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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
6American NarrowOL Miehle Classic Roman (Ortiz-Lopez)YesSee Miehle Condensed, page 8
Bellery ElongatedLatino Elongated (Letraset/Esselte, ITC, Linotype))Yes
Binner GothicOpti , Type Revivals, and Monotype versions under original name. Yes
Emporia GothicTitling Gothic-Skyline (FontBureau).Yes
120Latin Noir EtroitLeLatin Noir Etroit (Opti)Yes
NewportNewport Classic (SpeiceGraphics), Newport Land (FontCompany, Opti, URW, and Fonthaus), Assembly (FontHouse 1993), Lifestyle Condensed (Subflux, free), Jazzfest (Nicksfonts). Yes
Onyx(MT, Linotype, Mecanorma, Opti, Bitstream/Corel) Arsis (URW) Sardonyx (K-Type). Clones include SSI Sinema(SoftKey), Capelli (Swfte), Compass, Obesion (WSI) and Obsidian (Silver Graphics)Yes
PhenixBrendel Arizona; Novel Phaeton; Opti Phoenix; Prima Phoenix. "Phenix American" (Agfa).Yes
Ransahoff(CastleType)Yes
Spire(Opti, Lanston), Charmeur (Brendel); Spinoza (Novel), Sperry (Opti); Siouty (Primafonts American Coll)Yes
Spire with lowercase(FontHaus, MT, Ann Pomeroy), Spire Alt(Aldus)YesDesign by Sol Hess, 1938
7167Designer RaleighRaleigh Gothic (Red Rooster, Panache), Highpoint Gothic (Nicksfonts)YesSome of the digital fonts include glyphs from both Raleigh Gothic AND Designer Raleigh.
Empire (Bureau Empire)Opti's Empire Pro and Galaxy; Font Bureau Bureau Empire. Also Ortiz-Lopez's Sharon Stone Gothic. Agfa/Monotype EmpireYesThis entry and the two following are very confusing and need to be reevaluated.
Empire (Bureau Empire) WannabeThe following match Empire, only not so well as those in the main record. Bay Animation Gorgio (1 free dl at A&L); A&L's Slim Jim; Brendel's Enterprise; Prima's Galaxy and Glendale; SoftKey SSi's Suva; and WSI's Empress.Yes
Empire (workalike)aka Iris. NOT the same as Bureau Empire, Solocat 7. But the following match this Empire: A&L's Expel (BA); Corel/Bitstream's Empire; Brendel's Commonwealth; ClickArt's Expel (BA); or Opti's Empire Pro.Yes
Empire Bold CapsEmpire Bold (Font Bureau)Yes
Empire CapsEmpire BT (Bitstream)Yes
Empire Medium CapsNo
Empire with lowercaseEmpire (Font Bureau)Yes
Haas Ideal CapsNoLatino Elongated (ITC, Letraset) is quite similar, but has significant differences.
Haas Ideal with lowercaseNoLatino Elongated (ITC, Letraset) is quite similar, but has significant differences.
Herold Extra CondensedHerold (Dieter Steffmann)Yes
Huxley VerticalDigital versions by BT, Arsenal, ICG, more. Also Rhyolite Vertical by James Harris.Yes
KlingonIndustria SolidA (Adobe)YesIndustria Solid has some slightly different glyphs.
MechanoMekanik (Letraset)Yes
ModernaHFF Iconic IonicYes
Onyx InlineNo
Raymundo ShadedNoStong similarities to Kath Condensed Inline (FontFont)
Research LightNo
Slimline Classic CapsSwifty (Match&Kerosene), Dharma Slab (Flat-it)Yes
Slimline Moderne CapsNo
Slimline with lowercaseSwifty (Match&Kerosene) and Dharma Slab (Flat-it) lower cases don't match well)Yes
Spire Shaded(Aldus)Yes
8Bacardi CondensedNo
57Bernhard Bold Extra CondensedNo
Bordeaux (Misnamed?)YesThe image in the catalog appears NOT to be Bordeaux, but Rainbow Roman (p.143).
Bordeaux (Not Shaded)Bordeaux (Letraset)YesThis face does not appear in the catalog, but is included here because it's the base of Bordeaux Shaded.
Bordeaux ShadedBordeaux Display (Letraset)Yes
Caslon Extra CondensedCaslon RR Extra Condensed (Red Rooster)Yes
Caslon Extra Condensed SwashNo
Caslon Super CondensedNoMay have been an offered optical effect. Letraset's Bordeaux Bold is identical EXCEPT for the shapes of the lower case serifs.
Century TenNo like-named face this narrow in 1993 FontBook, Precision Type Font Reference Guide 5.0, or LT Font Explorer 1.5. FE matches it mosYes
LeBarronFE suggests Brendel Quincy, Letraset Latino Elongated, Opti Lency, Prima Lesley, and URW Walbaum Buch Compressed Medium as near-matches or work-alikes.Yes
MaharajaSultan of Swat (HFF). FE also suggests that Apply Design's Merz Irregular might serve as a work-alike, but more because of the width and spacing than the distinct appearance of many glyphs.Yes
MannequinLSC Condensed (Image Club Graphics, from the original design by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase)YesFE likes Brendel Lydiane, E&F Arsis, and Opti Onyx (and other vendors' Onyx) as look-alikes or work-alikes.
MariaCould this be the Marlboro font?? FE suggests two by Dennis Ortiz-Lopez which might match or substitute as work-alikes: Grecian Classic BXCD, and Marla Bold Text Roman.Yes
Miehle CondensedMiehle (Ortiz-Lopez); ATMiehle Condensed (Agfa/Monotype)YesSee American Narrow, page 6
OnyxSee Onyx, page 6.Yes
Onyx ItalicFE likes URW or E+F Arsis Italic as a match or work-alike for this.Yes
Onyx TenAny of the faces listed under the main record for Onyx could readily sub for this one.Yes
143Rainbow Bordeaux (Letraset, URW)YesCalled Rainbow Roman on page 143
RaymundoTriedWhatTheFontNo
SlimblackNo
 

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