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This paper presents a systematic verification of the so-called “Obibok” font, a typeface of uncertain origin that has surfaced in digital archives without foundry attribution, release date, or character set documentation. Using three complementary methods—glyph shape analysis against historical type catalogs (1850–2020), metadata extraction from legacy font files (TTF, OTF, and PFB), and machine-assisted classification via a neural network trained on 12,000 typefaces—we assess whether Obibok represents an authentic, previously uncataloged design or a contemporary forgery/pastiche. Our results indicate that while the lowercase set shows unique features (e.g., a bifurcated terminal on ‘a’ and a non-standard ‘g’ with an open loop), the uppercase forms strongly correlate with the 1926 “Obendorfer Grotesk” revival. We conclude that Obibok is not a historically verified font but a 21st-century reconstruction, likely assembled from fragmented digital sources. The paper offers a verification protocol that can be applied to other “orphan” typefaces. A verified font always comes with a clear EULA