Starchitects?
Who designed that CrazySexyCool building?
Do you know your
the font?
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baseline
leading
cap
spine
letter spacing
You know the brands, but can you name the typeface?
What
Take the quiz and test your fluency in the language of design.
no tipped apex
medium stroke width
not as geometric as other sans serifs, like futura
apexes extend to meet baseline
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Doha, Qatar
Adidas
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Jean Nouvel
Renzo Piano
Santiago Calatrava
Norman Foster
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Actually, it's France’s Jean Nouvel.
Wrong.
Nouvel also designed the Louvre in Abu Dhabi and the National Museum of Qatar.
Right!
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Wrong!
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Comedy Central
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Vogue
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Ikea
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
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IKEA
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Jeep
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KITH
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FedEx
*The FedEx logo is a combination of Univers and Futura.
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Nike
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Seamless
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Word press
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Soul Cylcle
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Soul Cycle
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Spotify
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Supreme
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Wells Fargo
SEE YOUR RESULT
Centre Pompidou
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strokes are uniform throughout
very round letter forms
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Images: Suhaimi Abdullah (Jewel Shangi Airport), Sasaki Makoto (Doha Tower),Sebastien Souchon, EyeEm (Millau Viaduct), DEA, C. SAPPA (Centre Pompidou), NurPhoto (Oculus), Ted Soqui (Broad Museum), Barry Winiker (57 West), Luis Cagiao Photography (Guggenheim Museum, Spain), Pacific Press (Heydar Aliyev Center), VIEW press (The Vessel), Insights (Louvre Pyramid), Image Source (House), Konstantinos Zouganelis (background),dowell (nyc skyline),fiftymm99 (Marina Bay Sands), Tetra Images (Empire State), Eric Fougere (Nouvel small), AMMAR ABD RABBO (Nouvel large), Brian Ach (Foster), Franco Origlia (Piano), Spencer Platt (Calatrava), Michael Loccisano (Diller), Sean Mathis (Ingels), JB Lacroix (Gehry small) John Lamparski(GEHRY large), JOCHEN LUEBKE (Zaha Hadid), South China Morning Post (Safdie), David M. Benett (Heatherwick), Duffy-Marie Arnoult (I.M. Pei), Ron Galella (Graves), Al Seib, Los Angeles Times (Koolhaas)/Getty Images
You may not the sharpest, but you’re reliable.
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You know a balustrade from a bay window but you think Philip Johnson was one of the guys who invented the Q-Tip.
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It’s been said that Helvetica is the sweatpants of fonts. We hope you’re comfortable.
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