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<b>Designers, time to test your typeface knowledge.</b>

Designers, time to test your typeface knowledge.

The Geekiest Font Quiz You Will Ever Take

We'll kick off with some easy ones. What font is this?

And this?

OK, a bit trickier now. What font is this closely modelled on?

Which of these is NOT Helvetica?

One of these logos uses Futura. Which one?

"A hugely-popular typeface designed by Mark Simonson. It is often described as a hybrid of Futura and Akzidenz Grotesk, combining a geometric appearance with modern proportions. In my opinion, [its] use on the web is so ubiquitous that it is starting to feel a little overused."

The following sentence is from a 2013 article about popular web fonts. Which font does it refer to?

Name this logo, which was commissioned by Google and is used in many of its web pages and advertisements.

The Guardian's old logo incorporated two fonts. What were they?

In March 2014, a teenager claimed the US government could save $370 million per year by switching from Times New Roman to which font, pictured below?

What font is this?

The two fonts used here?

Which movie franchise is this font associated with?

Which classic TV show uses this font?

Which company uses this font?

Recognise this font from anywhere?

Name this font.

PayPal's logo uses a very slightly modified version of which popular font?

This company's logo has been rewritten using a font, Pico y, normally associated with which rival web company? 

In common with many other luxury brands, Giorgio Armani uses a modern serif font. Which one?

One of the first examples of a slab serif typeface, released in 1845. According to [Know Your Typeface](http://idsgn.org/posts/know-your-type-clarendon/): "Notable as one of the last new developments in nineteenth century typography, the letterforms represented a significant change from the slab-serif Antiques and Egyptians that were so popular in that time."

"It was developed in 1956 by Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman, very much in sympathy with the new Swiss Style – which treated graphic design almost as a postwar utopian mission. Just as modernist architecture stripped away superfluous building ornamentation, so the new Swiss typography snipped off the frivolous serifs – relics from an older era of print technology, namely stone carving."

From a recent Guardian article. Referring to which font?

One of these fonts is sans-serif. Which one?

Released in 1994 by Microsoft Corporation, which font was described by its creator, Vincent Connare, as "the best joke I ever told".

And finally... Should you ever use Comic Sans?

Ouch. That was a little embarrassing. If you were a font I'm sorry to say you would be Comic Sans.

An effortlessly classy performance. If you were a font you would be Baskerville.

Congratulations. That was inarguably impressive. If you were a font you would be Helvetica.

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