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The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces


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PAGEAlso on pageSoloCat or Solofont NameAlias AnalysisMatchDover CD BookComments
153Bernhard DecoNo
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
Fino (2 wts)Fina (Image Club Graphics). Yes
KabelDigital versions include Adobe's by the original name, Corel's Kabel, ITC; Brendel's Koblenz; ClickArt's Geo 112 (BA); Novel's Kabled; Fontbank's Karl; Opti's Kabel; SoftKey SSi's Performa; SoftMaker's K792Geometrical and Koblenz; and WSI's KABOB.Yes
Kabel Inline (Zeppelin)See Zeppelin - this pageYes
Washington Sans (4 wts)Washington (URW, FontCompany)Yes
Zeppelin (Kabel Inline)CGZeppelin (Agfa), Zepplin (Solo) Dieter Steffmann has a free version (can't be found).YesADC
154AdmiralNo
AllinghamNo
Britannic (plus italic, bold, and outline)Many sources. (E&F, URW,LT,Berthold,DTC, OPTI, and more). Grenoble (TypeShop) , Bristol (Softmaker) Yes
Corbett (Rg & CD)No
Fedder Bold ItalicNoEmeralda Italic (Cape Arcona) is very similar, but without the serifs or slanted tops.
KolossBrendel Dimension; Novel Kollman; Opti Koloss; Prima Kootenay; SoftMaker Crossharbor; WSI Kudzu.Yes
National Map ShadedNo
Salut(Solo), ATSalut (Monotype), FlandersRide(SubFlux)YesADC
ValiantNo
York (3 wts)Andreas Hoefield's (Fontgrube) Jorvik Informal free face at the standard weight.Yes
155California Grotesk (4 variants)(URW) - Regular, Medium, Bold, and BlackYes
Futura DisplayPrima Fut Pla and SoftMaker S842 Deco. Savings Bond (by Harold Lohner, with expanded version by Dieter Steffmann) is not an exact match; but it is free, good quality, and can serve as a work-alike.Yes
Ibsen (5 variants)No
JanaJanuary (Harold's Fonts), Rocklidge (Red Rooster), (Roger White - free)Yes
Matador (2 variants)No
Othello OutlineOthello Outline (Solotype). Yes
Othello RegularOthelloSolid (Character), Velvet (Reserves), Bathysphere (Kickingbird)Yes
Permanent 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
Semi-StarkStark Semi-bold(Font Company), Bleak Bold (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
Stark(Font Company), Bleak Extra Bold (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)Yes
156DaphneDauphine (Solo, in Bold/Script CD), Daphne Basic and Expert (George Salden - TypeManufactur.com)YesListed as Daphne Cursive in the index. Original design by Georg Salden. Rough Cut (Nick Curtis) has the same basic letterforms, but looks like a whittled wood version. A URW font named Revis, by Coen Hoffman, was taken off the market due to appropriate legal action from Geo. Salden who has also requested that this reference to Revis be deleted.
Dill (2 wts)No
InverserifBrendel Steamer; Fontbank Speedway; SoftMaker Inverserif; and Swfte Galaxy. Yes
Inverserif ObliqueDigital versions include Brendel's CONCORDE; Opti's Iambic; Prima's Idlewild; and SoftMaker Inversierif.Yes
Neil Bold(Canada Type), (Castcraft/Opti )), ArmstrongBP (Rewkiewicz), NattyBold (Opti)YesAlejandro Paul's "Mobley" has some of the letters; all he had access to was a record cover with a subset of the characters, so he made up the rest!
Neil Bold OutlineNatty-Bold Outline (Opti)Yes
Optima (and variants)(Adobe, Linotype, Monotype, Berthold). Zapf Humanist 601 (Bitstream). Athena (Letraset). Omega CG (Compugraphics-nowMonotiype Optima). Optimum (DTC), Ottawa (Corel-branded by Bitstream). Many moreclones and copies under various names..Yes
Optima BoldOctogon (Novel/FontBank) See main recordYes
PascalPascal ND Titling (Neufville), PascalMN (Mecanorma)Yes
Peignot(Linotype, Adobe, URW, GeorgeWilliams), Pare (BayAnimation). Exotic 350 (Bitstream), Pengun (Corel) Many additional.Yes
RitmoRitmo Bold (Linotype, Monotype Imaging, CG, Unattributed)YesDesigned by Aldo Novarese as Ritmo Bold. There is no 'regular'
Serpentine (4 variants)Many sources. Adobe, URW, Compugraphics, Monotype, LinotypeYes
157CadenceNo
Clearface Gothic(Adobe, Linotype, Berthold, Elsner & Flake, URW, Opti). ; Claritan (Novel), Cleargothic (Brendel/Softmaker), Clearly Gothic (WSI)Yes
Florentine LightFlorentine (Font Company, Brendel, Opti); Wright (A&L); Flourish (FontBank); Prima's Florida; SoftKey SSi's Toque Disp; SoftMaker's F761 Deco; Swfte's Gabriel; and WSI's Foster. May be at URW.YesIndex shows only 'Florentine'
Globe Gothic (6 variants)(Lanston, Monotype, Mecanorma); Goudy Globe Gothic (Stylus Lettering).Yes
Globe Gothic Extra CondensedHeadline Modified (HPLHS)Yes
MatthewsMateus Bold (Intellecta)Yes
Polypheme CondNo
51Precis BoldPredise (Solotype)YesMOD
Radiant Series (4 variants)Linotype sells the variants digitized by Elsner und Flake. Though clearly a digital original based on the original family design, the numerous variation Yes
RodinNo
Tempor (2 wts)No
 

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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