"This week it's the 70th birthday of the Guinness Book of Records, that gloriously bonkers compendium of human achievement that celebrates the people who can stuff the most marshmallows in their mouth, balance the most spoons on their body, and hula hoop underwater for the longest time. It features everything from standard athletic victories to "most high fives in 30 seconds" and "fastest time to make a pasta necklace.""
"And to my mind, there's something delightfully democratic about it all. While most of us will never run a four-minute mile, we might just have what it takes to become the world's fastest at typing the alphabet backwards. And here's where it gets most interesting for design nerds: there's a Guinness World Record for font identification. And frankly, it's begging to be beaten. So, brush up on your knowledge of the most popular free fonts first, and then move onto more obscure font families."
"Meet L.B. Lakshmi Aadhyanth from India, who currently holds the record for identifying the most fonts in one minute. In December 2021, he correctly named 79 different typefaces in 60 seconds. That's roughly 1.3 fonts per second, which is of course, hugely impressive. But here's what's been eating at me since I discovered this record: I think some of us could edge this."
Guinness World Records celebrates diverse and eccentric human achievements, from athletic feats to quirky contests like most high fives in 30 seconds and fastest time to make a pasta necklace. The book reaches its 70th birthday. A record exists specifically for font identification: L.B. Lakshmi Aadhyanth of India named 79 typefaces correctly in 60 seconds in December 2021, averaging about 1.3 fonts per second. Graphic designers, web developers, and font-savvy individuals could feasibly challenge that mark. Practical preparation includes mastering popular free fonts and studying more obscure font families. The record appears approachable for practiced font spotters.
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