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PAGEAlso on pageSoloCat or Solofont NameAlias AnalysisMatchDover CD BookComments
189<Page of miscellaneous ornaments>Davys Dingbats 1, 2, and 'Other' each contain some of the ornaments on this page. Solo Ornaments (Toto) contains a variety of ornaments extracted from various Solofonts and/or cds.Yes
25P.T. BarnumOpti and Corel/Bitstream offer original-name versions. Bay Animation Circus., Brendel Big Top, Novel PT Boat, and Swfte Circus.Yes
85Pabst Oldstyle(LanstonType, SusanTownsent/VIntageType)Yes
11PacificNo
92Pacific Bounce(Opti), Beatnik (Type Innovations)Yes
900PacificaSolofonts version @ MyFonts.Yes
199PackhardDigital versions include Brendel's TRIPOLI; Novel's Paliard and Packard from the Expressiv Photolettering Collection; Opti's Packard C; Prima's Pachuca; and SoftMaker's P691 Deco.Yesz
199Paddington (display)Letraset, E+F, and URW. SoftMaker Pickering.Yes
31Page IonicCaps from the digital equivalents for Haas Clarendon or Craw Clarendon Book would be a close work-alike if not a full match.Yes
29Page Peerless AntPeerless 131 Bold (Wooden Type Fonts)YesPage Peerless Antique is identical to Coachline, page 24.
73Pagoda (Matura)Matura MT(Monotpe, Mecanorma, Linotype)Yes
92Palace BounceNo
199PalanaTriedWhatTheFontNo
129Palatino(Linotype, Adobe), Book antiqua (MT), A&L's Manuscript (ML); Zapf Calligraphic (Bitstream), Marathon (Brendel), Book Antiqua (MT) , Palatine (Anon), QTPalatine (Qualitype), Palermo (WSI), , Parlament (ScanGraphic), Palton (DTC), Palm Springs (Corel),and moreYesNo digitization of Palatino Swash Caps or Swash Initials has been found.
187Palatino Semibold OutlineMarathon Outline (Softmaker) is close.Yes
27PalladiumAntique Tuscan8 Bold (Wooden Type Fonts)Yes
38Palm WoodGothic Bold Extended (Wooden Type Fonts), Brazos NF (Nicks Fonts), Gotico Extended (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
900PalmettoSolofonts version @ MyFonts. Palmetto (fr 1887 "Palm" fr AD Farmer Fdry)Yes
12Pamela(DTP), Penelope (Silver Graphics, Steffmann)Yes
51Pan BoldFontbank Walnetto Casual is not a match, but it could serve as a work-alike unless or until a proper match is found.Yes
92Panama(Filmotype, Opti)Yes
92PandaNo
113PanglossNo
32PanjandrumSolofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack.YesCIR
11PansyNo
37Pansy WoodNo
97Pantagraph ScriptSolofont included in Dover Scripts book + CD pack.YesSCR
97Pantagraph Script No. 2May be Pantagraph Script, optically skewed and expandedNo
97Pantagraph Script No. 3May be Pantagraph Script, skewed. to the leftNo
102PapagenioGumball (Canada Type)Yes
900Paper LanternsSolofonts version @ MyFonts.Yes
164PaprikaTabasco Twin (B&P Graphics), Tabatha Fresco (WSI)Yes
82Parable (2 vars)No
92Parade Bounce(Filmotype), Parade (Panache, Font Company, URW)YesFilmotype's Parade is a family of six fonts; regular, semi-bold, and bold, in regular and condensed versions.
900ParadiseSolofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack.YesMOD
49ParasolSolofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack.YesADC
2534PardeeTuscan Egyptian Thin (WoodFonts-Davies), AI Wood Tuscan Egyptian (Alphabets, Inc, caps only.)YesThis is a wider version of Sutro Wood (p.33)
3425PardeeTuscan Egyptian Thin (WoodFonts-Davies), AI Wood Tuscan Egyptian (Alphabets, Inc, caps only.)YesThis is a wider versionof Sutro Wood (Page 33)
190Paris BoldParis ND (Neufville)Yes
55Paris Flash(Solo), Tex Mex (SSI), French Flash (ICG), FrenchCaps (Type Revivals), Fred Flaherty (SoftHorizons), New Mexico (WSI), Flash (George Williams)YesADC
121Paris LatinNo
190Paris LightNebiolo Foundry. (?)Yes
26Paris RondeNoThe Donald NF (Nicks Fonts) clearly used this as a model, but has much thinner strokes and more regular apirals.
49Parisian(Solo, George Williams)YesADC
98Park AvenueSolofont included in Dover Scripts book + CD pack. This is very commonly available.
Digital versions include A&L's Parade (BA); Corel/Bitstream's Park
YesSCR
92ParkerNo
58Parkhurst (3 wts)Badger (Red Rooster)Yes
64Parma (2 patterns)No
170Parnel Product MedTried WhatTheFontNo
102ParrotNo
92Parrot CasualNo
41Parsons InitialsThe "initials" faces in Solocat hYes
41Parsons 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
103PartyNo
156PascalPascal ND Titling (Neufville), PascalMN (Mecanorma)Yes
161PastelNoToto is in the process of creating this.
92Pastel BounceLight Petals (HFF), Pattycake Condensed (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
93PatentNo
52Patricia BoldNo
34PatriotNo
37PatsyNo
92PearlHeatwave (Panache)Yes
10PeerlessNo
156Peignot(Linotype, Adobe, URW, GeorgeWilliams), Pare (BayAnimation). Exotic 350 (Bitstream), Pengun (Corel) Many additional.Yes
160Peignot CondensedNo
72Pekin(Solo, HiHRetroFonts, Fantazia), Tentakel (Brendel), Tablet (Arts & Letters - 18 variants)., Geisha (Gophmann - with Cyrillic), Absinthe (Bulldog, also an alternate version)YesOriginal design (1888) was 'Dormer', Barnhart Bros. & Spindler. Solo also has a Bold Version.
900Pelham BoldBold handprint, with almost childish spontaneity. Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack.YesGRU
121Pelican LatinNo
80Pen Print BoldPen Mark Bold (Rick Mueller)Yes
900PencilingSolofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack.YesGRU
66PencilsPencil CapsTR (Tim Ryan/Type Revivals) slight differences in glyph widths.Yes
112Pencraft Text Wellsley (J. Fordyce 1994).Yes
112Pencraft Text ItalicNo
17Penelope(Solo - has DXS-created lower case) There are also same-named versions by Aldus, Steffmann, and PaleAle, and one by MEG which overlap the original and each other, with different combinations of look-alike and non-matching glyphs.YesNot in Index. DXS once asked me (TypeHistorian)about the LC, and I told him the patent specimen had none [it didn't]—he was relieved. Later I learned that there were 3 super-similar faces shown by Cleveland Type Foundry: Penelope, Ideal and Chameleon (which has LC).
199PenmanNo
900Penny ArcadeSolofonts version @ MyFonts.Yes
900PenzanceSolofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack.YesCIR
74PericlesPersephone NF (Nick Curtis), Old Greek (FontHouse), Ovid (Dixie's Delights)YesOriginal design by Foster for ATF, 1934.
54PerkyNo
183Permanent Head OutlineAll members of the Permanent family in the Solocat seem to be variants of Plakette, available as Opti Permanent, Brendel and SoftMaker Plakette, and WSI Pledge. Softmaker's Plakette Outline Light is the closest among the Softmaker group.Yes
167177Permanent HeadlineAll members of the Permanent family in the Solocat seem to be variants of Plakette, available as Opti Permanent, Brendel and SoftMaker Plakette, and WSI Pledge.Yes
177167Permanent Headline (2 vars)All members of the Permanent family in the Solocat seem to be variants of Plakette, available as Opti Permanent, Brendel and SoftMaker Plakette, and WSI Pledge.Yes
155Permanent Massive (2 variants)All members of the Permanent family in the Solocat seem to be variants of Plakette, available as Opti Permanent, Brendel and SoftMaker Plakette, and WSI Pledge.Yes
130Perpetua (5 styles)Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Rap. Perpetua BQ Black by Berthold matches Perpetua Super. Perpetua BG Bold by Berthold matches Perpetua BlackYes
73PersianNo
99Personality ScriptGnarly Dude NF (Nicksfonts). aka True Grit. ITC offers revival of Personality Script by Michael Stacey. Preview at Identifont.Yes
66Perspective No.1Mann (Archive Type), Salter (Rakowski)Yes
103PeruvianHFF Pure VainYes
121PetalNo
92PeterNo
92Petunia Bounce(Mario Arturo), Reigle (SSI), Gantury (EnStep)Yes
6PhenixBrendel Arizona; Novel Phaeton; Opti Phoenix; Prima Phoenix. "Phenix American" (Agfa).Yes
14PhidianSolofont included in Dover Victorian book + CD pack.This face resembles a 3-D shaded version of Eureka, from Solocat pg. 27 and 34.YesVIC
179Philadelphia ContourNo
900Phoenix American (not = Phenix pg 6)Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. (Note: If this is the "Got Milk?" campaign font, there are numerous others not yet noted in my database, included some free DLs.)YesADC
121Phoenix BounceSquirrely Shirley NF (Nick Curtis) is a little bolder.Yes
50PhosphorCG/Agfa/Miles produced CG Phosphor. Red Rooster foundry has a revival by Steve Jackaman.Yes
99PhyllisCorel Phyllis; Brendel Graffiat; Opti Paps; and SoftMaker Philadelphia. Versions by Bauer, URW, E&F, and Agfa.Yes
99Phyllis InitialsURW++set of " Variant Script No. 1Yes
54Piccadilly(Agfa, URW, E&F, Font Company). Pittsburgh (SoftMaker), Crystal Gypsy (Josh Wilhelm). Picadilly with one c (George Williams).Yes
48PickfairDXS PickfairYes
47PigalleMaigret (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
92Pike(Panache)Yes
200Pilgrimaka Bunyan. Digital versions include Brendel Palermo; Opti Porque; SoftKey SSi Prorenata Display; and SoftMaker Palermo.Yes
71Pinball(Opti), Dot Soon (Nick's Fonts)Yes
92PinePine Casual (David Dumanis)Yes
39PinewoodNo
193Pinto (3 weights)Treid with WhatTheFontNo
180PioneerA&L's Native; Corels Pioneer, ITC; ClickArt's Native. Aldus lists look-alikes for the "Bounce" variant.Yes
11PisaNo
900PistachioSolofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack.YesMOD
140Pistilli Roman (Claude Pelletier), Eloquent (Jukebox), Pirogi-Roman (OPTI)Yes
140Pistilli Roman Bold SlopeNo
140Pistilli Roman Extra HeavyNo
140Pistilli Roman OutlineNo
140Pistilli Roman SwashEloquent Swash (Jukebox)Yes
71PixelNo
92PixiePixie, Pixefont (Rakowski, Fantazia, Opti)Yes
193PlacardMS Home Publisher includes a version of Placard Condensed. SoftMaker has P760 Sans.Yes
193Placard Bold CondensedBrendel Cupido; Novel Pillsdon; Opti Pilsen Bold Condensed; Prima Pineriver.Yes
110PlantinDigital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Nadine (BA); Corel/Bitstream's Aldine 721; Brendel's Francisco; ClickArt's Nadine (BA); Opti's Planet; SoftKey SSi's Terminus; and SoftMaker's Francisco, P761 Roman, and Placid.Yes
200Plantin 110(Adobe, Berthold, Castle, Font Company, Linotype, Monotype), Nadine (Bay Animation); Aldine 721 (Corel/Bitstream), Francisco (Brendel/Softmaker), Planet (Opti), Terminus (SoftKey SSI.SSK), P761 Roman, and Placid.YesMost of these fonts include multiple variations.
200Plantin Bold CondensedMonotype Plantin 2 Bold Condensed; Linotype Plantin Bold Condensed.Yes
103PlatoNo
25Playbill(Bitstream, URW, ICG, StephensonBlake/Microsoft), Billboard 11 (Bay Animation), Laredo (Silver Graphics)Yes
49Plaza SuiteSolofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack.
Look-alikes: Brendel Feullet; Swfte Contemporary; WSI Playce.
YesADC
182Pluto OutlinePlutoClaude Outline (Meg99 and Claude; (Anon - autotrace). Grant Hutchinson may be developing a digital version. K22 Lucifer No. 1 (Toto - partially filled). Graham Meade is working on a version.YesOriginal design from Face Ronchetti Ltd., was also a Letraset rub-on
84Plymouth (Rg, Bd, & It)Rick Mueller's free Plymouth. (Reg only)Yes
93Plymouth AceNo
25Pointed BarnumNo
33Pointing Fists, Classic DingsNo
91PolarNo
128PoliphilusMonotype.YesNot shown in catalog. Included here only because it's the basis for Poliphilus Titling.
124Poliphilus Italic (See Blado)(Monotype)YesPoliphilus Italic is called Blado. Monotype has the Poliphilus family, including Blado
128Poliphilus Titling(TheFontCompany)YesThis is not currently among URW's collection of inherited TFC fonts.
52PollyDXS PollyYes
94Polo SemiscriptNovel Rickshaw; Imageline Tribecca. Rick Mueller offers a free version called Polo Brush.Yes
71PoloniaNo
157Polypheme CondNo
200PontecorvoAldo Novarese's Portobello re-drawn by Steve Jackaman at Red Rooster in 1992. If not an exact match, it still much resembles and can sub for Solocat's Pontecorvo.Yes
133Pontile Border No. 2No
81Pony BoyNo
84Poor RichardRed Rooster, Expressiv Photolettering Collection and MS Home Publisher both contain a font from Projective Solutions / Type Solutions). Also SissyRomeo (SoftHorizons), Almanac (Silver Graphics)Yes
200Poppl Laudatio Bold CondensedAvailable from Adobe / Berthold.Yes
200Poppl College(Berthold), Pocket One (OPTI)Yes
200Poppl College 2(Berthold), Pocket Two (OPTI)Yes
193Poppl LaudatioAdobe by original name; Berthold; SoftMaker Poem Lavish; WSI Rynders.Yes
200Poppl PontifexSoftMaker Poem Popular; Berthold.Yes
49PorkyDXS Beans, Haricot (Claude Pelletier), FreeHoleysNF (Nick Curtis), Beans (Letraset Rub-on)YesNamed 'Beans' in Solo 100 Art Deco Alphabets. Design by Dieter Zembsch
91PortlyNo
84Post Oldstyle IT & CDSaturdayMorningToast NF (Nicksfonts)Yes
84Post Oldstyle No.2 ITNo
178Postcard (2 vars)No
168Poster Gothic CDNo
121Poster LatinNo
86Poster Script (Rg & CD)No
117Poster StencilNo
900PostillionSolofont included in Dover Calligraphic book + CD pack.YesCAL
59PostureGymnastics (WSI), PhilSimmons (Soft Horizons)Yes
121Potomic LatinAtlas (Monotype Imaging)Yes
85PowellBrendel Crawfod Old Style; Novel Powhatten; Opti Powell Old Style; Prima Pottsville. Dieter Steffmann has a free version called Powell Antique; but, unlike most of his work, the quality is not so great.Yes
91Power(Filmotype)Yes
101PragfestNoThis is likely to have been the model for Monotype's ScriptMT. There are substantial differences and many similarities.
12Prang Litho No.1FA171 (Pepin) upper case onlyYes
51157Precis BoldPrecise (Solotype)YesMOD
15751Precis BoldPredise (Solotype)YesMOD
900PreciseSolofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack.YesMODShown in Solotype Catalog as Precis (no e at the end).
178Premier ShadedBrendel Central Park and Orpheus; Novel Primer; Opti Parnell Shaded; Softkey SSi Ferio Display Caps. Elsner + Flake and Letraset have versions.Yes
92PrestoTyler (Enstep) Yes
45Pretoria(Brendel, Opti), Pretorian (DTP, Intellecta, Fontbank), Vivian (Fontbank, Steffmann), P820 Deco(Softmaker) . Storybook (Anon)Yes
118PreviewAirlock (Computer Safari)Yes
91Prima(Filmotype), Rachel (Imageline), Impress (Bitstream)Yes
900PrimadonnaJukebox Primrose; Solo Primadonna.Yes
44Primitive(Rick Mueller). Level Fourteen Druid (Mickey Rossi/Subflux).Yes
33PrimroseNo
31PrimulaPony Express NF (Nicksfonts - with swash caps), Courtesan Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
139PrimusNoOpti offered seven wts of Primus but not the weight shown in the Sototype catalog. Softmaker and Brendel versions (called 'Priamos') also lack the heavy/wide weight. The version in the catalog is by VGC.
92PrinceHFF Air Apparent (HFF)YesGlyphs appear sharper than the sample in the catalog.
171Princetown OutlinePrincetown (ICG, Letraset, URW, others)Yes
70PrintoutNo
54PrismaGlobus (Brende), Prancer (Novel), Acton ( SoftMaker), Prisma Pro (RMU(Ralph Unger))Yes
54Prisma ShadedNo
54Prismania (9 variations)DXS Prismania 'C' and 'P', Pentaprism NF (NicksFonts, 5 variations)Yes
54Prismania FMatching version of Prisma Graphic included in Expressiv's Photolettering Collection.Yes
190PrivatCanada Type Quiller.Yes
180Profil (2 variants)Bitstream Decorated 035.Yes
111Progressive Text(Solo, Steffmann). Aridi30YesCELSolo font available only n Book/CD. Aridi30's ciphers and minuscules differ.
80ProjectProjectile (Silver Graphics)Yes
80ProtestSolofont included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack.YesSPFX
200ProteusURW, Letraset, E+F. SoftMaker Pollock.Yes
74ProverbNo
170Providence BoldTried WhatTheFontNo
80Provocative Ransom NoteAdvertised as "Provocative Ransom Note," but not incl. in one version of this book+CD set, only the reversed YesGRU
110Psalter TextPsalter Gotisch (Intellecta)Yes
51Publicity GothicSolofont 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 (?)
YesADC
182Publicity Gothic OutlNo
91PuebloOpti Pueblo (Opti)Yes
34PuffinNo
910Pump (Letraset)a font from Mickey Rossi's Subflux that may match a Solocat face. Could use a Bauhaus look-alike as a work-alike.No
86PunchlineSpeedline (Rick Mueller), HandyMan (ImageLine/Enstep)Yes
85PuritanNo
92Puritan BounceNo
30Pyramid ShadedNo
 

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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