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Typecon 2003 "Type Quiz" - How good would *you* have done?
Posted by Jared Benson in
21 Jul 2003 — 3:20pm
21 Jul 2003 — 3:20pm
TypeCon 2003 Typographic Quiz
Questions presumably drafted by Kent Lew, last year's reigning champion. If any attendees have the missing images, please upload them!
Name: ____________________ (2 points)
1. Name two of the typefaces used in the logo and/or the program for TypeCon 2003.
2. Name four typefaces designed by Eric Gill.
3. What was the first book face designed specifically for mechanical composition?
A. Imperial
B. Impressum
C. Imprint
D. Ionic
4. Which typeface is used for the corporate identity of Cingular?
5. Put these typefaces in order:
__ Avant Garde Gothic
__ Baskerville
__ Bodoni
__ Caslon
__ Century Schoolbook
__ Frutiger
__ Gill Sans
6. What famous typeface designer also briefly publshed a cat fancier magazine?
A. Bill Dwiggins
B. Oz Cooper
C. Fred Goudy
7. What typeface was used for the credits for The Mary Tyler Moore Show?
8. What typeface is this bison made from? 
9. What was the title of the first book set in phototype?
A. Hiroshima
B. Station Wagon in Spain
C. The Wonderful World of Insects
D. The Incredible Journey
10. What typeface is used for this famous typographic brand? (cue pic of Absolut Vodka)
11. Which of the following foundries/type designers are based in Minnesota?
A. Altered Ego/Brian Sooy
B. Astigmatic One Eye/Brian Bonislawski
C. Atomic Media/Matthew Bardram
D. Chank Diesel
E. Font Diner/Stuart Sandler
F. Mark Simonson Studio
G. Process Type Foundry/Eric Olson
H. Type Quarry/Brian Willson
12. Who is this typographer & typeface designer? (pic not available, guess you had to be there)
13. What are these tools used for? (pic not available)
14. Name two typefaces by this important mid-western typeface designer. (pic not available)
15. What is this piece of equipment called? (pic not available)
16. Match the typeface with its designer:
A. Benton 1. Alisal
B. Blumenthal 2. Chaparral
C. Carter 3. Copperplate Gothic
D. Dwiggins 4. Emerson
E. Frutiger 5. Franklin Gothic
F. Goudy 6. Glypha
G. Hoefler 7. Melior
H. Ruzicka 8. Metro
I. Twombly 9. Primer
J. Zapf 10. Requiem
17. What was the first typeface designed by Hermann Zapf?
A. Gilgengart
B. Novalis
C. Optima
D. Palatino
18. Who is the man in this picture? (or..hint.. Who designed Courier?)
19. What is generally regarded as America's first great typeface?
20. Where is the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry?
21. What was the last original typeface designed specifically for casting in metal for the American Merganthaler Linotype Co.?
A. Olympian
B. Opticon
C. Orator
D. Oxford
22. Who designed the typeface used on this Prince CD? 
A. Joshua Darden
B. Chank Diesel
C. Sibylle Hagmann
D. Eric Olson
23. With what typeface designer is a p
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22 Jul 2003 — 5:49am
For the record: Allan and I accumulated questions over a period of a couple months, sending them to each other every now and then. In the end, they all wound up in Allan's lap and he was responsible for the final cut. (I just counted: twelve of the finals were mine.) He put together the PowerPoint presentation, which I reviewed and offered a few corrections and suggestions. Then I created the printed questionnaire form. We met for about ten minutes Friday night to coordinate the presentation. It was fun.
I'd have to do screenshots from the PowerPoint presentation, which I still have a copy of. But I don't have PowerPoint (I reviewed the presentation on a client's system.) I'll see if I can come up with the images for you.
-- K.
22 Jul 2003 — 11:17am
Howdy,
Kent, please drop me a line with your mailing address and I'll get a copy of PowerPoint to you - don't forget to specify Windows or Mac.
Image for q. 18
http://www.graphos.org/budss.jpg
Cheers, Si
22 Jul 2003 — 12:34pm
Kent, I think the quiz was quite difficult... though I managed to score 18!
The designer of Courier (Bud Kettler) really is a bit obscured... I should've known that one; it was in my slab-serif paper! I managed to completely forget his name.
22 Jul 2003 — 5:34pm
Simon -- Thanks for the offer, really; but actually I have no desire to have PowerPoint on my system. No offense, I hope.
Keith -- In restrospect, I agree, the quiz may have been a little obscure. What can I say? I'm an old fogey deep down inside -- (just ask Tiffany ;-)
In my defense, I think only three of mine were truly obscure. Well, and that #16 was pretty challenging; I think we should have scored partial points on that one.
We'll just have to see what Will and Allan come up with for next year. But you might want to start keeping copies of Lawson and Bringhurst on your nightstand for bedtime reading. ;-)
-- K.
22 Jul 2003 — 6:03pm
Kent, you could download a Powerpoint viewer from Microsoft. It's a small application that will let you view PPTs without installing the full application. Might be just the thing for those screen shots.
http://www.microsoft.com:80/office/000/viewers.asp
22 Jul 2003 — 10:24pm
Yes, the questions were easier last year (eg "Who designed Fontesque?).
Funny thing is, the quiz was really quite balanced, but there is just so much UNDEAD in typography. I really noticed that driving thru Northern Minnesota, visiting OLD NAVY, retail America with retro scripts from House and Font Diner, and the conservative press with fonts from HTF and the Bureau. And the Book Center exhibit on Bruce Rogers, I mean, imagine going to a software conference and there's a party in the Turing museum.
Stephen, is your hair starting to thin...? Perhaps you will do better next year.
21 Jul 2003 — 11:04pm
I got 15. The top 5 takers scored 17-19.
I feel this year's quiz was designed for the elderly grayhairs
like Bill Powers and Dave Farey who won. Don't let Kent fool
you, he's younger than his typographic knowledge indicates.
BTW, question 35 was much more difficult as they presented
some of the designer's older, more obscure faces.
Can we get Kent to upload the original pics?
22 Jul 2003 — 7:19pm
Nice. -- Kent is a handsome man. And I have to admit I walked down half a city block directly behind him because I thought Kent was older. My bad, completely my bad.
22 Jul 2003 — 4:42am
That's Will Powers, Stewf! He's our local typographic encyclopedia -- and much appreciated for it.
I suck at these games, but they are quite fun to watch. Lots of groans and fun hints. My cropdusting of gray hairs was no help whatsoever. It's not an age thing: it's a matter of keeping lots of unrelated information available for output at the proper moment. It should also be obvious that a bit of knowledge of the local typo scene is needed. It's time to start studying up on the Bay Area!
I managed to get only one right:
18. Who is the man in this picture?
My answer: the one on the left!