| PAGE | Also on page | SoloCat or Solofont Name | Alias Analysis | Match | Dover CD Book | Comments |
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| 48 | | Baby Teeth | (WSI), Constructivist Block (P22), (A&L, CLickArt), Garret (Swfte) Garret, BufordOpti (Opti/Castcraft), Bebit (Typemarket/Paratype), Heavy Weight (Bay Animation), Fatti Patti (Fluent Laser-Cassady+Greene), Metro (Silver Graphics), PacMania (Neale Davidson which is a toothless version). Visual Communications also released a commercial Corel WFN format | Yes | | |
| Blunt Highlight | | No | | |
| Bobo Bold | (Agfa Type Revivals, by Tim Ryan), DXS Bobo Bold (DickPape), Totem (Elfring Soft Fonts). | Yes | | The free Espheres is not a look-alike, but the effect is enough to serve as a work-alike. |
| Cubist | (Solo - Dover Moderne CD & book), Bric-A-Braque NF (Nick Curtis / NicksFonts) | Yes | MOD | Originally by John Zimmerman for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, 1929 |
| Dellmond | Cameo Outline Shaded (Panache), Dellmond (Elwood Weird Science), Elwood (Artful Bodger) | Yes | | Only the Panache font has numerals & punctuation. Cameo (Panache) is without the shadow).Also Dellmond Plain (Elwood -without shadow). and variants of Elwood (italic, bold, lefty |
| Dellmond Rimmed Shaded | Dellmond Rimmed (Elwood Wierd Science) | Yes | | Also Dellmond College (Elwood - without shadow) |
| Dynamic Deco | DynamicCP (Claude Pelletier) | Yes | | |
| Fat Cat | Frenchy (Red Rooster, QuickBrownFox), Katzenfatzen NF (Nick Curtis / NicksFonts), Fat Cat DXS (Dick Pape), Frency (Brendel)Falla (Opti),; Frantic (WSI), F820 Deco (Softmaker) | Yes | | |
| Guggenheim | | No | | |
| Guggenheim Shaded | | No | | |
| Harmony | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. From a 1925 German Caps face; Solo added the lower case. | Yes | | |
| Joyce Black | DXS Joyce Black | Yes | | |
| Mania #1 | Mama (Rick Mueller, free.' Psychedelic (maybe?). | Yes | | |
| Mania #2 | Photolettering Obese (prev. distr. by Tiger/Expressiv). | Yes | | |
| Mania #3 | Psychedelic (anon) | Yes | | |
| Mania #4 | Mania4 (Character), Mania-4 (Free, anonymous) | Yes | | |
| Mindy Highlight | Ink Highlight by R.W. Mueller | Yes | | |
| Pickfair | DXS Pickfair | Yes | | |
| Theda Bara | DXS Theda Bara | Yes | | |
| Veronica | Vassar (Rick Mueller)-free; DXS Veronica | Yes | | |
| 184 | Veronica Open | | No | | |
| 49 | | Alex | (Solo), Art Lover (JeffreyLevine) | Yes | ADC | |
| Boul Mich | (Solotype, Wordshape) | Yes | ADC | |
| Braggadocio | (Monotype/Microsoft) included in Home Publisher; Bravado (WSI), LaGrange1 (Cambridge Fontworks) is a clone of Braggadocio. | Yes | | |
| Broadway | aka Moderne. Digital versions include A&L's Ritz; Corel/Bitstream's Broadway; Brendel's Broadway; ClickArt's Brando (BA) and Showtime (ML);originals included in Agfa's Discovery Pack and Print Artist bundle; Novel's or Imageline's B | Yes | | |
| Broadway Engraved | Digital ve | Yes | | |
| Capitol | Solofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack. | Yes | MOD | |
| Clyde | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. | Yes | ADC | |
| Eclipse | EclipseCaps(Tim Ryan, re-drawn for Agfa's Type Revivals.), CGEclipse, ZekeLipschitz(SoftHorizons) | Yes | | |
| Futura Black | (Linotype, Corel/Bitstream, Opti), DekoBlack (Brendel/Softmaker), Template (ClickArt-ML); Fulton (Novel); Dayton (Fontbank), Cado Display (SoftKey/SSi) Display; Army Black (Swfte), Futurist (WSI), Durham (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Futura Black Outline | Futura Black Art Deco Outline (URW) | Yes | | Softmaker's Deko Black Outline Regular is a relicensed version of the URW font noted. |
| Grock | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. | Yes | ADC | |
| Manhattan, ITC | ITC, URW, and SoftMaker Harlem Nights. | Yes | | |
| Modernique | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. Digital version by standard name also available from Typographer's Edition. | Yes | ADC | |
| Parasol | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. | Yes | ADC | |
| Parisian | (Solo, George Williams) | Yes | ADC | |
| Plaza Suite | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack.
Look-alikes: Brendel Feullet; Swfte Contemporary; WSI Playce. | Yes | ADC | |
| Porky | DXS Beans, Haricot (Claude Pelletier), FreeHoleysNF (Nick Curtis), Beans (Letraset Rub-on) | Yes | | Named 'Beans' in Solo 100 Art Deco Alphabets. Design by Dieter Zembsch |
| Ricky Tick | DXS Ricky Tick | Yes | | |
| Roco | aka Right ; DXS Roco (Dick Pape), Marquee Mieux Regular (IMSI), RocoOriginal(Anon - | Yes | | This is similar to, but not quite, awider version of Grock (p49). Erroneously listed as "Poco" in the catalog's index. |
| Ticktock ( 2 wdths) | Incl. in Dover/Solo Moderne Book + CD pack. | Yes | MOD | |
| 50 | | Ashley Crawford | (Miles, Inc.,Agfa,ICG), Ashley (Bulldog), Jalopy (Silver Graphics), Jazz Poster (ICG), more | Yes | | |
| Ashley Inline | (Miles, Inc.( | Yes | | |
| Branding | HFF Clip Hanger | Yes | | |
| Carlotta | | No | | |
| Castaway | Stowaway (Rick Mueller). Stowaway has been re-configured as Castaway(anon) and CassTaylor (Soft Horizons) | Yes | | |
| Chloris | | No | | |
| Circus Wagon | Eckhardt Informal JNL (Jeff Levine) | Yes | | |
| 20 | Eccentric | (Agfa/Miles, Linotype, Solo), Eccentrical (?) Artist Modern (Gophmann) | Yes | | Letraset Galadriel [1975]=Eccentric Bold |
| Fanfare | (Rick Mueller, Opti), Cabaret (Steffmann), Tambourint (Brendel), Famoose (Novel), NorthCarolina (FontHouse), Faralones (Primafonts), Jugler (Primafonts) | Yes | | Note: Bertholds 'Fanfare' is a different face. Design by Louis Oppenheim, 1927 |
| Frednel | | No | | |
| Galadrielle | Galadriel (Alan Meeks, E&F,Font Company/URW), Gandalf (Softmaker) | Yes | | This is a bold version of Eccentric (this page and page 20). Original design, Galadriel by Letraset |
| Glass Art | | No | | |
| Kailey | | No | | |
| 184 | Kobe Open | | No | | |
| Lute (3 wts) | | No | | |
| Nadall | (Solofonts version @ MyFonts) (Eric Grunine). There's a copy of Grunine's Nadall with a FILEname of Camelot. No other matching fonts named Camelot have been found. | Yes | | |
| Neuland | Many look-alikes. Digital versions include A&L's Indy (BA); Corel/Bitstream's Informal 011; Brendel's SINFONIE; ClickArt's Indy BA); Prima's Nef Reg; SoftKey SSi's Heartwood; Swfte's Zorba; and WSI's NEWELL. Plenty of others. | Yes | | |
| Neuland Inline | | Yes | | |
| Phosphor | CG/Agfa/Miles produced CG Phosphor. Red Rooster foundry has a revival by Steve Jackaman. | Yes | | |
| Sheeba | | No | | |
| Tanglewood (2 wdths) | Regular and condensed variants. | No | | |
| 51 | | Avon | | No | | |
| Balloonogram | | No | | |
| Bust | DXS Bust (DP) | Yes | | |
| 160 | Checkmate | DXS Checkmate (DickPape), Chisel (WSI), Bordon(Instant Artists Users Club, Inc), Cornered (B&P), Kasparov (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Dudley Narrow | DXS Dudley P Narrow | Yes | | |
| Eleanora | | No | | |
| Gismonda | (Atech, FontGrube,SamWang), Saga (A&L), Templar (SWFTE), and Machiavelli (Brendel). Goodman 10 (Cambridge Fontworks) is a clone of Atech's Gismonda. | Yes | | |
| Hoopla | BellBottom (Fantazia, many anon), BellBottom.Laser (Lorvad), Groovy (A&L), Balloon (Brendel). Shown in Solo Art Deco Alphabet book as Colonel Hoople. | Yes | | Original Solopedia indicated Scorpio as an alternate name. No connection has been found since. |
| Hoopla Outline (Solo) aka Scorpio (PLC) | Brendel Balloon Outline. | Yes | | |
| Hoopla Outline Shaded | Brendel Balloon Shaded. | Yes | | |
| Inkwell Black | Bottleneck (URW, Scangraphic, E&F), Jazzy 16 (Fantazia). Inkwell (Sam Wang-unattributed) | Yes | | |
| Pan Bold | Fontbank Walnetto Casual is not a match, but it could serve as a work-alike unless or until a proper match is found. | Yes | | |
| 157 | Precis Bold | Precise (Solotype) | Yes | MOD | |
| Publicity Gothic | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack.
A&L's Dinosauria (with small caps); Brendel's MAGAZINE; Expressiv Photolettering Collection includes Publicity Gothic; Opti's Publicity Gothic; and (?) | Yes | ADC | |
| Rhythm | DXS Rhythm Bold | Yes | | |
| Rosie | | No | | |
| Round Rosie | | No | | |
| 118 | Sheet Steel | DXS Sheet Steel | Yes | | |
| True Grit | DXS Tester | Yes | | Named 'Tester' in Solo 100 Art Deco Alphabets |
| Tulo | DXS Tulo (Dick Pape). | Yes | | Bottleneck (Linotype, URW, E&F) is similar |
| Urban | Jonah (CanadaType), DXS Urban. Similar fonts include Roller Poster (HiH), Mojo (Adobe), Wes Wilson (K-type) | Yes | | |
| Wild Bill | Opti Wild Bill is a match, and their catalog says it is equivalent to another face named Wild West. | Yes | | |
| Zany | DXS Zany | Yes | | |
| Zephyr | WSI Nexxus. DXS Zephyr. | Yes | | The free face Adriator is not a match, but the effect is similar enough to serve as a substitute. |
| 52 | | Adriana (reg & it) | | No | | |
| Alpha Midday | | No | | |
| Alpha Midnight | DXS Alpha Midnight (DP), Mister Bones NF (Nick Curtis) | Yes | | |
| Alpha Sunrise | | No | | |
| Alpha Twilight | DXS Alpha Twilight (DP), ThisEndUp (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Anonymous (3 var) | Gyparody, by Ray Larabie, free at MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| Basso (2 var) | | No | | |
| Bee's Knee's | MS Home Publisher includes an ITC orig; also A&L Wampum; Brendel Idomene; Clickart Cartoon (ML); Novel Beetlejuice; Swfte Fatso; & WSI Beetlejuice. | Yes | | |
| Brawley | | No | | |
| Bullseye | | No | | |
| Crust | | No | | |
| East Side | | No | | |
| Kubla Khan | | No | | |
| Monogram | MCM Monogram (Victory Type) | Yes | | DXS Monogram Stencil (Dick Pape) is a stencil version. Some letters vary among samples and implementations. |
| Patricia Bold | | No | | |
| Polly | DXS Polly | Yes | | |
| Sikkim | | No | | |
| Sundown (Shadow) | Solofont Starburst included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack. Also David Rakowski's Wharmby, also available in an enhaced or expanded version by Dieter Steffmann. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Venture | Chopper (Canada Type) | Yes | | Page 181 has a completely different font also named "Venture" |
| Vero Fat Antiqua | | No | | |
| 53 | Wood Grotesk | | No | | Wood Grotesque on p 53), |
| Zanzibar | | No | | |
| 53 | | Dante Baily | | No | | |
| Decorette Fancy | Strong Nouveau (LHF), Giotto (Opti), Captain's Table (Roulette Studios) | Yes | | Giotto (Opti) has 'fancy' glyphs in the lower case, 'plain' in the upper case. The Opti font is very crude. |
| Decorette Plain | Giotto (Opti), StrongPlain (Created by stripping LHF'sStrong Nouveau) | Yes | | Giotto (Opti) has 'fancy' glyphs in the lower case, 'plain' in the upper case. The Opti font is very crude. |
| 83 | Elefont (Display) | SoftMaker Elmshorn. Also URW, E+F under original name. | Yes | | |
| Fantastic | Fantastic Modern (Rick Mueller), Fantastic ML (HiH Retrofonts) | Yes | | |
| Flemish Condensed | Flemish Regular (Atech), The following are wannabes, lower-quality look-alikes: A&L Manchuria (1 free DL @ their WEB site); Brendel Telepath. Tora 6 (Cambridge Fontworks) is a clone of Atech's Flemish Regular) | Yes | | |
| Grange | Both Rick Mueller and Dieter Steffmann offer free same-named versions of this font. Millrich Grange NF (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
| Hoffman | Rick Mueller drew a free same-named face. Also matches Scriptorium's Harbinger. | Yes | | |
| Horndon | Digital versions include Corel's Horndon; Agfa's original included in the Print Artist bundle. Also E+F has their version. | Yes | | |
| Margit | (Romanov), Johnny (Canada Type), Harem (Font Company) | Yes | | Original design by Phil Martin (1969) |
| Metropolitan | (Solo, Agfa), Metropolitaines (Corel) | Yes | ANV | |
| Niteclub | | No | | |
| 28 | Ragtime | | No | | This is a bolder version of Iroquois (p.11). It's not clear whether a lower case of Ragtime existed. |
| Ringo | | No | | |
| Spartana | Sparticus (Solo), Spartana (Solo, in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book/CD). | Yes | ANV | It's not clear which font came first. Sparticus is among the Solotype fonts at Myfonts, |
| Spartana Bold | | No | | |
| Spartana Outline | Full image in 100 Art Noveau alphabets. | No | | |
| Spartana Shaded | | No | | |
| Theatre | Rick Mueller's free version is called Cinema. | Yes | | |
| 59 | Wings | | No | | |
| 52 | Wood Grotesque | | No | | Wood Grotesk on p. 51 and catalog. My have been a VGC/Typositor give-away by John Schaedler |
| 54 | | Aki Lines | (Image Club Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Atlas | Atlas (Harold Lohner), Farouk (Harold Lohner) , Fatima (?) | Yes | | Lohner's Atlas replaced Farouk |
| Beverly Hills | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. Agfa same-named version in FontShop 1993 FontBook, p. B-24. | Yes | ADC | |
| Bifur | See Matra, this page | Yes | | |
| Blackline | Linea Nera NF (NicksFonts), DXS Blackline (DP/TTD), LivelyDisplayCaps (WSI) | Yes | | All listed fonts lack some of the alternate characters. |
| Electra Clara | | No | | |
| Festival | Monotype has an original-name version (Festival Titling) in FontShop 1993 FontBook. DXS Festival (Dick Pape), Aldus says "very common?" in his text list of available look-alikes, but I haven't found any others. | Yes | | |
| Hotline | DXS Hotline | Yes | | |
| Joanna | Joanna Solotype (Agfa/MT). Also published as CGJoanna Solotype | Yes | | |
| Matra (Bifur) | (Solo, Agfa/Compugraphic,), CassandreEF (Elsner & Flake), Bifur (Harold Lohner - multiple weights and multi-part), P22Bifur (P22 - multiple weights and multi-part),, Very rough effect in Pepin Press Caps-FA288 (DickPape) and Pepin-FA288 (Character) | Yes | ADC | |
| Neon | Digital versions include A&L's Diner (1 FREE DL @ their WEB page); Brendel's SPOTLIGHT; Fontbank's Neptune; and WSI's NEON CAPS. | Yes | | |
| Oxford | OxfordCP (Claude Pelletier), Oxford Std (URW), Sportowy (Unger), Scene (Dave Jeffery) | Yes | | |
| Perky | | No | | |
| Piccadilly | (Agfa, URW, E&F, Font Company). Pittsburgh (SoftMaker), Crystal Gypsy (Josh Wilhelm). Picadilly with one c (George Williams). | Yes | | |
| Prisma | Globus (Brende), Prancer (Novel), Acton ( SoftMaker), Prisma Pro (RMU(Ralph Unger)) | Yes | | |
| Prisma Shaded | | No | | |
| Prismania (9 variations) | DXS Prismania 'C' and 'P', Pentaprism NF (NicksFonts, 5 variations) | Yes | | |
| Prismania F | Matching version of Prisma Graphic included in Expressiv's Photolettering Collection. | Yes | | |
| Shady Deal | DXS Shady Deal | Yes | | |
| 55 | | Acier Noir | Black Steel (HFF), Acier Bat Text Noir (Batfoundry) | Yes | | Nord Express NF (NicksFonts) has an extended character set. The black and white portions of each glyph are reversed from those shown in the catalog.. Using it in conjunction with one of the others could create an interesting design. |
| Atrax | (URW++, FontCompany, Bulldog) | Yes | | |
| Bertie | (Letraset) | Yes | | A previous comment said that Bertie (Letraset) was identical except that it is a bit more elaborate. However, a close inspection of the catalog, with a magnifying glass, indicates that it is just as 'elaborate' as the Letraset font. The poor print quality of the catalog hides most of the tiny details. |
| Boogie | Moteefe (Bright Ideas - has true lower case). Decollection (created with Typesmith Amiga, has small caps and other differences),, Big Lou (Lime) | Yes | | Source is Marcia Loeb's "New Art Deco Alphabets" (1972), NADA 8 (Boogie) and NADA 37 (Big Lou). |
| Boxley | Kerosene Boxley (Alex Sheldon/Match & Kerosene) - cited by Luc DeVroye, but not found anywhere | Yes | | No means of finding an image or purchasing or downloading has been found |
| Chic | (Solo), CG Chic (Agfa/Monotype). Others possible, too. | Yes | ADC | Odalisque (Nick Curtis) is a solid version, except for a few characters. |
| Colorama | | No | | |
| Eclair | Zebraesq (Manfred Klein), Rythme NF (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
| Gallia | (Solofonts, Image Club Graphics, Monotype), Galleria (Corel), GE Galleria (GrafxEdge), Gallery (Gerard Bernor) | Yes | ADC | |
| Gallia No. 2 | Gallia Two (Character). CG Gallia Two (Agfa/Miles attribution, but looks like a poor scan and incomplete possible backformation from Gallia) | Yes | | |
| Giraffe (CD & WD) | | No | | |
| Lion | Ege Schrift NF (NicksFonts) | Yes | | |
| Modernistic | (Monotype, Miles), Modernistic Cg (Agfa) . These are all variations of the same fonts, since Agfa is Monotype is Miles. | Yes | | |
| Oliver | (Prima), (Bright Ideas by Mauerkirchner und Grunert, Schwalbach), (Prima), Oliver Display (Opti), Sunflower (Brendel); | Yes | | |
| Paris Flash | (Solo), Tex Mex (SSI), French Flash (ICG), FrenchCaps (Type Revivals), Fred Flaherty (SoftHorizons), New Mexico (WSI), Flash (George Williams) | Yes | ADC | |
| Rialto | | No | | This is completely different from the font also named Rialto on page 202. |
| Saxony | | No | | There is much more detail in this font than is visible in the catalog. |
| Seventh Avenue | | No | | |
| Silver Screen | Tuxedo (Anon, "created with Typesmith Amiga") , | Yes | | This text was previously in the Alias box, but was clearly in error as these fonts have nothing to do with Silver Screen:Tuxedo, from Bright Ideas ezine. Also DXS Tuxedo, from the Solo Art Deco book, which is a different font. |
| Sinaloa | There's an Agfa pay version in the FontShop 1993 FontBook p. S-128. Aztek ( Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Squid | | No | | |
| Vesta | Venezuela (Red Rooster), Visillo Adornado NF (NicksFonts) | Yes | | |
| 56 | Shows optical services provided by Solotype |
| 57 | | Affiche Modern | | No | | |
| Antique No. 14 | Nick Curtis's Snappy Patter.and Peter Dako's Speedball. Also Dieter Steffmann's free Antique No. 14 version. Pickworth Old Style Pro (Red Rooster) | Yes | | |
| Archie | Best Gal Betty NF (NicksFonts) | Yes | | |
| Berliner Grotesk | Opti's Berliner (resembles); SoftMaker's B693 Deco and Belfort. It's a match! Tiny-tailed descenders. | Yes | | |
| Bernardo | | No | | |
| Bernhard Bold Condensed | (Bitstream, Opti) | Yes | | The Bitstream version is slightly heavier than Opti's |
| 8 | Bernhard Bold Extra Condensed | | No | | |
| Block Condensed | Black Condensed (Scangraphic), Block Ext Cond (URW), BlockBertholdBQExtCon (Berthold), Black Block Condensed (Hallmark - internal use only), | Yes | | |
| Block Outline Shadow | | No | | |
| Block Schwer (Heavy) | Black SB Heavy (Scangraphic), Block Heavy (URW), BlockBertholdBQ Heavy (Berthold), BlackBlock (Hallmark - internal use only) | Yes | | |
| Brooklyn Face (3 variants) | | No | | |
| Company | | No | | |
| Dolmen | Solofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack. Also A&L Constantine (6), Dominion (BA)(free DL); Brendel Agenda; Clicart Dominion (BA) (4); Swfte Domenic amd WSI Domaign. | Yes | MOD | |
| Dolmen Decorated | (Solo, includeded in Moderne Book/CD), Salzmann Deco Deco NF (NicksFonts), | Yes | MOD | |
| 191 | Dynamo (3 weights/styles) | Digital versions include Brendel's Dynamo and LOKOMOTIVE; an original Agfa included with Print Artist. Opti's Dynamo and Duke 5; Prima's Dyersburg; SoftMaker's D891 Deco; and WSI's NOUGAT. There's also a Nougat by Dieter Steffmann. | Yes | | |
| Dynamo Shadow | Mecanorma has an orig. ver. | Yes | | |
| Fanfare (Recut) UB | Brendel Bravour; Novel Fansilla; Opti Fantastik; Subflux Bongo Fraktur; and SoftMaker F650 Deco. Scriptorium Dromon is a match but seems to be just a bit narrower than its competitors. | Yes | | |
| Forester | | No | | |
| Groovey | DXS Grooviest Gothic | Yes | | |
| Olden | | No | | |
| Quartet | QuartetCP (Claude Pelletier) | Yes | | Landi_Echo (Claude Pelletier) is quite similar, but uses a slightly different base font. |
| Sintex No.1 | Stretto (Canada Type), Font Twelve Good (Fontalicious) | Yes | | |
| Super Dooper | | No | | |
