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I have (2) hobbies. One is collecting fonts. The other is identifying them.

Links (WIP)

- Font Submission Guidelines

- Blog Specs

- About

- Type Categories and Classes

- Typeface Resources

- FAQ

Disclaimer:

This blog guarantees 100% of the fonts are identified by hand (eye?). Mistakes are possible. Using a photo identifier is not considered in the spirit of the game when the point is in the challenge itself.

what-thefont has no affliation with Monotype's photo font identifier, What The Font.

#typography #graphic design #typeface #not an id #organization

Website Header | Eorzea Collection

Font: Josefin Sans

Designer: Santiago Orozco, Typemade Foundry

Distinct Features: Lowercase e has a slanted bar, single storey lowercase a and g, lowercase t does not reach cap height

#font identified #josefin sans #category: sans serif #class: geometric #fonts #typography

blog specs

Tags on an Identification

Every ID will have the following tags. Posts with more than one font will have all applicable tags.

#font identified #font name #category: name #class: name

Each category has subcategories, or classes. Some classes may overlap with others from different categories. For more information on classes and categories, please visit [this post]. (WIP). The main groups are as follows:

Serif

Old Style

Transitional

Modern

Slab

Wedge

Sans Serif

Humanist

Transitional

Geometric

Display

Script

Hand

Blackletter

Not ID Specific Tags

#wtfuckfont | unidentifiable fonts. I hope I never use this tag.

#asks | questions

#user submitted | user submissions

#organization | blog specific posts

#not an id | not an id

Trigger warnings, if any, will be #tw warning.

(This post was last updated on 19 Jan 25)

#organization #not an id

font submission guidelines

- At least two legible words. I can't identify individual glyphs nor do I want to put effort into trying to do so. No logos unless you're absolutely positive that it was derived from a font and not hand drawn.

- Latin based fonts preferred! I can't guarantee the accuracy of non-Latin based fonts, especially the ones I can't read/can't accurately replicate, but I can try.

- Nothing that has personal details that are not considered public knowledge. Don't reveal anything about yourself or others, especially without consent.

- That's pretty much it! Have fun!

(This post was last updated on 19 Jan 25)

#not an id #organization #fonts #typography #typeface

Book Covers, Cardboard Packaging

Font: Neutraface

Designer: House Industries

Distinct Features: ...

#font identified #neutraface #category: sans serif #class: geometric #fonts #typography #i am being haunted by this font. i see it wherever i go #if you want actual distinct features just look at it's tag i've written one before #trying so hard to be professional but the alternate name of this blog is what the fuck so...

Cafeteria sign - you are where you eat

Font: ITC American Typewriter Pro

Designers: Joel Kaden and Tony Stan, ITC

Distinct Features: highly curved terminals, mostly ball shaped, rounded corners, low/no contrast

#font identified #american typewriter #category: serif #class: slab #fonts #typography

Poster - Psi Chi Honors Society

Font 1: Poppins

Designers: Jonny Pinhorn and Ninad Kale, Indian Type Foundry

Distinct Features: open ampersand, high x-height, curved g and straight y.

Font 2: Libre Franklin

Designers: Pablo Impallari , Impallari Type

Distinct Features: Downward G spur that comes to a point, s stroke ends at an angle, straight R leg

#font identified #poppins #category: sans serif #class: geometric #libre franklin #class: grotesque #fonts #typography

App - beli

Font: Playfair Display

Designer: Claus Eggers Sørensen

Distinct Features: ball or thin line serifs, high contrast

#font identified #playfair display #category: serif #class: slab #fonts #typography

Price Tag - $29

Font 1: ITC New Baskerville Pro

Designer: John Quaranda, ITC

Distinct features: Downwards pointing serif at the end of 2, rounded 9 tail instead of arc, double line dollar sign, varied font weight

Font 2: Futura (PT Medium)

Designer: Vladimir Yefimov, Paul Renner, and Isabella Chaeva, ParaType

Distinct Features: No tail on u, all lowercase letters with stems except t reach the cap height, thicker regular weight(as opposed to say Century Gothic), ~1/2 cap x-height