Identifont – identify fonts and typefaces

Oh baby, am I a nerd or what? I love this site. It asks you a series of questions about what the letters in a font look like and then tries to identify it for you. There are questions like What angle are the ends of the upper-case ‘C’ or What shape is the dot under the question mark. It didn’t manage to identify the font used in the 1997 Saatchi “Sensation” exhibition guide and it took 27 questions to wrongly identify the typeface used in the index and headings of the Department of Transport 1979 driving guide as “Brazilia Seven”. Nevertheless the questions really make one think about the countless tiny differences that make up the identity of a font. OK, I need to get out more. Just let me see how it does with my John Bull printing set and then I promise I’ll go to bed.