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Art Nouveau


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PAGEAlso on pageSoloCat or Solofont NameAlias AnalysisMatchDover CD BookComments
41Adver CondensedNot by this name on pg. 46 as shown in index; also no matches yet. No Fontseek hits.No
119AuriolAuriol (Linotype, Adobe, Solo), Alouette (Solo). Freeforn 721 (Bitstream); Freedom 9 (Bay Animation); Palette (Softkey/SSI/SSK); and Cheshire (WSI), Aura (OPTI)YesANVName shown as Auriol Stencil on page 119. There are two identical font families by Solotype; Auriol and Alouette. It's not clear why the two names were used. There's only one Auriol entry in the Catalog's index, and it points to page 119, not 41.
119Auriol ItalicSee Auriol. Many of the digitizations are families including Italic, Bold, Black, etc.YesANV
Berolina (2 wts)Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Berolina (Peter Wiegel)YesNot in index
HoboWidely available look-alikes. Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Tramp; CorelYesHarlequin' by Fluent Laser-Cassady+Greene is a nice version with an alternate 'Q'
Hobo OutlineSolofont included in Dover Outline book + CD pack.YesOUT
Parsons InitialsThe "initials" faces in Solocat hYes
Parsons or Parsons BoldBrendel Mormone; Novel Purcell; Opti Puritan Bold Flair; and Prima Pyramid. Also Dieter Steffmann's free Puritan family, with both regular and swash fonts.Yes
42Argos George(Solo in Bood/CD, Dieter Steffmann, Sam Wang), Argos (Rick Mueller), Bucephalus (Scriptorium), Argos Nouveau (Anon.)YesANVOriginal design Argos by George Lemmen, c. 1908
CleopatraSolofonts version @ MyFonts.Yes
CuldeeCullane Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
DanubeDanuvius Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
EmperorEmperorAN (Character), Emperor ST (Anon.), Cipango (Scriptorium - Caps only) OPTIMiyako-Black matches, but has an alternate 'A', Alibi (Enstep)YesThis is NOT the same Emperor as the Solotype font with the same name. Original name was Fette Mikado (Pfetzendorfer).
Fantasie Artistique(George Williams - font has no internal attribution)Yes
GodivaKunstgewerbe NF (Nick Curtis / NicksFonts), (Anon; made iwth Font Creator)YesDesign by J. M. Bergling 1914
InterlakenNo
Iron GateNo
LivoniaNo
SalemAdramalech (Scriptorium)Yes
SiegfriedSiegfried (Brendel, Opti, Dieter Steffmann); Epic (BayAnimation), Epoque (Dieter Steffmann), S730Deco (SoftMaker),Appleby (FontBank), Scorpio (Bright Ideas-Variant)YesANV
Thalia(SamWang, Nova, Fantazia), Thaleia (Harold Lohner)YesAll free. Except for the Lohner version, all may be clones of each other.
Tip TopFreeware by CybaPee.Yes
43Art Sans Half SolidSolofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. Also "Iris Alternate" (Halfbaked Key 3003 -- Keyfonts?)YesCIR
Baldur(Solo, Steffmann, GeorgeWilliams)YesANV
Bambus GroteskEl Paso Bold (Red Rooster)YesListed as "Bambus" in the Solo Art Nouveau alphabet book
ConstantiaCarlingtown Gold Bold (RedRooster/Typefounders)YesCarlingtown Silver Light is somewhat lighter, both have some minor character shape differences.
Ebony(Claude and Character)Yes
Erratick (3 variants)No
Flemish WideFlemish-NormalEx (Fantazia), Bruges (Scriptorium) Aldus lists look-alikes. Yes
Jackson (2 widths)No
MurilloDieter Steffmann's Tintoretto Regular is a match for what's shown on Solocat page 43 as Murillo. Solotype's variant substitutes some new glyphs.Yes
Murillo (variant)Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. YesANVThis is a Solo digital face but glyphs do not match " A, r, h, a, g, n" characters in sample on Solocat pg 43.
Negrita (3 variants)La Negrita (Dieter Steffmann similar, but major differences), . La Negrita (Dixies Delights)Yes
OpheliaPetrarka (HiHRetroFonts)Yes
Teutonia(HiHRetroFonts)Yes
TintorettoDieter Steffmann offers the solid version, Tintorello Regular (which appears in the Solocat on page 43 as Murillo). Most vector graphic art programs will let you create outlined and shadowed text from a solid text font.Yes
UtrilloNoImage in Dover/Solo Art Nouveau Alphabet book
Virile( Harold Lohner, Agfa).YesLohner's Virile and Virile Open can be used together to create multi-colored print.
186Virile Open( Harold Lohner, Agfa).YesLohner's Virile and Virile Open can be used together to create multi-colored print.
44Abbott Old Style(FontSite), AbbeyRoad (Nick Curtis); Abbess (FontBank/Novel); Monsignore (Brendel/Softmaker) also renamed to Abbot Old Style; Mandrita (SSI/SSK/Softkey), Omneco(WSI/IMSI), CarrieLane (Silver Graphics)YesThe SSI font also exists renamed to Abbott Old Style
10Art GothicSee Art Gothic, Page 10Yes
BranchwaterRichard (Brendel); Edifice (Novel); Edwards (Opti, Primafont); Edgware (Softmaker); Yes
ChildsSolofont digital pay version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. FontShop 1993 FontBook p. C-29 carries a Richard Beatty pay version.YesANV
Columbus(Sam Wang, Brendel/B&PGraphics), Wedgewood (Brendel), Deneane (FontBank), Cowan (Opti), C790 Deco (Softmaker), Tringle (WSI), Jazzy 50 (Fantazia), Beaumarchais (Scriptorium)YesTom Phinney is developing a high-quality version named Cristoforo.Original design is by Ihlenberg, 1892.
Columbus InitialsNo
185Columbus OutlineNo
CordovaCasanova (Bright Ideas), Apollo (Rick Mueller, Peter Wiegel), and Cordoba (David Works)., Appeal (DTP),Yes
ElefantaElefantasia NF (Nic Curtis / NicksFonts)YesKarl Brendler & Söhne, Vienna, late 1800's
133Excelsior (Display Serif)Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. Records suggest it may've previously been known as Excellent.YesANV
FranconiaSolofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. Also WSI Sundra Display Caps.YesANV
GriswoldNo
HarlechHarlech (The Type Heritage Project - Robert Donona)Yes
Mira(Sam Wang), Madeira (Brendel); VanBeen (SWFTE); Grouse (WSI), Bistro (SSK).Yes
Primitive(Rick Mueller). Level Fourteen Druid (Mickey Rossi/Subflux).Yes
SkjaldSolofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. Skjald(Miles/Agfa/Monotype), Lillehammer (Brendel) , Scythe(Novel), Sidhe(Powers), Norseman (Silver Graphics)YesANV
TemperanceBizzarrerie (Claude Pelletier)Yes
Titania(Solo, Steffmann), Titania MF (Rick Mueller), Klarissa (Dieter Steffmann), Karissa (Bright Ideas), EFN Mellotron/Melody (Eurofonts), Athenia/Athenian (Thomas Harvey).YesANV
45Arnold Bocklin[sometimes Boecklin] (Solo, Adobe, Linotype, Mecanorma, URW, and others); Bocklin (George Williams), Medusa (Lorvad), Boecklins Universe (Peter Wiegel)Yes
BishopNo
Bocklin (Bocklin, Arnold)Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. Widely available. Digital vesions include Aidan & Nouveau (ML) at both Arts & Letters & ClickArt, one included free download; Corel Arnold Bocklin; Brendel HYesANV
Elefante (Marshall)Marshall (Solo), Dimanche NF (Nick's Fonts)YesBrilliant (RMU) is similar, but wider and with some letters such as 'W' mirrored horizontally.
184Elefante Outline (aka Domingo)No
Fingal's CavePeacenik (Silver Graphics), Paul Putnam' (Soft Horizons). Puppy and PuppyLike (ImageLine and EnStep, respectively) are an obliqued version.Yes
HerculesHerkules (Dieter Steffmann)Yes
Heroldaka Herold Reklameschrift. Also SoftMaker Herman. Dieter Steffmann has a free version simply called Herold, too. There's an inexpensive original-name commercial version from Tom Wallace of HiH Retro Fonts at MyFonts.Yes
MedeaNo
NeptuneNeptunCAT (Peter Wiegel)Yes
Pretoria(Brendel, Opti), Pretorian (DTP, Intellecta, Fontbank), Vivian (Fontbank, Steffmann), P820 Deco(Softmaker) . Storybook (Anon)Yes
114Roberta(Harold Lohner, Ralph Unger/Profonts),YesLeGrand (Rick Mueller) varies somewhat from the catalog. Lohner's version was approved by designer Bob Trogman,Just to confuse things further Aldus renamed Mueller's LeGrand to Roberta and posted it with many other catalog matches.
Romany (Roman)No
StudentNo
46Abbey EnglishDigital versions include Imageline More House; URW Abbey; and WSI Westminster. Roger White has done a free-for-personal use version he calls PlymouthYes
Boomerang (Hansa)(Harold Lohner, Bulldog, Lazy Dog), BoomerangTR (Tim Ryan/TypeRevivals), Hansa. (Dieter Steffmann, FontShop), Favorit (Gophmann), Regina Kursiv (Gophmann)YesGerman Names HansaRegina per Petzendorfer 56. Gophmann also did a backward-leaning version named Favorit Grotesk.
Boomerang Bold (Regina Cursive)(Lohner), Toffee Script (Suomi), ReginaKursiv (Gophmann)Yes
Boomerang Italic (Hansa Cursive)(Harold Lohner)Yes
Carmen(Solotype, Dieter Steffmann, George Williams) Edel Gotische (HiH Retrofonts). Original, 1900 by Georg Fleischmann, was name Edel GotischeYesANVCarmen Caps (Harold Lohner) and Edel Gotische Initialen (HiH Retrofonts) are ornate sets of initials incorporating this typeface. Original design by Otto Eckmann, 1900
ChantryNoThe catalog index indicates that Chantry is also on page 23. It is not.
CharlestonCharleston (Character - revision of an earlier anonymously scanned version of he same name)Yes
Devinne OrnamentedAn Agfa original of this face is included in the Print Artist bundle. Unverified old record indicates Dan Solo also drew a version (??) Dieter Steffmann prepared a free version under the name Devinne Swash.Yes
Eckmann SchriftEckmann Schrift and Rudelsberg (Dieter Steffmann), Eckmann (Linotyupe, URW), Freeform 710 (Bitstream), Freedom (Bay Animation), Etienne (Softmaker), Lushlife (SWFTE), YesFor some reason, the bold and italic versions of some of these, such as (Lushlife), are really Auriol (q.v.)
Fantasie NoireReggion (Scriptorium)YesOriginal design by Georges Peignot & fils
Giraldon (Solo). YesANV Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack
Giraldon BoldNo
Giraldon ItalicNo
Hansa (See Boomerang)Yes
HohenzollernM. Klein digitized for TypOasis. CAT Hohenzollern (Peter Wiegel)Yes
Jubilee (penletter)Red Rooster version, see at IdentifontYesThis NOT the same-named Jubilee in 100 Victorian Display Alphabets
OceanaSolofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack.YesANV
Regina Cursive (See Boomerang Bold)Toffee Script (Suomi)Yes
RogersThere's a high quality same-named free digital font by Eric Grunin at FontSpace. Aldus lists look-alikes. Also Rogers1 and Rogers2 by Claude PelletierYes
Secession Medium (HiH RetroFonts/TomWallace)Yes
TiroleanTiberius (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
47AmbrosiaAmbrosia (Solotype, Dieter Steffmann, George Williams, Sam Wang), AmbrosiaMF (Rick Mueller), Schnorr Gestrecht (HiHRetrofonts), Te Deum (Brendel), Maginot (Scriptorium), many others.YesANVOriginal name was Schnorr Dekorativ, designed by Peter Schnorr. HiH has five variatnts. Gestrecht is closest.
184Calcutta (4 variants)Calcutta matches Edda, Edda Text Hollow (Font Bureau). Calcutta Solid matches Edda Text Black (Font Bureau).Yes
Desdemona (Quaint Black)Desdemona Solid (Font Bureau). Quaint Gothic(Spiece Graphics), Desdemona Black (Richard Beatty), MS includes an original (redrawn by David Berlow of Font Bureau) in the Home Publisher bundle. Yes
Foster Gothic (aka Rollo)Tried WhatTheFontNo
Isadora(Solo), Isadora Caps (Sam Wang), Vim(Fonthouse)YesANVThe catalog shows nested letters. None of these fonts include that feature.
21Jagged Light aka JaggedSolofont included in Dover Victorian book + CD pack. Rick Mueller has a matching free font named Ragged, available renamed Jagged from some sources.YesVIC
Kerry's TitlingSee IsadoraYesEssentially the same as Isadora, with come character differences and no nesting.
LimboTried WhatTheFontNoOriginal by Gradl, 1903, Petzendorfer plate 23A
Multiform No. 1No
Multiform No. 1 BoldNo
Multiform No. 4Multiform (Rakowski), Kaprole (Brendel) Cammy Caps Display (WSI). Possibly one by FantaziaYesOriginal by Central Type Foundry, St. Louis, MO
PigalleMaigret (Agfa/Monotype). Gradl Highstep (HiH), Swaak Centennial MN (Mecanorma), Santini (CanadaType - also a light variant), Adresack (Scriptorium - is a bold version). Maigret was reviously published under the Panache Typography label.YesCreated by David Farey for his Panache Typography. Original by Max Gradl, 1903
184Quaint OpenDesdemona (Font Bureau - lacks the alternate R, N, and others)Yes
Rollo (aka Foster Gothic)Medina (Lazy Dog Foundry) is ALMOST a match.No
Spencer (reg & bold)Tried WhatTheFontNo
 

Art Deco | Art Nouveau | Blackletter | Brush, Freestyle | Calligraphic | Classic Initials | Condensed Styles | Latins | Miscellaneous Types
Ornaments | Outline/Shadow | Romans, Italics | Rustic Types | Sans Serifs | Scripts | Sports Types | Square Serifs | Stencil Types
Theme, Topical | Thick-and-Thin | Uncials, Monograms | Victorian | Wood Types | Additional
Solotype Fonts | Dan X. Solo Alphabet Books Fonts | Glossary | Revision History
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