Acantha
Acantha is a typeface by Benton-Waldo Type Foundry, circa 1885.
Alaska
Alaska is based on a typeface from the Chicago foundry Marder, Luse & Company, circa 1890. Solotype added the lowercase.
Alfereta
Alfereta was manufactured by the Crescent Type Foundry of Chicago and sold on their behalf by a half dozen other foundries in the early 1890s
Angel
Angel is based on an all-caps Victorian font and Solotype added the lowercase.
Arcade
Arcade is based on a typeface from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler of Chicago, circa 1888. Solotype added the lowercase.
Assay
Assay is based on an Antique Tuscan designed by Darius Wells, circa 1849.
Athena
Athena is from the Connor Foundry in New York, circa 1888.
Atlantis
Atlantis is based on the caps-only font Atlanta from Central Type Foundry in St. Louis, circa 1885. Solotype added the lowercase.
Bamberg
Bamberg is a compressed wood poster type from the mid-1800s
Bamboo
Bamboo is based on the metal type originally nmed Freak from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler in 1889. It was reintroduced in 1925 as Bamboo.
Bandstand
Bandstand is Cable from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler foundry in Chicago.
Banquet
Banquet was designed by William Capitain for Marder, Luse & Co. in 1889.
Baraboo Banner
Baraboo Banner was put together by Dan X. Solo to provide a quick way to set headings for a circus brochure. The font name was in recognition of the Baraboo Circus Museum.
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast was based on a typeface acquired by Dan X. Solo that was wider and more decorative, with fine outside shading but was in poor condition. Solotype cut out the xcess decoration and condensed the typeface optically.
Bareback
Bareback was designed by Dan X. Solo but the indicated design date is 1889. Solo probably based it on a typeface originally released on that year.
Behrens Antiqua
Behrens Antiqua was esigned by Peter Behren for Rudhard's Typefoundry in Offenbach A. M. around 1902
Behrens Schrift
Behrens Schrift is a simplified blackletter designed by Peter Behrens for Rudhard's Typefoundry, Offenbach A. M. in 1902.
Beijing
Beijing is a product of Solotype experiments in developing fonts with an ethnic flavor.
Benjamin
Benjamin is a font without curved lines. Such fonts were popular in Victorian times.
Berolina
Berolina a type from the foundry of W. Grauneau in Berlin, circa 1900.
Bindweed
Bindweed an old wood type designed by William Hamilton Page in 1880 that was given a new name by Solotype.
Blue Point
Blue Point is based on the Victorian font Dotted. Solotype added the lowercase to the original all-caps font.
Bordeaux
Bordeaux was inspired by the lettering on a shop sign along a very classy shopping street in Bordeaux, France.
Brevet
Brevet is an authentic copy of the original, designed by Ernst (Edward) Johnston Lauschke in 1887.
Brussels
Brussels was based on Flemish Expanded and Flemish Condensed from the Stephenson Blake foundry in England, circa 1900.
Buddha
Buddha is an Oriental-themed font from the German foundry Schelter & Giesecke, released shortly before 1900.
Cabaret
Cabaret is a simplified version of Art Gothic.
Campaign
Campaign was inspired by a zigzag type made in the 1860s. Solotype added stars to make it patriotic.
Cathedral
Cathedral was designed as an experiment in simplfying the Blackletter.
Cheval
Cheval is based on some hand lettering by the multifaceted Jugendstil designer Bruno Mauder.
Cigar Label
Cigar Label was inspired by the embossed lettering on cigar boxes. The letters, or entire words, are often surrounded by raised dots. Drawn by Solotype in 1997 and had been refining it ever since.
Circlet
Circlet a Victorian decorative font by W. Murray of Barnhart Bros. & Spindler brought it out. Solotype added the lowercase.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra a typeface from the H. W. Caslon foundry in London, circa 1890.
Cognac
Cognac is an art nouveau type from the defunct foundry Van Loey-Nouri in Belgium, circa 1910.
Concave Extended
Concave Extended is from Marder, Luse & Co. but other foundries had their versions of Concave - wide, narrow, extra condensed, some with lowercase, some without.
Coney Island
Coney Island is based on Manhattan from Connors New York Typefoundry, circa 1870.
Contract Banner
Contract Banner is based on Mezzotint, circa 1880.
Crossroads
Crossroads is a modification of a design patented by August Will in 1881.
Dainty Lady
Dainty Lady is Dainty from the Illinois Type Founding Company, circa 1886.
Dangerfield
Dangerfield is based on Dante from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, circa 1888. Solotype added the lowercase.
Dawson
Dawson is a redraw of an old wood type acquired by Solotype in London. Solotype added the lowercase.
Diablo Light
Diablo Light was originally called Fabric by the Farmer, Little & Co. foundry in New York released in 1896.
Diablo Bold
Diablo Bold was created by Solotype based on Diablo Light.
Dime Museum
Dime Museum is an old wood type from Kingsley/ATF, circa 1877.
Disco
Disco's letter or character comes in two forms - one as a complete disc and the other as a disc with a segment removed so the succeeding character can overlap the preceding one.
Donaldina
Donaldina is not based on a metal or wood type but from a design in an early-1900s lettering book.
Dutch Treat
Dutch Treat is Vanden Houten from the Keystone Foundry in Phaladelphia, circa 1904.
Eastlake
Eastlake was designed by W. W. Jackson for the MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan foundry.
Eccentric
Eccentric is an all-caps typeface by American Type Founders Company, circa 1898. The lowercase characters were added by Solotype.
Egyptian Oldstyle
Egyptian Oldstyle is a wide, very light version of the widely known font P. T. Barnum (or French Clarendon)from the Connors New York Typefoundry
Emperor
Emperor is based on a design inspired by Chinese characters.
Estienne
Estienne is based on a typeface from France, circa 1900.
Eureka Antique
Eureka Antique is based on a caps and small caps type called Cruickshank, which is known as Eureka in Germany. Solotype used the small caps and added the lowercase.
Europa Text
Europa Text is a circa 1910 European typeface that was introduced into the United States by a German type foundry traveling salesman during the 1930s.
Excelsis
Excelsis is based on a wood type which, in turn, was a copy of the metal type named Duerer from the Boston Type Foundry, circa 1890.
Extravaganza
Extravaganza is based on a wood type called Armenian, circa 1870.
Fairmont
Fairmont is a typeface from Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, circa 1891.
Fancy Dan
Fancy Dan is based an a dozen or so letters of a type acquired by Solotype at a flea market in Vienna. Solotype created the missing characters.
Fandango
Fandango was derived from the caps-only type named Cellini. Solotype added the lowercase.
Fantan
Fantan is based on an early 20th century sign painter's copy book. Solotype addred the lowercase.
Farringdon
Farringdon is a late 19th century all-caps typeface. Solotype added the lowercase to the font.
Fat Face No. 20
Fat Face No. 20 was originaly designed by George Nesbitt.
Faust Text
Faust Text is an 1898 typeface from Barnhart Brothers & Spindler. Faust Text was renamed to Missal Text when the face was reintroduced by the foundry in 1923.
Filmstar
Filmstar shows Solotype's penchance for banner fonts. The font has several options for terminal characters.
Five Star Final
Five Star Final is a typeface from the American Type Founders Co. introduced in the late 1890s.
Fletcher
Fletcher is a special effect type from the French foundry of Beaudoire & Cie before the 1900s.
Flo Barnum
Flo Barnum is from the mid 1800s. The date could not be determined because it came from Hamilton, a firm that was the repository of many older patterns from earlier wood type makers.
French Ionic
French Ionic is based on a typeface from the Cincinnati Type Foundry, circa 1870.
Gashouse Gang
Gashouse Gang was adapted from an old lettering book, circa 1900.
Ghost Show
Ghost Show was a modification of a shaded font named Lithotint circa 1948.
Gilbey
Gilbey is based on a wood types designed by William Hamilton Page.
Gladiate
Gladiate is a Victorian typeface from dickenson Dickinson.
Goodfellow
Goodfellow is an old wood type made by Hamilton of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, circa 1895. An identical font was earlier made by W. H. Page of Greeneville, Connecticut.
Grecian
Grecian is an extremely popular face in the nineteenth century, made by many foundries and wood type makers in various widths.
Gretchen
Gretchen is apparently an original with the Lindsay brothers type foundry in New York shortly before they were merged into the American Type Founders Company.
Hansard
Hansard is a lightface font designed by Charles Beeler for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan of Philadelphia in 1887.
Harlem Text
Harlem Text is a bold and wide blackletter introduced in the 1880s.
Harmony
Harmony is a German art deco typeface. Solotype added the lowercase.
Hattan Antique
Hattan Antique is a modification of the original from the Manhattan Type Foundry introduced sometime in 1885-1889.
Hearst Italic
Hearst Italic was designed by Carl Schraubstadter for the Inland Type Foundry in 1904.
Hearst Roman
Hearst Roman was designed by Carl Schraubstadter for the Inland Type Foundry.
Houdini
Houdini is the solid version of the shaded hand-lettering used in the Houdini poster.
Houdini Shaded
Houdini Shaded was created from the single word Houdini on an old lithographed poster for the famous magician.
Hullabaloo
Hullabaloo was based on a few letters found on a catalog. Solotype completed the characters and turned it into a film font for photolettering.
Huntsman
Huntsman is a typeface from the Haddon Foundry in England.
Huron
Huron is a typeface from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler from the late Victorian period.
Illyrian
Illyrian is a Victorian type from the Cleveland foundry, circa 1885.
Kitcat
Kitcat is is a typeface from MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, circa 1883
Lady Cleo
Lady Cleo was intended to be a font with an Egyptian hieroglyphic look.
Longbranch
Longbranch was designed to resemble an old wood type and was used for by Solotype for a Ringling Bros. circus work.
Lord Mayor
Lord Mayor is from the British Typefoundry, circa 1860.
Malibu
Malibu is a design from a lettering book in the 1930s and later came out as a photolettering font.
Manifesto Bold
Manifesto Bold is a modification of a typeface originally designed by Charles Beeler.
Mardi Gras Improved
Mardi Gras Improved is based on a typeface from Bruce foundry of New York, circa 1890.
Margie
Margie was originally known as Marggraff Bold Script. A design by G. Marggraff of A.G. Vorm Brüder Butter, a foundry in Dresden.
Marshall
Marshall is a typeface from the Wollmer Foundry in Germany, circa 1900.
Master Script
Master Script is an angular vertical script from the MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan foundry.
Memorial
Memorial is a pre-1900 typeface offered by Fredrick Ullmer Co. in London, which acted as agent for many typefoundries. Solotype added the lowercase.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a wood type designed by William Hamilton Page, circa 1870.
Minsky
Minsky is based on Ornamented No. 1529 from the Bruce foundry in New York, circa 1885.
Monument
Monument was released in 1893 by the Boston Type Foundry but was also casted by the Central Type Foundry. Both are members of the American Type Founders combine formed in 1892. Solotype added the lowercase.
Moritz
Moritz was loosely based on an early 20th century type from Van Loey-Nouri in Brussels.
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge is based on an uniditified circa 1905 design acquired by Solotype in Munich, Germany.
Mozart
Mozart is based on a type that was originally called Mozaik.
Mural
Mural is originally a caps-only font from the Boston Type Foundry. circa 1889. Solotype added a lowercase to the font.
Nadall
Nadall is a caps-only typeface designed by Bernd Nadall for Barnhart Bros. & Spindler in 1895. Solotype designed the lowercase.
Old Vic
Old Vic is Solotype's version of a popular mid-nineteenth century style explored by several early foundries.
Opera House
Opera House is an original font by Solotype, which imitates the look of an old wood poster font.
Pacifica
Pacifica was derived from the typeface Congo from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler,
Palmetto
Palmetto was originally named Palm from the A. D. Farmer Foundry in New York, circa 1887.
Paper Lanterns
Paper Lanterns was designed in the year of the monkey and useful for the Chinese New Year. The caps have tassels, lowercase have none.
Pekin
Pekin was designed by Ernst Lauschke in 1888 for Great Western as Dormer. It was renamed Pekin by Barnhart Bros. & Spindler of Chicago in 1926.
Penelope
Penelope is based on an 1895 all-caps typeface from Cleveland, which later added the lowercase. Solotype replaced the lowercase in the font.
Penny Arcade
Penny Arcade is based on an all-caps typeface called Mural from the Boston Type Foundry in 1890. Solotype added the lowercase
Quadrille 2
Quadrille 2 is a simplified Tuscan - do not have the excessive ruffles and flourishes.
Rigney
Rigney is based on an old wood type designed by William Hamilton Page.
Riviera
Riviera was derived from the typeface named Rivet from Marder, Luse & Co., circa 1889.
Roman Forum
Roman Forum is a special effects font that forms headlines reversed on a background.
Roundhead
Roundhead is a typeface designed by Charles Beeler for Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan foundry in 1887.
Seminary
Seminary is a font from Europe that was republished in the United States by Bruce's Type Foundry in 1885. It was Riginally an all caps font with a fine line "3-D" shadow.
Sentry
Sentry is a Victorian font originally issued by Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, circa 1880.
Sparticus
Sparticus was based on an all-caps typeface from Bauer, a European foundry, circa 1902. Solotype added the lowercase.
Spearhead
Spearhead was based on a caps-only typeface from late Victorian times. Solotype added the lowercase.
Square Dance
Square Dance is an animated type that has been around for years.
Stamps
Stamps is a penchant of Solotype for types that connect to form a ribbon or band.
Standing Stones
Standing Stones was based on a typeface originally made about 1850 and sold by the Connors Foundry of New York. It is uncertain that Connors originated it, since they were among the first to have facilities for pirating other foundries' types.
Tally Text Light
Tally Text Light is a photolettering type released in the 1940s.
Tally Text Bold
Tally Text Bold was created optically from Tally Text Light.
Telegraph
Telegraph was designed by Charles Beeler Jr. for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan in 1895.
Tourist
Tourist is based on Giraffe Wide from MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. Solotype added the lowercase.
Trapeze
Trapeze is a redesign of a distressed-looking Victorian type called Cabinet.
Tuscan Gothic
Tuscan Gothic is based on an all-caps wood type font from Vanderburgh Wells & Company, circa 1877. Solotype added the lowercase.
Unique Wood
Unique Wood was designed by wood type maker William Hamilton Page in 1870.
Valerie
Valerie was named after Valerie Hope, a mindreader of days long gone, who played California theatres in the 1930s and 1940s, and the mother of Dan X. Solo.
Valjean
Valjean is based on a wood type from Tubbs & Co., circa 1900.
Vanities
Vanities is based on a Victorian typeface.
Vanities Shaded
Vanities Shaded is a creation of Solotype.
Vienna
Vienna is an early 1900s type from the German foundry of Schelter & Gieseke.
Webster
Webster is a faithful rendition of the original from the Keystone foundry, circa 1888.
Welcome
Welcome is a post art nouveau type from the foundry Van Loey-Nouri, circa 1900.
Westmore
Westmore is based on one of the earliest Tuscans, from Thorowgood's foundry, circa 1822.
Zorro
Zorro is based on a proof Solotype acquired in London but neglected to learn the name. The font was named by Solotype as Zorro.
