
Is this glyph could be an lower case a?
26 Oct 2008 — 9:11pm
Yes it's a lower case 'a'.
- Lex
30 Oct 2008 — 12:46pm
Still no guesses? I think I just dyed a little inside.
- Lex
30 Oct 2008 — 3:33pm
My guess is that it's a brush script ( looked at Choc first ), but it's not one being sold at MyFonts or Veer ( which takes a whole bunch out of the equation... )
31 Oct 2008 — 12:15am
No, it's not a script.
- Lex
P.S. Just to remind you, the outlines are not that jagged. I scanned this 'a' from a book, which produced the rough edges.
1 Nov 2008 — 4:18pm
Same glyph, same scale.
- Lex
2 Nov 2008 — 5:48pm
It might be a reverse typeface.
2 Nov 2008 — 7:37pm
Yes! It's an outlined face with a shadow.
- Lex
11 Nov 2008 — 1:05pm
Same glyph, same scale.
- Lex
13 Nov 2008 — 8:30pm
I wish I could give more hints, but I know nothing about this face. I found it in a 1985 Letraset book, but all of the online versions say it was designed in 2006.
- Lex
18 Nov 2008 — 12:24pm
No guesses? Here's the full character:
- Lex
20 Nov 2008 — 3:34pm
Hint: "Dyed a little" was actually a hint and not a misspelling.
- Lex
21 Nov 2008 — 11:25am
Hi Lex, I think it's Tintoretto Outline.
21 Nov 2008 — 12:11pm
You got it, Marcelo! Your turn.
- Lex
21 Nov 2008 — 7:38pm
Ok! here is it:
25 Nov 2008 — 2:32pm
Zoom out of the same glyph.
27 Nov 2008 — 4:27pm
Probably a swash letter.
27 Nov 2008 — 6:14pm
Yes André, from a calligraphic font.
A TDC winner BTW.
27 Nov 2008 — 6:59pm
I think it's P22 Dearest but I can't find the glyph.
27 Nov 2008 — 8:36pm
Hi, Craig. I'm afraid is not P22 Dearest.
27 Nov 2008 — 8:49pm
That would explain why I can't find the glyph!
2 Dec 2008 — 8:01am
The designer is latin american and the typeface in question is older than P22 Dearest.
2 Dec 2008 — 8:29am
G from Arcana!
2 Dec 2008 — 8:58am
Yes! It's Arcana by Gabriel Martinez Meave. TDC winner in 2000.
Your turn Craig.
2 Dec 2008 — 9:28am
Awesome, my first pop-quiz success!
Here's mine
4 Dec 2008 — 7:48am
I imagine certain European publishers might find this an efficient font.
8 Dec 2008 — 11:50am
Same glyph and scale.
8 Dec 2008 — 1:52pm
Is this a FontStruction?
- Lex
8 Dec 2008 — 2:26pm
No, not from Fonstruct. Part of a large family from a respected digital typefoundry.
10 Dec 2008 — 3:18am
An ffi ligature?
Couldn't you make it more difficult? :^/
Nick Cooke
edit - efficient ;^) just got it.