| PAGE | Also on page | SoloCat or Solofont Name | Alias Analysis | Match | Dover CD Book | Comments |
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| 166 | | G* Gothic | 16 sans faces all seem to be optical variants of two sources; one with a single-story LC a, one with 2-story LC a. Could probably create all from any of the two. | No | | There are other differences, making many more than two basic faces, |
| 166 | | Gable Gothic | Bee Two (URW),Opti Gable, Gamut Light (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | Galaxy, Gable, Garfield, and Gamma are increasingly bolder (in that order) versions of the same type face. |
| 99 | | Gabriele (misspelled - should be Gabrielle) | (Tim Ryan/TypeRevivals), (Dieter Steffmann) | Yes | | |
| 166 | | Gala Gothic | | No | | |
| 50 | | 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 |
| 166 | | Galaxy Gothic | Bee One (URW), Opti Galaxy, Galina (Novel!), Gamut Extra Light (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 17 | | Galena | Gunsmoke (FontMesa) | Yes | | |
| 55 | | Gallia | (Solofonts, Image Club Graphics, Monotype), Galleria (Corel), GE Galleria (GrafxEdge), Gallery (Gerard Bernor) | Yes | ADC | |
| 55 | | 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 | | |
| 197 | | Galliard | (Adobe, Bitstream, Carter & Cone) and more | Yes | | |
| 197 | | Galliard Bold | Brendel Capitol. | Yes | | |
| 118 | | Game Plan | | No | | |
| 166 | | Gamma Gothic | Bee Four (URW), Opti Gamma, Gamina (Novel!), Gamut Medium (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 110 | | Gans Bold Gothic | SchneidlerGrobeGotische (Intellecta), Ganz Grobe Gotische (Steffmann) | Yes | | |
| 133 | | Garamond (Outline & Bold) | See main records for Garamond. There are some horrendous outline versions by Softmaker. | Some | | |
| 133 | | Garamond Oldstyle | Prima GAB; SoftMaker Garamond Standard. | Yes | | |
| 187 | | Garamond Outline | | No | | |
| 133 | | Garamond, ITC | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name,; Corel Gatineau; Corel/Bitstream's Garamond, ITC; Opti's Garamond Phone?; Prima's GAI; SoftMaker's Garamond Nova; and Swfte's Garamand. | Yes | | |
| 26 | | Gardenia | Gardenia Victorian (Douglas Day); Holtzschue (Rakowski.) Dieter Steffmann offers an enhanced, expanded version of the Rakowski Holtzschue face. | Yes | | |
| 63 | | Garfield (6 Shad Vars) | | No | | |
| 166 | | Garfield Gothic | Bee Three (URW), Opti Garfield, Gamut Book (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 197 | | Gargoyle and Gargoyle Italic | Red Rooster offers a version. Opti has both Opti Gargoyle and Opti Gargoyle Italic. | Yes | | |
| 67 | | Garland | Judy's Garland (anon) | Yes | | Available on most free sites. The "X" is peculiar. © shows "Surrender Dorothy: |
| 166 | | Garnet Gothic | Gamut Extra Black (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 197 | | Garth Graphic | Digital versions include Adobe's and Agfa's by the original name, SoftKey SSi's Axiomatic; and WSI's Steward. | Yes | | |
| 900 | | Gashouse Gang | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| 167 | | Gaspipe Gothic | | No | | |
| 101 | | Gaston | (Solo- in Dover Bold Script book/CD pack), (Opti) | Yes | BOS | Answer (Enstep), BenguiatCharisma (PhotoLettering), PT Banana Split (Kinghorm), and Candice (URW and Fontshop) was previously shown as a match. They are similar, but wouldn't qualify as being matches. |
| 202 | | Gatting (three weights) | | No | | A reworking of Palatino |
| 166 | | Gaucho Gothic | Opti Gaucho; Novel Gautane; Brendel Hombre, Prima Gassaway. | Yes | | |
| 10 | | Gauloises | | No | | |
| 166 | | Gay Gothic | Gay (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
| 197 | | Gazebo | TriedWhatTheFont | No | | |
| 13 | | Gazelle | Gallantry Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)+D148 | Yes | | |
| 166 | | Gazette Gothic | Gamut Bold (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 26 | | Gazette No.5 | | No | | |
| 167 | | Gem Gothic | (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
| 161 | | Genny | | No | | |
| 16 | | Gentry | Cicero or Cicero 1 (unattributed) | Yes | | Shown as Besley in Nicolete Greys book, 1857. Cicero was the original tradename [McGrew 341]. "Gentry" came from Frederic Nelson Phillips, in his 1945 specimen book. |
| 900 | | Genzsch Initials | Solofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack. | Yes | CEL | |
| 23 | | Geometric | | No | | Geometric by Agfa, and Baltimore Geometric by HIH Retro fonts are very close but in detail are different and HIH's is much bolder. The slope of the crossbar in the 'a', for example, and the descenders on the g's are different than shown in the catalog. The Agfa and HiH fonts are based on Antique Geometric by the Baltimore Type Foundry, c. 1884. Solo's may be based on the same era's Geometric, by the Boston Type Foundry. |
| 23 | | Geometric Italic | | No | | Geometric (Agfa) has differences similar to those in the regular version. The Retro font version has no italic. |
| 114 | | Georgian Initials | | No | | |
| 109 | | Germania | (Dieter Steffmann), Deutsch Gothic (J. Fordyce, 1994, Dieter Steffmann, 1998)) | Yes | | Dieter created a number of variants under the Germania name, including shadowed, banner, and initials. MEG enhanced them with punctuation and more variations. |
| 118 | | Gesh Stencil (Gesh Export) | Digital versions include Brendel's WANTED; Novel's Gangplank; Opti's Gilpin 5; and SoftKey SSi's Forklift Display. | Yes | | |
| 35 | | Gettysburg | | No | | |
| 900 | | Ghost Show | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| 166 | | Giant Gothic | (Filmotype, Opti), Undertaker (Brendel), Gisborne (Prima), Girth (Novel!), Gamut Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 66 | | Giftwrap | | No | | |
| 28 | | Gilbey | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| 178 | | Gill (Sans) Shadow | Monotype Gill Sans Inline. I think other versions exist, records incomplete. Also, some software can generate this style on the fly from a standard solid non-3D version of the font. | Yes | | |
| 173 | | Gill Kayo (2 vars) | Letraset, ITC Fontek | Yes | | |
| 185 | | Gill Kayo Outline | | No | | |
| 173 | | Gill Sans | Digital versions include Adobe and many more | Yes | | |
| 192 | | Gill Sans Black | WSI Giligan. | Yes | | |
| 167 | | Gill Sans Bold Extra Condensed | This variant is included in the Ascender Creativity Font Pack. | Yes | | |
| 100 | | Gillies Gothic | (Agfa/Miles/Monotype, URW, Elsner & Flake, Letraset, Mecanorma). Airstream (Nick Curtis), Diner (Broderbund), Gillies (Elfring), Gilliam Script (Softmaker), Galante (WSI), Goal Gothic 5 (Opti - not found) | Yes | | Bowfin Printworks lists Flott as equivalent. |
| 166 | | Ginger Gothic | (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
| 14 | | Gingerbread | Gingerbread Victorian (Character) | Yes | | |
| 55 | | Giraffe (CD & WD) | | No | | |
| 46 | | Giraldon | (Solo). | Yes | ANV | Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack |
| 46 | | Giraldon Bold | | No | | |
| 46 | | Giraldon Italic | | No | | |
| 51 | | Gismonda | (Atech, FontGrube,SamWang), Saga (A&L), Templar (SWFTE), and Machiavelli (Brendel). Goodman 10 (Cambridge Fontworks) is a clone of Atech's Gismonda. | Yes | | |
| 13 | | Gladiate | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| 117 | | Glaser Stencil Bold | Templett (BA) and Stencil Sans (A&L) are identical. | Yes | | This is NOT the same as Futura Stencil (even though the displayed text is "FUTURA STENCIL". The R's are different, among other traits. |
| 117 | | Glaser Stencil Light | Aldus cites look-alikes. | Yes | | |
| 192 | | Glasgow | Glasgow from Brendel or SoftMaker. Red Rooster also has a version. | Yes | | |
| 50 | | Glass Art | | No | | |
| 171 | | Glasster | Tried WhatTheFont | No | | |
| 166 | | Glenlake Gothic | (Filmotype), (Opti) | Yes | | |
| 170 | | Global Fineline | | No | | |
| 166 | | Globe Ace | | No | | |
| 157 | | Globe Gothic (6 variants) | (Lanston, Monotype, Mecanorma); Goudy Globe Gothic (Stylus Lettering). | Yes | | |
| 157 | | Globe Gothic Extra Condensed | Headline Modified (HPLHS) | Yes | | |
| 185 | | Globe Gothic Out | | No | | |
| 109 | | Globus Bold (Albert Text) | See "Albert Text", this page. | Yes | | |
| 99 | | Gloria (Script) | Solofont in Dover Scripts pack, Pismo Clambake (Nick Curtis). Opti Gloria is clearly a look-alike but doesn't match the Solocat sample quite as closely - the starred i-dot becomes softened to a square. | Yes | SCR | |
| 11 | | Glorietta | (Solotype), Many others, including P22Victorian Swash, Trinigan FG(Fontgrube), Goodfellow (Scriptorium), Bluegum Forest (Tris Nguyen, corrected by MEG). Burton'sNightmare (anon). | Yes | VIC | Originally Columbian - CLeveland Type Foundry and others. |
| 102 | | Gloriosky (Kingsland) | Rumrunner (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| 86 | | Glossy Script (2 wts) | | No | | |
| 900 | | Gloucester Initials | Solofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack. | Yes | CEL | |
| 18 | | Glyptic Bold Shaded | Morgan TwentyNine (Dieter Steffmann, FontShop, OPTI), Livery Stable (Font Mesa) | Yes | | Named Glyptic Shaded in 100 Victorian Alphabets; Morgan 29 can be found renamed to Glyptic Bold Shaded. |
| 68 | | Go Fish! | | No | | |
| 166 | | Goddess Gothic | | No | | |
| 42 | | Godiva | Kunstgewerbe NF (Nick Curtis / NicksFonts), (Anon; made iwth Font Creator) | Yes | | Design by J. M. Bergling 1914 |
| 21 | | Gold Rush | (Image Club Graphics), GoldMine (Corel), Goldstone (WSI/IMSI). The WSI version is also available renamed to Gold Rush. GoldRush(FontMesa, with original lower case added), Burbank Shadow (LHF) | Yes | | |
| 36 | | Golden Era | Solofont included in 2001 Dover Circus book + CD pack; not listed in 2008. Possible elimination or name change? | Yes | CIR | |
| 14 | | Goldwin / Goldwyn | | No | | Goldwin in the catalog, Goldwyn in the index |
| 22 | | Gone with the Wind | This font is essentially "Scarlett" for the upper case and "Rhett" for the lower case | Yes | | |
| 100 | | Gong | Bad Gong (Peter Wiegel) | Yes | | |
| 32 | | Goodfellow | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | Sheepman by Flat-it is similar |
| 900 | | Gooseflesh | Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack. Probably same as described as Bumpy Gooseflesh on a WEB site., Attic Antique (Three Islands Press) | Yes | GRU | |
| 162 | | Gorton Condensed | Gordon Condensed (FontCompany, URW) | Yes | | URW acquired The Font Company's assets; they are probably the same font. |
| 82 | | Gotham City | New Yorker (Allen Walden), New Yorker Type (Wiescher), NYIrvin (Irvin) | Yes | | Many other simulations of the New Yorker magazine's type style |
| 39 | | Gothic Tuscan Cond Wilcox | | No | | |
| 192 | | Gotwick Sans | No match yet | No | | |
| 131 | | Goudy (many styles) | Many of these are available from such foundries as Linotype.Most are not (yet?) listed individually here. | Yes | | |
| 187 | 131 | Goudy Bold Outline | Softmaker has a number of created outlines (same name) that are close. | Yes | | |
| 131 | | Goudy Catalog | Corel/Bitstream spell their version Goudy Catalogue. Agfa offers an original. FontBank look-alike is called Goldenstar. Prima's is GOC1. | Yes | | |
| 131 | | Goudy Cursive | Opti Goudy Cursive, LTC Gourdy Oldstyle Cursive (LanstonType) | Yes | | |
| 131 | | Goudy Flair | | No | | |
| 131 | | Goudy Handtooled | (Scangraphics, Elsner & Flake, Softmaker), Opti's Goudy Handtooled; SoftKey SSi's Goudy; | Yes | | The two varieties of Goudy Handtooled are based on Goudy Catalog. |
| 131 | | Goudy Handtooled Recut | Goudy Handtooled (Agfa,/Monotype, Bitstream) | Yes | | |
| 144 | | Goudy Heavyface (or XB) | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, Corel/Bitstream's Goudy Heavyface; Agfa's original included in the Print Artist bundle;SoftKey SSi's Goudy; and SoftMaker's Goudy Heavyface. | Yes | | |
| 197 | | Goudy Italian | Both Brendel and SoftMaker offer 5 variants of Goudita; and Opti offers Goudy Italien. | Yes | | |
| 197 | | Goudy Lavenham Bold | 'Gascogne Medium' by B&P is very close. Caps appear to be exact, but lower case are not quite as wide as the sample. | Partial | | |
| 113 | | Goudy Medieval | (Tim Ryan/TypeRevivals, Richard Beatty, Dieter Steffmann - two weights), Hingham Test (Solo). | Yes | | Design by Frederic Goudy, 1930 |
| 131 | | Goudy Old Style | (Adobe, Corel/Bitstream); OFLGoudyStm (Barry Schwartz). Also one distributed with ClickArt, name unknown. | Yes | | |
| 179 | | Goudy Open (2 variants); could subst handtooled | | No | | |
| 198 | | Goudy Super | | No | | Goudy Bold (URW) is a slightly lighter version |
| 108 | | Goudy Text | Solofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack. Available as Goudy Text from Adobe & the Ascender Creativity Pack, and Monotype; plus other major vendors. Arthur (Imageline, 6 variants), . Lohengrin (Dieter Steffmann) | Yes | GOT | |
| 113 | | Goudy Thirty | (Lanston, Dieter Steffmann - two weights) | Yes | | |
| 82 | | Grab Bag | HFF Eye Sore (HFF) | Yes | | |
| 900 | | Gradl Initialen | Douglas Day scanned & digitized this face from the Dover Treasury of Art Nouveau Alphabets book. HiHRetroFonts | Yes | | |
| 900 | | Gradl Monogramme One | Douglas Day scanned & digitized this font from one of the print Dover publications. aka Picasso. | Yes | | |
| 900 | | Graduate | Solofont included in Dover Calligraphic book + CD pack. | Yes | CAL | |
| 94 | | Graffito Bold | | No | | |
| 94 | | Graffito Outline | (Solo) | Yes | OUT | |
| 184 | | Grafito Outline | Solofont included in Dover Outline book + CD pack. | Yes | OUT | |
| 173 | 192 | Granby (8 variants between the two pages) | (Berthold, Opti, Elsner and Flake, Bulldog-27 artificial variations), Gra Reg (Prima) | Yes | | |
| 192 | 173 | Granby (8 variants between the two pages) | (Berthold, Opti, Elsner and Flake, Bulldog-27 artificial variations), Gra Reg (Prima) | Yes | | |
| 185 | 173 | Granby Outline | Could be created artificially. | No | | Like most of the oulines on pp 181-187, this was probably an optical effect, which is reproducible with contremporary font and image software. |
| 38 | | Grand Wood | | No | | |
| 26 | | Grandiose | | No | | |
| 9 | | Grandmother | EastSideSolid (TypeArt Foundry - slightly lighter) | Yes | | |
| 9 | | Grandmother Condensed | | No | | |
| 53 | | Grange | Both Rick Mueller and Dieter Steffmann offer free same-named versions of this font. Millrich Grange NF (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
| 20 | | Grant Antique | Refugio (Nick Curtis), Sheridan Gothic (Spiece Graphics), Grant Rustic (Opti) | Yes | VIC | Solo Rustic and Rough-Hewn Alphabets. p30 |
| 20 | | Grant Antique Wide | (Solo, LHF) | Yes | CIR | |
| 166 | | Grant Gothic | Gamut Black (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 110 | | Graphic Text | | No | | |
| 182 | | Graphique (Graphik & Graphik Shadow) | Digital versions include A&L's Phoenix (BA); Corel's Griffon; ClickArt's Phoenix (BA) originals in Image Club's MegaPak; Prima's Gri Reg + Gri Sha; SoftMaker's G820 Deco incl embossed; and WSI's GREAT SHADOW and GRT RELIEF, New Graphique Pro (RMU) | Yes | | |
| 198 | | Graphis Extra Bold | Beckenham Extra Bold (Red Rooster), Wordsworth (URW) | Yes | | Designer: Leslie Usherwood of Typesettra Ltd. |
| 127 | | Grasset | Octavian (Scriptorium) | Yes | | |
| 127 | | Grasset Italic | Isla (Sudtipos/Alejandro Paul & Alfredo Graziani) | Yes | | |
| 198 | | Grassmere (4 weights) | TriedWhatTheFont | No | | |
| 128 | | Graybar Book | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. | Yes | ADC | |
| 29 | | Grecian | Brendel Rhodos; Opti Grecian Bold; Novel Greenwood; Prima Great Falls; and a Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Subflux Athletic Supporter free file. Griego Condensed (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 33 | | Grecian Cd Fineline | | No | | |
| 33 | 27 | Grecian Extra Cd | HFF Greek ExCon (HFF/Have Fun With Fonts), Grecian XX Condensed (WoodenTypeFonts), Griego XX Condensed (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 27 | 33 | Grecian Extra Condensed | HFF Greek ExCon (HFF/Have Fun With Fonts), Grecian XX Condensed (WoodenTypeFonts), Griego XX Condensed (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 38 | | Grecian Extra Wide | Griego Full Faced (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 35 | | Grecian No.6 | Griego X Condensed Bold (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| 36 | | Grecian Shaded | | No | | |
| 84 | | Greco Adornado | GraceAdonis(SoftHorizons),Circus (Brendel), Ramona(WSI). Greco Adornado (Anon), Greco-Adornado (DesignHaus?), Greco Deco Inline(LazyDog) | Yes | | |
| 84 | | Greco Bold | Greco Deco Solid (LazyDog) | Yes | | |
| 84 | | Greco Bold Italic | Greco-BoldItalic (LazyDog) | Yes | | |
| 100 | | Greeting Card Casual | | No | | Filmotype Kentucky is remarkably similar. |
| 190 | | Greeting Monotone | (Monotype/Agfa/Miles), Grasshopper (Nick Curtis), Greetings (Rick Mueller), Argonaut (SWFTE), Dekros (Bill Wolfer), Ganelon (Scriptorium- upper case only), Cannolot (SSI/SSK) | Yes | | |
| 900 | | Greta | Solofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack. | Yes | MOD | Shown as "Garbo" in the Moderne Alphabets book. Originally designed by Gary Cooke for Mecanorma |
| 900 | | Gretchen | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| 62 | | Greystoke | | No | | |
| 86 | | Gridiron Script | | No | | |
| 44 | | Griswold | | No | | |
| 118 | 119 | Grocers Stencil | Grocer Stencil (Bulldog) | Yes | | |
| 119 | 118 | Grocers Stencil | Grocer Stencil (Bulldog) | Yes | | |
| 49 | | Grock | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. | Yes | ADC | |
| 69 | | Grog | Cake Frosting (Neil Van Ess.), Grog Caps (Traitor Vic) | Yes | | |
| 900 | | Groove | Solofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack. | Yes | MOD | |
| 57 | | Groovey | DXS Grooviest Gothic | Yes | | |
| 176 | | Grotesk No. 9 | URW Grotesque No. 9. Also Opti Grotesk No. 9 Extra Bold Agency. | Yes | | |
| 139 | | Grouch | (ICG), ITC Grouch (ICG, Bitstream), Grouch BT (Bitstream) | Yes | | The Bitstream/Corel version hasn't been oficially available since ITC terminated its licensing agreement with Bitstream. |
| 139 | | Grouch Swash | | No | | |
| 36 | | Grubstake (Open & Black) | | No | | |
| 900 | | Grumble | Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack. | Yes | GRU | |
| 48 | | Guggenheim | | No | | |
| 48 | | Guggenheim Shaded | | No | | |
| 192 | | Guinness (2 weights) | No match yet | No | | |
| 58 | | Gumball Bold | | No | | |
| 12 | | Gutenberg | Gutenberg Medium (Solofont Victorian). Guttenberg (Rick Mueller - yes, RM's is with TWO t's), Aridi 61, Madelyn (SignDNA), | Yes | VIC | There exist four different fonts all with internal attribution to Dan Solo. Their provenance isn't clear.
Gutenberg Medium was included with the 24 Victorian Fonts CD and unavailable elsewhere.
Gutenberg Nouveau is identical to Gutenberg Medium except for the name. Medium and Nouveau have different encoding than the three 'Alternates' fonts.
Gutenberg Nouveau Alternates and Gutenberg Nouveau Alternates 1 eliminate dots in the counters.
Gutenberg Nouveau Alternates 2 has a more decorative 'A' (but not accented A's) and no dots in the counters.
The MS&J Specimen Book [1892] illustrates variations of their Gutenberg Series. Type Historian mentions a "Font Party Medieval" which noone else has found. |
| 108 | | Gutenberg Gothic | Solofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack. | Yes | CEL | |
| 19 | | Gypsy | Gypsy (The Type Heritage Project - Robert Donona) | Yes | | |
| 22 | | Gypsy Rose | User-scanned and digitized version exists; Attribution is "Fonts Anon". Was apparently intended for private ciculation among members of a font club. | Yes | | |
| 166 | | Gyro Gothic | | No | | |
