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Sara Newton
Lunchtime Quiz: It’s Fontastic!
by Sara Newton - February 7, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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Happy (belated) birthday Helvetica! The typeface turned 50 last year and feted with the release of an eponymous independent documentary film. While Helvetica has claimed its own place in history, still, it remains only one of myriad options on your Microsoft Word toolbar. Think you can tell one typeface from another?

Take the Fontastic Quiz!

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Comments (16)

  1. Only 50%, but I really do know my comic sans serif!

    posted by beth on 2-7-2008 at 10:39 am

  2. 70% for me, not too bad! That Tahoma threw me, damn.

    posted by Kelly on 2-7-2008 at 11:08 am

  3. 60%-not too bad. I did used to like Comic Sans!!! Now my favorite is Georgia. :)

    posted by mrs.djs on 2-7-2008 at 11:18 am

  4. Wow! I can’t believe I got them all right. Jiminy – that’s a shock.

    posted by Debi on 2-7-2008 at 11:47 am

  5. Woot!!! 90% Can you make a print-and-cut award so I can post this at work? ;)

    posted by Lauren on 2-7-2008 at 12:18 pm

  6. 70% – not bad! I’d never seen Trajan before, and got a couple of others mixed up. I like Lauren’s idea – we devoted _flossers could maybe hang those up around the office instead of boring continuing ed certificates or other such workery.

    posted by Roger on 2-7-2008 at 12:27 pm

  7. 60%…Tahoma threw me off too!

    posted by nicole on 2-7-2008 at 1:09 pm

  8. 80%…and I actually KNEW the 2 that I got wrong but changed my answer. Grrr.

    posted by dawn on 2-7-2008 at 1:21 pm

  9. I want a certificate! Font Freaks Unite!

    posted by Ang on 2-7-2008 at 1:35 pm

  10. Got ‘em all right–though I’m not sure how. Yay!

    posted by Rachel on 2-7-2008 at 2:11 pm

  11. I’m with Ang! Give me more fonts! I just can’t get enough!!!

    posted by Lisa on 2-7-2008 at 2:28 pm

  12. Or we could wear badges like Girl & Boy Scouts :)

    posted by Debi on 2-7-2008 at 2:57 pm

  13. 70%…I actually got Tahoma but a few others threw me. I’d venture that everybody taking this quiz recognized Comic Sans off the bat. Its like seeing an old ex- you can recognize them from across the room, you remember the good times you had, but you hide your face because you never really wanted to see them again.

    posted by Erin S. on 2-7-2008 at 5:35 pm

  14. Haha Erin…that is so true. Not to mention, I don’t think anyone would even consider going back for a one-nighter with Comic Sans.

    posted by Lauren on 2-8-2008 at 10:18 am

  15. 70% Futura was easy, as I’m a fan of Wes Anderson’s movies, and it has become sort of a trademark for him as part of the look and feel of his films.

    posted by Jack on 2-8-2008 at 12:19 pm

  16. I got them all right!

    posted by sherri on 2-8-2008 at 6:30 pm

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