The question was: "One of these faces appears right at the top of this page - in the 'davidthedesigner' banner. Would anyone like to guess (or, if you're a typographer, tell me) which one?"
So the correct answer is actually Avenir 95 Black.
Touché.
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28 June 2007
...except that wasn't the question
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The post that first spelt it out: the important things to get right when you start dealing with type.
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Didn't i say avenir black?
Posted by: Andrew Kingham | 28 June 2007 at 06:22 PM
I think you did Andrew, though it was Richard who first put forward Avenir. And it was that Kevin fellow (http://www.thisisasummary.com/ ) who raised the issue about the trophy - foreigners, eh?
So, I'll award you all a prize: a free subscription to AceJet 170 (http://www.acejet170.typepad.com/ )*.
*Cannot be exchanged for equivalent cash value.
Posted by: davidthedesigner | 28 June 2007 at 06:44 PM
I've got that already - can i swap it for something else?
Posted by: Andrew Kingham | 28 June 2007 at 07:07 PM
Ben's got a TV stand that he's trying to get rid of (http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2007/06/the-silver-tv-s.html ) - how about that?
Posted by: davidthedesigner | 28 June 2007 at 08:28 PM
First laugh of the day. Thanks. Though I'm not admitting to ben i've got one like that. (Not that you can see it for the basket of children's books.)
Posted by: Andrew Kingham | 29 June 2007 at 09:27 AM