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PAGEAlso on pageSoloCat or Solofont NameAlias AnalysisMatchDover CD BookComments
108American Text(Bitstream,/Corel, FontCompany, Bulldog) , Gothic 32 (Bay Animation), NewWorldText (Silver Graphics)YesM.F. Benton, 1932
American Text CompressedGothic 32 Condensed (Bay Animation)Yes
Antique Black (Distressed)Solofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack.YesGOT
Black OrnamentedBruce532 (Intellecta - lower case only)YesBlack Rose (Font Mesa) , Portcullion (Paul Lloyd), and BlackLetter Extra Bold (Dieter Steffmann) are plain versions, without the elaborate ornamentation shown in the catalog.
Durer GothicIn Solocat as Durer Gothic; incl. in Dover/Solo Celtic pack as Kings Cross; JGJ Durer Gothic(Jeffrey Jackson)YesCEL
Engravers TextGravure Text (Silver Graphics), Posh Soiree NF (Nick's Fonts)Yes
Frederick TextSolofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack. Available as Goudy Text from Adobe & the Ascender Creativity Pack, and Monotype; plus other major vendors. Also 6 variants of Arthur by Imageline.YesGOT
Goudy TextSolofont 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)YesGOT
Gutenberg GothicSolofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack.YesCEL
Hansa Gothic(Solo, in Dover Celtic book/CD , Steffmann - with additional characters)YesCEL
Kings CrossIn Solocat as Durer Gothic; incl. in Dover/Solo Celtic pack as Kings Cross.YesCEL
Lady Text (open, black and two mixed)Kelly Ann Gothic (Mike Allard for De Nada Ind.ustries). has only the open glyphs (no black)Yes
MedievalNo
Memorial DeepshadowNo
Memorial OpenNo
Society TextPosh Soiree Solid NF (Nicksfonts)YesPosh Soiree NF (NicksFonts) is an open version
Steelplate Text (3 variants)Steelplate Textura (Dieter Steffmann, plain only). Steelplate Text (Aldus; looks like a renaming of a font originally named "Gascon", which can't be found) Both are solid variant only.YesSteffman's font appears to be a clone of Steelplate Text, with additional characters and glyphs.
Vanity TextListed in the index as appearing on this page but is not on this page by this name.
Westminster Gothic(Solo, in Dover/Solo Celtic Medieval/CD pack). Westminster Gotisch ( Dieter Steffmann)YesCEL
Zahner TextNo
109Academy Text(Solo), Aridi07. Lionheart (Brendel), Robin Hood (Imageline), Innkeeper (SWFTE), Walthari (HiH Retro Fonts), PerryGothic (Allard/DeNada)YesGOTOriginal name, Walthari
Albert Text (Globus Bold)Albert Text Bold (Steffmann), Stake (Imageline) , Globus (Steffmann, for FontShop), Gans Gotico Globo (Intellecta - some different glyphs, mostly identical)YesImageLine fonts are extemely difficult to find.
Albert Text WideStake (Imageline)YesThis font is not in the catalog or index and should be removed from Solopedia. Can't find an image of "Stake", ane am not sure whether i's like the bold or wide font. Fontana has it in both places.
Becker(Solotype, Dieter Steffmann), Becker-Medium (Atech). Cambridge Fontworks Warlock1 is a cloned version of th Atech font.YesGOT
Behrens Schrift(Solo, URW, Steffmann, Ingo Zimmermann)Yes
Bradley(Solo), Bradley Gratis (Justin Callaghan)YesGOTThis is the basis of the "Ketel One" vodka font.
CastlemarSolofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack. Also Imageline Old Style.YesGOT
Continental TextNo
Dublin TextAridi06, Bretagne Gaelic (Steffmann), Gaelic (WSI)YesRundgotisch/Gaelic
Eros Text(Solo, in Dover Calligraphic/CD pack)YesCAL
Faust TextSolofonts version @ MyFonts.Yes
Germania(Dieter Steffmann), Deutsch Gothic (J. Fordyce, 1994, Dieter Steffmann, 1998))YesDieter created a number of variants under the Germania name, including shadowed, banner, and initials. MEG enhanced them with punctuation and more variations.
Globus Bold (Albert Text)See "Albert Text", this page.Yes
Kanzlie BoldFette Kanzlie (Steffmann)Yes
Kanzlie Light(Solo, in Dover Gothic Book/CD)., Aridi34. YesGOT
Kimberley Elysian (Scriptorium - Caps&SmallCaps)NoBehrensSchrift (Solo's alphabet book and Steffmann';s font) are caps only with different A, T, and some others.
Kimberly InitialsAugsburger Initials (FontBureau/Microsoft, HiHRetrofonts) FB version has upper case ornate only, HiH version has lower case. Genio (Softkey/SSI), Titling Caps (WSI)Yes
Kimberly OutlineNoThis is quite different from Kimberly, above.
New DeutschNo
OffenbachNo
TannenbergTannenberg Fett (Dieter Steffmann)Yes
Washington Text(Solo, Dieter Steffmann), WashingtonText (ThypeRevivals), WaltHarrington(SoftHorizons), Walthari(SSI/SSK)YesGOT
ZapataNo
110Caxton TextNo
Chalet TextImageline Johnson Text. aka TampicoYes
Chaucer Text (penletter)No
Church Text ATFNo
Cloister BlackMidevil [sic] (Bay Animation), Corel/Bitstream's Cloister-Black & Open Face; and Swfte's Manuscript.Yes
Cloister Black CondensedDigital versions include Victorian (MicroLogic); Corel/Bitstream's CloistYes
EcclesiasticAridi27Yes
Engraver's Old English(Monotype, Solotype, Bitstream/Corel, OPTI), Engraver (BA) at A&L & Clickart; Blackletter (SoftMaker). Cambridge Fontworks Inferno 11 is a copy of Monotype's font.YesGOT
Fancy Card textFancyText (Diogene-ClaudePelettier), Showcard (Silver Graphics). Pepin Press Fancy 129 (Dick Pape, from a Pepin Press alphabet), Minster #4 (PJLloyd), moderne Kirchen Gotisch (Gerhard Helzel), Fancy Card Text (Becky S.)YesFancy Card Text (Dieter Steffmann) has the same basic characters, but without the ornamentation.
Gans Bold GothicSchneidlerGrobeGotische (Intellecta), Ganz Grobe Gotische (Steffmann)Yes
Graphic TextNo
Harlem TextSolofonts version @ MyFonts.Yes
Holland GothicHolland-Gotisch (Manfred Klein and Petra Heidorn), Fleischmann-GotischPT (Preusstype)Yes
Klingspor TextBerthold and Adobe offer as Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch. SoftKey calls their look-alike Tudor Script.Yes
Munich FrakturNo
Music Hall TextTondella (Intellecta), Music Hall (WSI)l, Rheingold (Scriptorium), Aridi29. All have minor differences and scanning flaws. Muralla Text Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott)YesAeronaut (FaceType) is a finer font with a similar feel, but is different. Music Hall Text is based on Teuton Text (Cincinnati Type Foundery, 1877) and/or Favorit.
Neptun Textaka Poseidon. Dieter Steffmann offers a free version called Neptun.Yes
PlantinDigital 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
Psalter TextPsalter Gotisch (Intellecta)Yes
Territorial BlackPlain Black (PJLloyd) also a wide variantYesPJLloyd has a family of 8 fonts in his "Black" family. Unfortunately, their names all END in Black; the others (in both regular and wide versions) are Incised Black and Embossed Black.
Territorial ShadedShaded Black (PJLloyd) also a wide variantYes
Trump DeutschFette Trump Deutsch (Dieter Steffmann)Yes
Tudor Text ItalicSolofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack.YesCELSolo's Tudor Text font is not the italic version. It is also much lighter than the alphabet in the Celtic and Medieval Alphabets book, with wider inline gaps and thinner lines.
Wedding TextSolofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack. There's an inexpensive commercial version called Wedding from Tom Wallace of HiH Retro Fonts at MyFonts.YesGOT
111Adrian's TitlingJason (URW/CoenHofmann)Yes
Celebration Text Fancy(Solo), Aridi26. Uechi Gothic(Rakowski)YesGOTAridi 32and Aridi33 have the same lowercase, with different fancy upper cases.. In Solo 100 Gothic Alphabets, Innsbruck has the same lower case, different caps.
Celebration( Caps)SoftKey SSi Aeterna Caps (SoftKeySSI), Brussels Titling Caps (WSI/IMSI). These two fonts are all Caps only, even though the Solocat face illustrated has a lowercase, which is the same lower case shown as Testimonial Text (this page). See record for Celebration Text Plain/Normal for font with the lower case but with different caps.Yes
Church TextSolofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack.\, Aridi28YesGOTHypoTypo created some variants including shaded and a multi-duplicated version style-named 'Replicant'
Durer Gothic CondensedDurer Gothic (Solofont) included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack. Duerergotisch (Dieter Steffman)YesCELThe solo font doesn't have 'condensed' in the name
InnsbruckTheodore (Classic Font Co) - Identical lower case, completely different caps.No
Lautenbach Fancy CapsSolofont included in Dover Gothic book + CD pack. Dieter Steffmann has a free version called Lauterbach Zierversalien.YesGOT
Lautenbach Normal(Solo, Steffmann)YesGOT
Mission Text (3 variants)Cranach (Profonts) - Regular width onlyYes
Morris Romanized Black(Solo, in Dover Gothic Book/CD), Morris Roman Black (Dieter Steffmann, and an alternate variant). Morris Gothic (HiHRetroFonts), Chaucer (SSI/SSK), Enchantment (SWFTE, with multiple weights).YesGOTDesign by William Morris, 1893. P22 Morris Troy is very similar.
Progressive Text(Solo, Steffmann). Aridi30YesCELSolo font available only n Book/CD. Aridi30's ciphers and minuscules differ.
Rimpled TextAlthough it's not quite a match, Dieter Steffmann's free Rimpled Text can serve as a work-alike for this face until a better match could be found.YesSteffmann's font may have been withdrawn, Couldn't find it on the net today - Dec 2011.
184Satanick OutlineNoMorris Gothic (HiH Retro) and Kelmscott (Scriptorium) are solid versions. No digitized outline version has been found. This was probably a Solo special effect. Satanic itself was a copy of Wm. Morris' Troy font
Sign TextNo
Square EnglishNo
Testimonial TextCelebration Text (Solo) (with a different uppercase)YesCelebration Text, Testimonial Text, and Inssbruck all seem to share the same lower case alphabet, but with different Upper case glyphs. Even more different upper case alphabets are associated with the same lower case, including PJLloyd's Ruritania and those mentioned in the comments for Celebration Text Fancy.
ThorViking (Corel/Bitstream), Viking Medium (Dieter Steffmann)YesOriginal design by Marian Jones for VGC (1973)
 

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