Archive through March 21, 2003

cheshiredave20 Mar 2003

Not to distract too much from the other quizzes going on, I thought this might be fun as a serial pop quiz. Like the others, the person who ids correctly gets to post the next id. The point of this id quiz is to show a detail of one character and see who can correctly identify both the letter and the typeface. Given that it's only a detail, I think WhatTheFont will be baffled; ergo, you gotta know it to id it. This is probably an easy one, but I thought I'd get the ball rolling.

popquiz

In other news, I miss Yves. But he's on a break, so you up-and-comers have a good shot at it.

eomine20 Mar 2003#

american typewriter

eomine20 Mar 2003#

"E"

cheshiredave20 Mar 2003#

Correct!

Eduardo -- your turn!

eomine20 Mar 2003#

thx cheshire.
here's next challenge:

quiz2

cheshiredave20 Mar 2003#

I think I know it, but I want someone else to get it. If no one else posts before the end of the day, I'll post my answer.

Adriano Santi20 Mar 2003#

I know the design but can't remember the face name!
Going through books and my fonts folder now :-)

Adriano Santi20 Mar 2003#

Ah yeah! I think Jared got it!

cheshiredave20 Mar 2003#

Eduardo -- a ruling, please?

eomine21 Mar 2003#

sorry guys, i had to log off yesterday...

yes, jared got it!
it's clarendon's "5".

cheshiredave21 Mar 2003#

That's a great sample. Type as abstract art!

beejay21 Mar 2003#

quick guess without checking...texas hero

or cezanne

beejay21 Mar 2003#

oops, cheshire, are we allowed to guess in
this particular typophile entertainment zone.

cheshiredave21 Mar 2003#

Ha! Yes, no offense to the estimable John Hudson, but I draw no distinction between admitted guesses and unadmitted guesses. It's kind of like the fundamentalist-Christian friend I had in high school who, every time he wanted to cuss, said, "Bleepity-bleep-bleep-bleep." (This was before The Simpsons, mind you.) I used to respond, "Dwayne, you know the actual cuss words are floating around in your head. You think God only hears what you actually say?"

Since we're all here to share and learn from each other, we have to make guesses and sometimes be wrong; otherwise, we're not learning anything. Better to admit the guess than to pretend to knowledge one doesn't have, no?

So the long answer to your short question is: yes, all guesses are welcome. The more the merrier.

cph21 Mar 2003#

Finding so much similar stuff with so many similar characteristics, but a few details are off.

cheshiredave21 Mar 2003#

It may be time for a hint... JB?

eomine21 Mar 2003#

now it's easy. ;)

cheshiredave21 Mar 2003#

It is?

eomine21 Mar 2003#

yes, ches, it's easy.

kentlew21 Mar 2003#

>Viktor

Ha! You know, one of my first thoughts was Voluta. But that wasn't it. I didn't think to look at Johann Sparkling. That's got to be the Johann Sparkling ITC 'g'.

-- K.

cph21 Mar 2003#

Ah, man. It doesn

cheshiredave21 Mar 2003#

Aha, so it is -- I was even looking at that and didn't pursue it because in its tiny size it didn't look so grungy. Boy am I afraid of what Stewf is going to come up with now.

Jared Benson20 Mar 2003#

Looks an awfully lot like Clarendon?

Jared Benson21 Mar 2003#

OK, let's see who's up for this one:

guesswho