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This issue puzzles Last issue's type quizzes and winners Repeat contest: Win MathTime Pro 2 fonts! Sudoku ABC These puzzles are similar to regular sudokus except they use letters instead of numbers. Using the nine letters in the box beneath each puzzle, enter letters so that each appears only once in every 3x3 box, row, and column. When you have completed the puzzle a surprise word will appear in a row or column. (One of the surprise words is not a real word but will be familiar to LaTeX and ConTeXt users.) 1. 2. 3. Answers Sudoku fans may want to try Peter Wilson's sudokubundle. This LaTeX package provides a coordinated set of packages for typesetting, solving, and creating Sudoku puzzles. Answers to the Typeface Quiz: 1) What famous novel (and the movie or movies made from it) has at least three characters having the last names of two well known type designers? The Hound of the Baskervilles character Henry BASKERVILLE — designer John Baskerville also character Charles BASKERVILLE character Hugo BASKERVILLE character Sherlock HOLMES — designer Kris HOLMES 2) What typeface has had two different authorized names, one meaning bizarre or monstrous and the other signifying a country? Helvetica. Originally Named Haas Neue Grotesk ("Haas New Grotesque" in English) later changed to Helvetica, for the country of its origin - Switzerland, which was called Helvetia in Latin. 3) What typeface is named after the author of the first book printed in that type, a philosophical dialogue between two men hiking up a mountain? Bembo, a 1929 revival of a typeface first cut by Francesco Griffo and first used in De Aetna, by Pietro Bembo, a dialogue in the Platonic style about Bembo walking up Mt. Aetna with his father, published by Aldus Manutius in Venice in 1495. The first prize winner is Jan Hlavacek, who will receive a Lucida fonts license, donated by Bigelow & Holmes. Answers to the TypoNovice Contest: 1) Palatino (Book Antiqua, a current clone, is also an acceptable answer) Designed by Hermann Zapf Published by Linotype http://www.linotype.com/1317/palatino-family.html 2) Georgia Designed by Matthew Carter Published by Microsoft http://www.ascendercorp.com/msfonts/georgia_family.html 3) Bookman Designed by Chauncey H. Griffith, based on a design by Alexander Phemister Published by Bitstream http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/bookman/ 4) FF Dax Designed by Hans Reichel Published by FSI FontShop International http://www.fontshop.com/?fuseaction=catalog.fontpackage&searchby=manufacturer&displayfontid=FF.10269.0.0 5) FF Meta Designed by Erik Spiekermann Published by FSI FontShop International http://www.fontshop.com/?fuseaction=catalog.fontpackage&searchby=manufacturer&displayfontid=FF.11025.0.0 6) Bank Gothic Designed by Morris Fuller Benton Published by Bitstream http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/bank-gothic/ The first prize winner is Jan Steffan, who will receive the book Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, donated by FontShop. Answers to the TypoGuru Contest: 1) Tarzana Designed by Zuzana Licko Published by Emigre http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=124 2) Warnock Pro Designed by Robert Slimbach Published by Adobe http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_1710.html 3) Hydrous Designed by Anuthin Wongsunkakon Published by Psy/Ops http://www.psyops.com/html/spec_hydrous.html 4) Incognito Designed by Gábor Kóthay Published by Fountain http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/incognito.asp 5) Filosofia Designed by Zuzana Licko Published by Emigre http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=97 6) Relato Designed by Eduardo Manso Published by Emtype http://www.emtype.net/relato_1.html The first prize winner is Isaac Sijaranamual, who will receive the Indie fonts books and CDs, donated by SOTA (Society of Typographic Aficionados). There were no entries for the Math font quiz. But there is still a chance to test your math font knowledge and win a prize: Three entrants who answer three or more questions correctly by June 30, 2006 will receive a free copy of Michael Spivak's new MathTime Professional 2 fonts ''Lite'' version ($49 value).