July Typography Jeopardy:

Well, that did not exactly format like I intended.

trying this:

I’ll take First Names for 200 Alex

Back in my early days as an art director/designer and when paper merchants spared no expense or time to hound us all with their pulpian wares, a week was not complete without a local paper rep coming by and dropping off the latest and greatest. One paper example I did hang on to was from International Paper highlighting their Masters of typography collector card set/Series No. 1 entitled The Face Behind the Face — which pays tribute to many of the pioneers of type and was printed on Carolina papers in a variety of weights. This fun exercise is from that offering. I make no claims as to the authenticity of the content but trust that they did their research due diligence. So for fun, a few of rounds of Typography Jeopardy. This may not be hard at all for some, but do not be a cheatopotamus — I am watching you Googlers. There is a payoff at the end of the game. Woohoo. Have fun. Let me know how you do.

July Typography Jeopardy:

Can you give the first Names of these masters of typography:

________ Goudy

________ Renner

________ Frutiger

________ Caslon

________ Bernhard

________ Bodoni

________ Garamond

________ Manutius

________ Gutenberg

________ Cooper

________ Morris

________ Benton

Match Trivia for 500

Can you match the master of typography to their accomplishment?:

Cooper His first alphabet: Camelot.

Morris His masterpiece of balance: Futura

Manutius The name of his signature font in the beginning: Concorde

Bernhard Freed one country from the grip of another.

Goudy By birth, Emil Kahn.

Gutenberg Intended his books to be admired for their artistry over being studied or read.

Bodoni A chief influence in establishing the roman letter as the standard style, rather than gothic or black letter.

Renner Designed and cut the first complete font of the Greek alphabet.

Frutiger Created a font containing two distinct forms of each letter, the normal and the compound for avoiding gaps.

Garamond Critics labeled his font: the black menace. Intended for use in advertising.

Benton Single-handedly fathered the Arts and Crafts movement.

Caslon Joined American Type Founders at 22. Created more than 200 fonts.

Double Jeopardy for a Gazillion

Set B / Can you match the master of typography to their accomplishment?:

Cooper Started as a paperhanger.

Morris Was hunted by the Gestapo.

Manutius Designed the entire Charles De Gaulle signage system in Paris.

Bernhard Type founder of choice for the founding fathers.

Goudy Helped found the first international design consortium: Contempora

Gutenberg His widow completed his masterpiece: Manuale Tipografico

Bodoni Was commissioned by Estienne and Bodoni for type.

Renner Developed the first italic font ever used in a book.

Frutiger A goldsmith by trade.

Garamond Created the first typeface with rounded serifs and long ascenders.

Benton Books printed with his typefaces are some of the most sought-after collectibles in publishing.

Caslon First to divide fonts into families.

Please insert another quarter to continue.

well, snap, that did not work, ok, so the “Match Trivia for 500” and “Double Jeopardy for a Gazillion” sections: there should have been a tab after each name on a line and then you have to match the name with the descriptor achievement.

this may not be fun at all?

here is a jpeg:

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