Description
4 mice out of 5 - Macworld
From I Love Typography comes the long-awaited, the definitive Font Game for iPhone & iPod Touch. Guaranteed to be absolutely the most fun you’ll have with fonts anywhere, any time, any place. Think you know your Arial from your Helvetica, your sans from your sans serifs? Then step up to the plate. With three levels of game play from the ease-yourself-in, ‘Somewhat Difficult’ through to the incredibly challenging ‘Exceedingly Difficult’, there’s lots of fun to be had for novices and typographic experts alike.
Share the honor (or the shame) by posting your high (or low) scores to the Hall of Fame or Twitter. Battle against the clock in your quest to become King of fonts, Tsar of typography!
Each game challenges you to identify 30 fonts, with your final score calculated taking into account your overall time. Although there’s no time limit, the quicker you answer, the more points you’ll score, and the more you’ll impress your friends and family.
With some 600 font specimens from dozens of foundries, you’ll want to play again and again.
In addition to being fantastic fun, the Font Game will introduce you to dozens, perhaps hundreds of fonts you’ve never seen before. With practice you’ll learn to identify even the most obscure typefaces, expanding your typographic repertoire, and training your eye to the often subtle and sometimes not so subtle differences.
Play a game, then view your answers to discover where you went wrong; then play, and play again.
Need a closer look? Simply rotate your iPhone or iPod touch through 90 degrees to see the font specimen full-screen.
FEATURES:
600 font samples
Rotate to view full screen
3 levels of game play
Post scores to Twitter and The Hall of Fame
View your answers after each game
Battle against the clock
Cancel the game at any time by clicking the header
Game tips
Exhilarating, addictive, educational, and fun — the Font Game, from I Love Typography, the world’s most popular fonts and typography blog. Become a font champion, a typographic tiger — play Font Game.
Visit fontgameapp.com for more information, the Hall of Fame, and FAQs.
What's New In Version 1.0.1
New release
Customer Reviews
Pretty - more of a test than a study aid
This app is great for testing yourself, but falls short for learning. The font disappears too quickly for any kind of positive or negative reinforcement. Once you select a name in the list, the word disappears before you can look at it and associate it with your selection right or wrong.
LAME in compacta bold - adware
if your font knowledge revolves around whatever foundry put this out, you'll do well. if you're a fan of the classics, you'll be stumped. okay, I'll give a couple stars just cuz it's awesome that there's anything like this. if they added 1000 more or so of the fonts that are important, it's be rad.
Great fun for typophiles!
Those of you obssessed with typography (like me) will love The Font Game challenge. Very similar to the game on the website, but mobile!
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$0.99
- Category: Games
- Updated:Dec 23, 2009
- Current Version:1.0.1
- 1.0.1
- 4.9 MB
- Language:English
- Seller:Justin Stahl
- © 2009 John Boardley, Kari Pätilä & Justin Stahl
Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later.
