PAGE | Also on page | SoloCat or Solofont Name | Alias Analysis | Match | Dover CD Book | Comments |
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 | | |
8 | | Bacardi Condensed | | No | | |
31 | 100 | Backhand Script | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. | Yes | CIR | |
100 | 31 | Backhand Script | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. | Yes | CIR | |
191 | | Badger | Red Rooster offers 5 variants of this design by this name. | Yes | | |
132 | | Baker Danmark | Danmark T(URW), Oktave (Brendel), Danton (Novel), Danley (Opti), Danville (Primafonts) | Yes | | |
122 | 191 | Baker Signet | (Corel / Bitstream). Barrett (Bay Animation/ComputerSupport) Keeple (Novel), Persuasion (SoftKey), Keene (Opti), CgSignature (Agfa/Compugraphics) | Yes | | |
191 | 122 | Baker Signet | (Corel / Bitstream). Barrett (Bay Animation/ComputerSupport) Keeple (Novel), Persuasion (SoftKey), Keene (Opti), CgSignature (Agfa/Compugraphics) | Yes | | |
30 | | Balderdash | (Solo), Tuscan MF Narrow (Rick Mueller - upper case only), Gullywasher WBW (Nick Curtis - upper case only) | Yes | CIR | |
30 | | Balderdash No. 2, No. 4 | | No | | |
30 | | Balderdash Tablet | Bandiera Del Legno NF (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
43 | | Baldur | (Solo, Steffmann, GeorgeWilliams) | Yes | ANV | |
114 | | Ballé Initials | FA143 (Pape, from Pepin Press) | Yes | | |
94 | | Balloon | aka Lasso. Many look-alikes. Bay Anim Bassett from A&L & ClickArt; Balloon fr. Corel / Bits; orig. Agfa in Print Artist bundle; Fontbank Barmoon Bold; Opti Balloon; Softkey SSi Howzat Display Caps; SoftMaker Balloon; Swfte Hot Air; WSI Balogna. Bandit (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
89 | | Balloon Drop Shadow | (URW) | Yes | | |
51 | | Balloonogram | | No | | |
170 | | Ballot Box | | No | | |
101 | | Balzac | Solofont included in Dover Bold Script book + CD pack. Also Brendel Balzac and Novel Balthazar, SoftMaker B650 Deco, and Scriptorium Bilitis. | Yes | BOS | |
32 | | Bamberg | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
72 | | Bamboo | (Solofonts), Bart (Arts & Letters), Bard (Corel), Asian (BayAnimation) , Sapporo (Bright Ideas), Freak (HIH Retrofonts) | Yes | | |
43 | | Bambus Grotesk | El Paso Bold (Red Rooster) | Yes | | Listed as "Bambus" in the Solo Art Nouveau alphabet book |
117 | | Banco Stencil | | No | | Non-stencil versions of Banco are widely available, as Banco (Adobe, ICG, others), Etappe (Brendel), Java (Multiline), Bandit (Softmaker), Baccarat (WSI), Jamaica (SilverGraphics), and other equivalents. |
900 | | Bandstand | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
96 | | Bank Script | Agfa orig in Print Artist bundle; Novel Banken Script; Brendel Romance; Opti Bank Script; Prima Bangroft Gothic; SoftMaker Bay Script. | Yes | | |
117 | | Bank Stencil | Despite the word "Bank" in the Solocat name, this is practically identical to the face just called "Stencil" by Adobe, Agfa/CG, Bitstream, Brendel, and SoftMaker. There are also look-alikes: Brendel Geogia; A&L G.I. Stencil; Novel Steamship; SoftKey Template; Swfte Cargo; and WSI Nesbitt. | Yes | | A Solid version of this font is available as Nick Curtis' Ysleta NF. |
63 | | Bankers Roman (6 variants) | Expressiv Photolettering Collection "Barclay Expanded" by Fontbank is a very close work-alike, to all intents and purposes a look-alike, for Bankers Roman Expanded. (Agfa may also have a version.) Barclays Expanded differs only in the tiniest details. | Yes | | |
63 | | Bankers Roman Open Extended | Flame (Enstep) | Yes | | |
17 | 62 | Banknote Italic | There exists an unattributed freeware font creaded from a scan. The website no longer exists. | Yes | | A full image appears in Solo's 100 3D and Shaded Alphabets |
62 | 17 | Banknote Italic | There exists an unattributed freeware font creaded from a scan. The website no longer exists. | Yes | | A full image appears in Solo's 100 3D and Shaded Alphabets |
63 | | Banknote Roman (2 vars) | BarclayExpandedExtraBold (Novel/Photolettering) | Yes | | |
75 | | Banner Stars | BannerStar (ClaudeSerieux) | Yes | | |
13 | | Banquet | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
900 | | Baraboo Banner Normal | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
59 | | Barb | Harold Lohner's Barbecue. | Yes | | |
900 | | Barbary Coast | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
89 | | Barber Poles | | No | | |
194 | | Barcelona | Novel Barston | Yes | | |
900 | | Bareback | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
86 | | Barker Script (2 wts) | | No | | |
900 | | Barkham | Solofont included in Dover Calligraphic book + CD pack. | Yes | CAL | |
118 | | Barn | | No | | Appears to be a stencilized version of Barndance (P.16) |
16 | | Barndance | Hoedown (Silver Graphics, Dieter Steffmann) | Yes | | A copy of Silver Graphics' Hoedown was renamed by Aldus to 'Barndance' |
16 | 21 | Barndance Wide | Hoedown Wide (Silver Graphics, Steffmann) | Yes | | |
21 | 16 | Barndance Wide | Hoedown Wide (Silver Graphics, Steffmann) | Yes | | |
25 | | Barnum Condensed Caps | | No | | From the Solocat: Call it French Clarendon (the Americans did), or Italienne (the French did), or American (the Italians did) -- it will always be Barnum to the rest of us. |
25 | | Barnum Square | | No | | |
25 | | Barnum variants | As a category, this Solocat page lists a number of faces Dan X. Solo categorized as "Barnums" or Barnum-like. They're individually listed in the database and about a third have digital equivalents known. | No | | |
900 | | Barnum, Flo | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
25 | | Barnum, P.T. | PT Barnum BT ( Bitstream), PT Barnum (ICG, Opti), Amarillo (Brendel) , PT Boat (Novel!), PTBoat (FontBank), Circus (Bay Animation - with ClickArt and A&L products, SWFTE). | Yes | | |
131 | | Baskerville (5 variants) | (Adobe, Bitstream, Linotype, Monotype, many more). | Yes | | Softmaker has a large family of variants. |
187 | | Baskerville Out | | No | | |
131 | | Baskerville Swash | JohnBaskerville (StormType) | Yes | | |
52 | | Basso (2 var) | | No | | |
184 | | Basso Outline | | No | | |
11 | | Battery | Patent Reclame (HiH) | Yes | | Petzendorfer 64 |
136 | | Bauer Bodoni (5 variants) | Digital versions include Corel/Bitstream's Bauer Bodoni-9; Opti's Bauer Bodoni; SoftKey SSi's Bodoni Recut-14; SoftMaker's Bodoni 16 MF included Bodoni Display; and Swfte's Sweez. Note the footed downstroke on LC p,q. | Yes | | |
194 | | Bauer Text (multiple weights) | StempelSchneidler (Adobe, Linotype, Monotype, URW), BauerText (OPTI - may have been copies of StempelSchneidler) | Yes | | |
162 | | Bauhaus | Many genuine versions & Look-alikes. Adobe & Corel / Bits & MS Home Publ use origname. A&L & Clickart have Bimini (BA); Opti Bello; SoftKey Dyname; SoftMaker Dessau; Swfte Unique; WSI Bordeaux. | Yes | | |
100 | | Bazaar Casual | Canada Type Boondock. | Yes | | |
90 | | Beaver | Sixpack (Panache) | Yes | | |
90 | | Beaver Extended | | No | | |
109 | | Becker | (Solotype, Dieter Steffmann), Becker-Medium (Atech). Cambridge Fontworks Warlock1 is a cloned version of th Atech font. | Yes | GOT | |
52 | | 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 | | |
28 | | Begonia | Adobe Mesquite; Brendel Michigan; SoftKey SSi Plug; Micrologic Saloon @ ClickArt). | Yes | | |
900 | | Behrens Antiqua | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
109 | | Behrens Schrift | (Solo, URW, Steffmann, Ingo Zimmermann) | Yes | | |
118 | | Beijing | This appears to be the same as "Hong Kong" on page 72. See there for matches. | Yes | | This is a different Beijing from the Solo font named Beijing that's available at Myfonts and included here on the pseudo-page 900. |
900 | | Beijing (not same as pg 118) | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
17 | | Belgian | (Font Mesa), Bear Gulch (Walden -a highly distressed version), Bruce Belgina NF (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
194 | | Bell Roman | Monotype Bell. Origs fr. Adobe, Monotype, et al. Also B694 Roman & Baltimore from SoftMaker. | Yes | | |
114 | | Bella Initials | Guinevere Caps (House of Lime) and Amadeus (Classic Font Co.) are both extremely similar, but have major differences in the details. | No | | |
190 | | Bellery Condensed | | No | | |
6 | | Bellery Elongated | Latino Elongated (Letraset/Esselte, ITC, Linotype)) | Yes | | |
194 | | Bellini | Red Rooster offers ten variants of this face by this name. | Yes | | |
15 | | Belmont | Beltane Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
96 | | Belvedere Light | | No | | |
124 | | Belwe | Adobe has an orig; so does Corel / Bits. A&L & ClickArt offer Blew (BA); Novel Belton; Fontbank Bellavera; Opti Anchor & Belwe; Softkey Barrister; and SoftMaker Benson. | Yes | | Elizabethan (pp. 196-197) represents other weights of Belwe. |
186 | | Belwe Bold Shaded | | No | | Create text art with solid fonts in Vector Graphic Illustration programs. |
133 | | Bembo | Many genuine & look-alikes. Adobe has it by orig name. Corel / Bits Aldine 401; Brendel Bamberg; ClickArt Nadine; Fontbank Bemsario; Opti Bilko; Prima BAO; SoftKey SSi Kuriakos; SoftMaker Bamberg. | Yes | | |
84 | 184 | Ben Franklin | Dieter Steffmann has a free version of the solid face named Benjamin Franklin (illus. pg. 84). Dan Solo prepared a Ben Franklin Open Solofont distributed with the Dover Outlines book + CD pack (illus. pg. 184). | Yes | OUT | |
114 | | Ben Franklin Initials | (Linotype) renamed version of Agfa Pi & Symbols Special Alphabets P05. Appears in FontShop 1993 FontBook, page &31. | Yes | | |
184 | 84 | Ben Franklin Open | Dieter Steffmann has a free version of the solid face named Benjamin Franklin (illus. pg. 84). Dan Solo prepared a Ben Franklin Open Solofont distributed with the Dover Outlines book + CD pack (illus. pg. 184). | Yes | OUT | |
127 | | Benedictine (3 wts) | | No | | |
125 | | Benguiat | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Bangle | Yes | | |
163 | | Benguiat Gothic (Four weights) | (Bitstream, Adobe, Berthold, ITC, E&F) | Yes | | |
900 | | Benjamin | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
900 | | Benjamin (Caps) : not a match to Solo face (?) | Swfte's Marlowe; and WSI's Croate Display Caps. There's also the Rakowski version called Benjamin Caps. These do NOT matchthe Solo NIC face. See record: Benjamin. See sample of that at MyFonts. | No | | |
57 | | Berliner Grotesk | Opti's Berliner (resembles); SoftMaker's B693 Deco and Belfort. It's a match! Tiny-tailed descenders. | Yes | | |
133 | | Berling | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Revive ( | Yes | | |
57 | | Bernardo | | No | | |
132 | | Bernase Roman | Image Club released as an ITC face; then it was withdrawn. ITC claims no record of it! Never could find out what happened. There is a freeware Bernase which matches the design. | Yes | | |
57 | | Bernhard Bold Condensed | (Bitstream, Opti) | Yes | | The Bitstream version is slightly heavier than Opti's |
8 | 57 | Bernhard Bold Extra Condensed | | No | | |
57 | 8 | Bernhard Bold Extra Condensed | | No | | |
98 | | Bernhard Cursive | Bernhard Schoenschrift (E&F, Scangraphic)) , Liberty (Bitstream), Bernhard Script (Softmaker), Bernhard Bold Cursive (Opti) | Yes | | |
153 | | Bernhard Deco | | No | | |
153 | | Bernhard Gothic (3 wts) | Berthold, URW++ and Spiece Graphics offer a variety of wts. They may not have some of the alternate characters shown in the Dover/Solo Extra Bold alphabet book. | Yes | | |
137 | | Bernhard Modern | (Adobe, Agfa, Berthold, Bitstream, DTC, URW, more), Bernhart (Bay Animation), Metro (MicroLogic) | Yes | | |
98 | | Bernhard Tango | Digital versions include A&L's Tango (BA); Corel/Bitstream's Bernhard Tango; Brendel's Felicita; Agfa's Carmine Tango in Discovery Pak & PrtA; SoftKey SSi's Petticoat Script; and SoftMaker's Bernhard Elegant. | Yes | | |
98 | | Bernhard Tango Swash Caps | Bernhard Tango Swash (Image Club) | Yes | | |
41 | | Berolina (2 wts) | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Berolina (Peter Wiegel) | Yes | | Not in index |
55 | | 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. |
150 | | Beton (4 varieties) | Opti's Beton XBI; SoftMaker's Boston. Linotype sells the E&F digitization. | Yes | | |
187 | | Beton Bold Outline | | No | | |
54 | | 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 | |
54 | | Bifur | See Matra, this page | Yes | | |
17 | | Big Cat | Flatrock (Font Mesa) | Yes | | |
116 | | Bigelow | This is a stencilized version of Blackoak (Adobe) and the clone WantedPoster (SSI/SSK) | No | | |
12 | | Bijou | Bangle (Novel!/FontBank), Riccio Display Script(Softkey SSI), Grebe (Anonymous - may be the original of Riccio), Bireme Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | Original design by Ihlenberg |
118 | | Billboard | | No | | |
120 | | Biltmore | | No | | BarcelonaITCStd (ITC, others) is very close |
167 | | Binderstile Bold | Bindlestiff NF (Nicksfonts) | Yes | | |
167 | | Binderstile Heavy | | No | | |
167 | | Binderstile Medium | (Opti), Binghamtom (Prima), Report (Brendel) | Yes | | |
31 | | Bindweed | (Solo), PilotPoint WBW (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
6 | | Binner Gothic | Opti , Type Revivals, and Monotype versions under original name. | Yes | | |
45 | | Bishop | | No | | |
102 | | Bison | (Berthold, B&PGraphics), Brush 738 (Bitstream), Blizzard (URW) | Yes | | |
21 | | Bizarre | | No | | |
83 | | Black Casual | EgyptAxt (Manfred Klein) | Yes | | Some minor stylistic differences |
108 | | Black Ornamented | Bruce532 (Intellecta - lower case only) | Yes | | Black Rose (Font Mesa) , Portcullion (Paul Lloyd), and BlackLetter Extra Bold (Dieter Steffmann) are plain versions, without the elaborate ornamentation shown in the catalog. |
159 | | Blackjack | | No | | Feliciano's Bs Looper Black Stencil is a stencil version. No solid version is known. |
54 | | Blackline | Linea Nera NF (NicksFonts), DXS Blackline (DP/TTD), LivelyDisplayCaps (WSI) | Yes | | All listed fonts lack some of the alternate characters. |
116 | | Blackpool | | No | | |
114 | | Blackstone Initials | Imageline Drop Caps. | Yes | | |
83 | | Blade Display | Maynard (PatrickBroderick of Rotodesign). Though it is not an exact match, Jean Evans's Hatmaker and alternate glyphs from Agfa's Creative Alliance can serve as a work-alike. | Yes | | |
124 | | Blado (Poliphus Italic) | (Monotype) | Yes | | |
85 | | Blanchard | Ruffian (Scriptorium), Lachesis (Scriptorium) | Yes | | |
85 | | Blanchard Bold Italic | | No | | |
162 | 185 | Blippo | Corel/Bitstream's Blippo; ClickArt's Hippo ML; Agfa's Blippo Black & OUTL /PrtA; SoftKey SSi's Celesti, Mumbo; SoftMaker's Bilbao Poster Black; Swfte's Bongo; and WSI's BLIMPO. AKA Bubble, Poppo, MN Blippo Black, Bebop (Silver Graphics). | Yes | | |
185 | 162 | Blippo | Corel/Bitstream's Blippo; ClickArt's Hippo ML; Agfa's Blippo Black & OUTL /PrtA; SoftKey SSi's Celesti, Mumbo; SoftMaker's Bilbao Poster Black; Swfte's Bongo; and WSI's BLIMPO. AKA Bubble, Poppo, MN Blippo Black, Bebop (Silver Graphics). | Yes | | |
185 | | Blippo Outline | | No | | |
182 | | Bloc | Digital versions include C orel / Bitstream's Geometric 885; Brendel's Domino; Novel's Blocky; SoftKey SSi's Kena Open Face Display; and WSI's BLEUCHER. | Yes | | |
57 | | Block Condensed | Black Condensed (Scangraphic), Block Ext Cond (URW), BlockBertholdBQExtCon (Berthold), Black Block Condensed (Hallmark - internal use only), | Yes | | |
178 | | Block Dimension | | No | | |
184 | | Block Outl Shadow | | No | | |
57 | | Block Outline Shadow | | No | | |
57 | | Block Schwer (Heavy) | Black SB Heavy (Scangraphic), Block Heavy (URW), BlockBertholdBQ Heavy (Berthold), BlackBlock (Hallmark - internal use only) | Yes | | |
900 | | Blotter Roman | Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack. | Yes | GRU | |
900 | | Blue Point | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Not an exact match, but many similarities to all-caps Solar, Solocat page 20. | Yes | | |
48 | | Blunt Highlight | | No | | |
144 | | Bluto Swash | Goudy Fancy by Three Steps Ahead is a free DL at MyFonts as of June, 2008. Aka Goudy Black Elongated Swash in version from Nick Curtis. Used on Solocat displays on pages 56, 65, 79, 87, 107, 144, and 188. | Yes | | |
48 | | 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. |
45 | | 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 H | Yes | ANV | |
78 | | Bodie Bounce | Cartoon Party Time (TypeRevivals), Peanut Gallery (Nick Curtis/Nicksfonts), Chartreuse Parsons (SoftHorizons) For both of these, the lowercase matches. | Yes | | |
78 | | Bodie Bounce Open | | No | | See Cartoon Holly Leaves (P 61) for a decorated version |
136 | | Bodoni (7 variants) | Some form readily available. Most major vendors have some form of Bodoni on offer; some have many. Check Bitstream, URW++, etc. | Yes | | |
141 | | Bodoni Bold Condensed | (Adobe, Bitstream, Linotype), Softmaker | Yes | | |
141 | | Bodoni Campanile | Bodoni Campanile Five (Opti), Modern 735 (Bitstream) | Yes | | |
900 | | Bodoni Old Face | SoftMaker offers a version under Giambattista. | Yes | | |
136 | | Bodoni, Bauer | See Bauer Bodoni | Yes | | |
28 | | Bohemia | Phanitalian (Intellecta), Terlingua (Nicks Fonts) | Yes | | |
900 | | Bold Sans Outline | Solofont included in Dover Outline book + CD pack. | Yes | OUT | |
101 | | Bold Script #332 | Script MT Bold | Yes | | |
100 | | Bolide Script | BolideScript (Panache) , Bolide-Regular (Rick Mueller) | Yes | | |
97 | | Bolina Script Condensed | Bolina (Claude Pelletier) | Yes | | |
159 | | Bolt / Bolt Bold | Corel/Bitstream's Bolt Bold; Brendel's Lansing; ClickArt's Mechanical ML; Novel's Bolster Bold; Opti's Billy Bold 5; SoftKey SSi's Bravura-1; SoftMaker's B790 Deco; Swfte's Nuts; and WSI's BOLSTER. | Yes | | |
101 | | Bonaire | Maize (Rick Mueller) | Yes | | Original design name was Flamme; Alan Meeks redesigned for Letraset. Mueller says "my version of an old typeface named Bonaire". |
28 | | Bonanza | Adobe Ironwood; BA Ironwork (free download at A&L); Corel Ireland; Brendel Alhambra; Softkey SSi Cantina; and Swfte Slayer. Tuscan Pointed Narrow (Jordan Davies Woodfonts) | Yes | | |
63 | 64 | Bond (9 variants) | Agfa's Barclay Open can be a work-alike for Bond Open. With a little help from a Vector Illustration program, the same face could be stretched or compressed to serve as a base for text art matching the Compressed and Extended variant | Yes | | |
64 | 63 | Bond (9 variants) | Agfa's Barclay Open can be a work-alike for Bond Open. With a little help from a Vector Illustration program, the same face could be stretched or compressed to serve as a base for text art matching the Compressed and Extended variants | Yes | | Copperplate Headline by Archive Type is a distressed version of Bond Bold |
55 | | 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). |
152 | | Book Jenson Bold | | No | | |
134 | | Book, ITC (4 variants) | The Roman looks rather like ITC Bookman, though that may not qualify as a real "match." | Yes | | |
146 | | Bookman (14 variants, all kinds) | | No | | |
187 | | Bookman Bold Outline | | No | | |
187 | | Bookman Bold Outline Swash | Bookman Outline Swash (Image Club Graphics), Camilla (Brendel) | Yes | | |
146 | | Bookman, ITC | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Textbook (ML); Corel/Bitstream's Bookman, ITC; ClickArt's Textbook (ML); Fontbank's Brougstey; Prima's BOO; SoftMaker's B791 Roman 7 MF. | Yes | | |
46 | | Boomerang (Hansa) | (Harold Lohner, Bulldog, Lazy Dog), BoomerangTR (Tim Ryan/TypeRevivals), Hansa. (Dieter Steffmann, FontShop), Favorit (Gophmann), Regina Kursiv (Gophmann) | Yes | | German Names HansaRegina per Petzendorfer 56. Gophmann also did a backward-leaning version named Favorit Grotesk. |
46 | | Boomerang Bold (Regina Cursive) | (Lohner), Toffee Script (Suomi), ReginaKursiv (Gophmann) | Yes | | |
46 | | Boomerang Italic (Hansa Cursive) | (Harold Lohner) | Yes | | |
32 | | Bootjack | | No | | |
900 | | Bordeaux | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | This is a display font unrelated to the Bordeaux on page 8 |
8 | | Bordeaux (Misnamed?) | | Yes | | The image in the catalog appears NOT to be Bordeaux, but Rainbow Roman (p.143). |
8 | | Bordeaux (Not Shaded) | Bordeaux (Letraset) | Yes | | This face does not appear in the catalog, but is included here because it's the base of Bordeaux Shaded. |
8 | | Bordeaux Shaded | Bordeaux Display (Letraset) | Yes | | |
90 | | Border Bounce | Oliver (Panache) | Yes | | |
49 | | Boul Mich | (Solotype, Wordshape) | Yes | ADC | |
22 | | Boulder Ornate | | No | | |
22 | | Boulder Solid | Rutin Tutin (Nick Curtis), ITC Buckaroo (Mueller) | Yes | | Mueller's original name for Buckaroo was Boulder, and is truer to the catalog.. Curtis' font has vertical serifs on letters like the 'C' and thicker stems. |
98 | | Boulevard | Digital versions include Brendel's Boulevard and Koepenick; ClickArt's Regency (ML); Opti's Brandenburg; Prima's Brandenburg; and SoftMaker's B820 Script. Also Lanston's Francis. | Yes | | |
102 | | Boutique | Boutique (Brendel, B&P), Dorset (Opti), Karolla (Paratype). This looks like a narrowed version of another face. | Yes | | |
10 | | Bowl | | No | | |
55 | | 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 |
26 | | Bracelet | Bracelet Victorian (Douglas Day - scanned from Tschichold), Main Strike (Font Mesa - adds lower case), Romantiques (Dieter Steffmann), EgyptienneZierinitialen(Steffman - may be earlier version of Romantiques They are quite different internally); Dusty Circus (Baseline) has the same outline but different internal design. It is layered) | Yes | | Romantiques No. 5 (Lettraset, Pouchez). Bracelet is missing from the index in the Catalog. |
109 | | Bradley | (Solo), Bradley Gratis (Justin Callaghan) | Yes | GOT | This is the basis of the "Ketel One" vodka font. |
114 | | Bradley Initials | | No | | The Bradley Initials in "Initials Bradley and Caxton Normal" font in the Dover/Solo Gothic book/CD are similar, but narrower and with an all-black background. |
184 | | Bradley Outline | | No | | |
49 | | Braggadocio | (Monotype/Microsoft) included in Home Publisher; Bravado (WSI), LaGrange1 (Cambridge Fontworks) is a clone of Braggadocio. | Yes | | |
195 | | Bramley Light | Novel Barber, Opti Bari, and SoftMaker Bravo. E&F offers a 4-weight same-named family. | Yes | | |
44 | | Branchwater | Richard (Brendel); Edifice (Novel); Edwards (Opti, Primafont); Edgware (Softmaker); | Yes | | |
50 | | Branding | HFF Clip Hanger | Yes | | |
101 | | Brandy Script | Rick Mueller's Brandy.; Swfte Haight; and Photolettering Gonzales Jeanette (Expressive PLC by Fontbank). | Yes | | |
100 | | Bravo | (AR Type, Rick Mueller) | Yes | | |
133 | | Bravour Bold | Bravado NF (Nicks Fonts) | Yes | | |
58 | | Bravour Kayo (3 wts) | | No | | |
52 | | Brawley | | No | | |
21 | 28 | Brenda | Pompano SC (Softkey/SSi), Ardor/RibbonArt(Enstep), Ribbon (ImageLine), Chipper (WSI) | Yes | | |
28 | 21 | Brenda | Pompano SC (Softkey/SSi), Ardor/RibbonArt(Enstep), Ribbon (ImageLine), Chipper (WSI) | Yes | | |
12 | | Brevet | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
195 | | Bridger | (Red Rooster). Briggs (Opti) | Yes | | Not sure where this info came from Can't find a Bridger by RR. Briggs was shown in the printed catalog "OptiFont - The Encyclopedia of Postscript Typefaces Vol. 2" |
195 | | Brighton | Linotype sells 3 weights of the ITC Birghton family. | Yes | | |
900 | | Brinkman | Solofont included in Dover Calligraphic book + CD pack. | Yes | CAL | |
195 | | Britannia | No digital version located yet. | No | | |
154 | | Britannic (plus italic, bold, and outline) | Many sources. (E&F, URW,LT,Berthold,DTC, OPTI, and more). Grenoble (TypeShop) , Bristol (Softmaker) | Yes | | |
183 | | Britannic Outline | | No | | |
195 | | British (Bold, Demibold, Extrabold) | | No | | Life (Linotype) is similar, but not the same. |
195 | | British Light | ArgentineOpti-One (OPTI) | Yes | | Original design "Argentina" by Baker |
195 | | British Medium | ArgentineOpti-Two (OPTI), Life (Linotype) | Yes | | |
119 | | British Stencil | | No | | |
191 | | Brittany (multiple weights) | Brittany (Font Company), Burghley (Panache), BBevis (Opti-only bold versions) | Yes | | |
17 | | Broadcast | Lettres Ombres (Solo, Klein/Aldus), Shady Characters (West Wind), Broadcast (Steffmann), | Yes | | |
18 | | Broadgauge Ornamented | Broadgauge Ornate (FontMesa), Circus Ornate (Dieter Steffmann). | Yes | | Named Broadgauge Ornate in the Circus Alphabets book. |
16 | | Broadside | | No | | CircusTime (Solo) is almost the same typeface without the 3D or shadow effect. |
49 | | 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 | | |
49 | | Broadway Engraved | Digital ve | Yes | | |
103 | | Brody | Linotype sells original-named Elsner & Flake digitized version. Agfa, Ascender Corp., and Bitstream all have original versions. Look-alikes include Bay Animation Brisk; Brendel Louisville; old Corel Briquet; SoftMaker Bryce; and WSI Brandyscript. | Yes | | |
83 | | Broken Bow | Tomahawk (Rick Mueller) | Yes | | |
118 | | Brompton | | No | | |
102 | | Bronstein Bold | Solofont included in Dover Bold Script book + CD pack. | Yes | BOS | Lazybones (E&F) is quite similar except for the u.c. swashes. |
86 | | Bronx Script | Bronx (Corel/Bitstream, OptiBrinx, Letraset, Linotype). Brown (URW ++ , several variants) | Yes | | |
180 | | Bronze | 3D square style. Free "Pop Ups" font by Harold Lohner. | Yes | | |
94 | | Brooklyn Casual | Brooklyn (Filmotype), Tally Text (Solofont, with a bold version, too) , Noteworthy (only with Mac OSX and iOS | Yes | | |
57 | | Brooklyn Face (3 variants) | | No | | |
18 | | Bruce Mikita | (Harold Lohner), Force (Angst/Chris Dunfield) | Yes | | For a solid version, see Lantern (page 20) |
100 | | Brush | Widely available. Digital versions include Adobe's & Linotype's by the original name, A&L's Banty; Corel/Bitstream's Brush Script; Brendel's TROPICAL; ClickArt's Artisan (ML) and, Ba | Yes | | |
182 | | Brush Sans (2 variants) | | No | | |
900 | | Brussels | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
162 | | Bubble Dubble | Digital versions include Brendel's ROUNDABOUT and Puppet; Novel's Bubbly; Opti's Poppo Mod Bold; Prima's Porcupine; and SoftKey SSi's Evia Display. | Yes | | |
162 | | Bubble Light | | No | | |
186 | | Bubble Shadow | | No | | |
59 | | Bubbles | | No | | The font is 'Bulle' by Jean Larcher Published in printed form in "Fantastic Alphabets" (Dover Pictorial Archives) 1976 |
900 | | Buddha | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
21 | | Buffalo Bill | Buffalo BIll (Font Mesa), Buffaloo Bill (Aldus) | Yes | | |
81 | | Buffalo Girl | | No | | |
127 | | Bulfinch Oldstyle | Nevada (Elsner & Flake, Typeshop, Softmaker) | Yes | | |
71 | | Bulletin Typewriter | (Mecanorma), Bulletin Typewriter 5 (Opti), Editor Condensed (Micrologic). These are all quite similar, but the glyphs aren't as smooth as shown in the catalog. | Yes | | |
71 | | Bulletin Typewriter Bold | | No | | |
24 | | Bullfrog | Mantel Regular (Richard William Mueller). | Yes | | |
178 | | Bullion Shadow | Bully Pulpit (Nick Curtis/Nicksfonts) | Yes | | |
52 | | Bullseye | | No | | |
133 | | Bulmer | Adobe offers an original family, and Corel/Bitstream has 2 variants. | Yes | | |
88 | | Bunny Demibold | | No | | |
169 | | Burko (2 variants) | | No | | |
27 | | Burlesque Rimmed | Busker Contour (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | Shown in 100 Victorian Display fonts as "Burlesque" |
181 | | Burlington | Digital versions include A&L's New England Engr; Brendel's Pascal; ClickArt's New Englad Engraved; Novel's Bursten; Image Club's New Yorker; Opti's Burley; and Prima's Burlington and Neo Eng. | Yes | | |
60 | | Burst | Burst (Dan Solo - Best, full character set), Starburst (Rakowski), Starburst (Steffman). Rakowski's is from a scan and Steffman's adds a few characters to Rakowski's font. | Yes | SPFX | Note that the Rakowski/Steffman 'Starburst' is Burst in the catalog, NOT the catalog font named Starburst! |
900 | | Bushman | Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack. | Yes | GRU | |
169 | | Busorama | (Bitstream, AlanCarr, ImageClubGraphics, ITC, Mecanorma, URW), Omnibus (A. Carrr - more alternates), Bosanova (Arsenal, Corel). Brioche Display Caps (SSI/SSK), Isolat (SSI/SSK), Buffer (Opti), Matinee (Silver Graphics), Businko (WSI) | Yes | | Design by Herb Lubalin, first digitized by Tom Carnase for ITC in 1970. There are many alternate letterforms. |
51 | | Bust | DXS Bust (DP) | Yes | | |
180 | | Buxom | (E&F, URW, Linotype, Bitstream/Corel, Agfa), Keep On Truckin NF (NicksFonts), Chocolate (A&L, Brendel-poor), Bustle(Novel), Parapa (SSK/SoftKey), LeeCaps (Rakowski). | Yes | | |
30 | | Byron | | No | | |