| PAGE | Also on page | SoloCat or Solofont Name | Alias Analysis | Match | Dover CD Book | Comments |
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| 158 | | Antique Olive | Many. Also Incised 901, (Bitstream), Provence (SSI) | Yes | | |
| Olive (Ant Olive)(10 vars) | Widely available, incl. Mecanorma, | Yes | | |
| Tamil (7 variants) | Dieter Steffmann's free Tobago Poster matchis Tamil Black. | Yes | | |
| 159 | | Blackjack | | No | | Feliciano's Bs Looper Black Stencil is a stencil version. No solid version is known. |
| Bolt / Bolt Bold | Corel/Bitstream's Bolt Bold; Brendel's Lansing; ClickArt's Mechanical ML; Novel's Bolster Bold; Opti's Billy Bold 5; SoftKey SSi's Bravura-1; SoftMaker's B790 Deco; Swfte's Nuts; and WSI's BOLSTER. | Yes | | |
| Corporate Gothic | Opti Corporate G | Yes | | |
| 169 | Earth | Terranova NF (Nick's Fonts) is a revival but lacks many of the alternate characters, Earth Normal (Elfring) is very similar | Partially | | Elfring's Earth1 and Earth2 are based on the same source, but neither is exactly the same as the Catalog sample. |
| 185 | Eurostile (9 variants) | Widely available. Digital versions include A&L's Eurasia (BA); Corel/Bi | Yes | | |
| Handel Gothic | Digital versions include A&L's Hanz | Yes | | |
| Handel Gothic Light | A&L Orbit. | Yes | | |
| Microgramma (5 variants) | Digital versions include Corel's Microgramma; Agfa's Microstyle; Novel's Microlla; Fontbank's Micado; Image Club's Micro Technic; Opti's Microgramma; Prima's Michigan; SoftKey SSi's Minima; SoftMaker's Micro 2 and Micro Square. | Yes | | |
| Modula Light | KasseFLF (Software Compliment) | Yes | | |
| Modula Medium | | No | | |
| Modula Bold | OPTIOgden-Bold (OPTI), KasseFLF-Bold (Software Compliment) | Yes | | |
| Modula Extrabold | KasseUltraFLF (Software Compliment) | Yes | | |
| 160 | | Ad Lib | Bay Animation Alor (6 @ A&L, 24@Clickart);, Corel & BItstream Ad Lib; Brendel Eugene; Opti Adset; SoftMaker Ad Lib; Swfte Blox; WSI Krebbs, Alibi (Varityper) | Yes | | |
| 51 | Checkmate | DXS Checkmate (DickPape), Chisel (WSI), Bordon(Instant Artists Users Club, Inc), Cornered (B&P), Kasparov (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| 185, 186 | Fat Albert (3 variants) | Fat Albert BT (Ray Cruz) all three | Yes | | |
| Hess Neobold | DXS Hess Neobold | Yes | | |
| Informal Gothic | | No | | |
| Jay Gothic (3 variants) | | No | | |
| Marcos Face | | No | | |
| Peignot Condensed | | No | | |
| Stabile (5 variants) | Opti Stabile XLight Agency, just the one weight. | Yes | | |
| 185 | Topic (2 variants) | Dieter Steffmann offers 4 free variants of the solid version of this face. Most vector graphic programs will allow you to create outline art from solid type outlines. | Yes | | |
| 161 | | American Gothic (2 wts) | (FontCompany, URW, Opti) | Yes | | |
| Contrary Bold | | No | | |
| Copperplate Gothic | Very widely available. Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Cobalt; Corel/Bitstream's Copperplate Gothic; Brendel's LABRADOR; ClickArt's Cobalt (BA) and Ironclad (ML); Agfa's originals included in Print Artist bundle; Novel's | Yes | | |
| Copperplate Gothic Washington | Washington (Opti), Whiz (Opti), Arlington (Brendel), Wasserman (Novel) | Yes | | |
| Genny | | No | | |
| Harper | Harpers (LazyDog) (With an s); Marchroad or Marsh Road (Fonthouse). Weekly Bazaar NF (Nick Curtis) | Yes | | Original name was Harpers (with s). Probably a solo catalog typo. |
| Mitchell | | No | | |
| Newtext (2 wts) | | No | | |
| Pastel | | No | | Toto is in the process of creating this. |
| Steelplate Gothic Shaded | An unattributed freeware version is named simply "Steelplate." | Yes | | |
| Weiss Medium and Bold Gothic | | No | | |
| Thermo 300 | Thermo (Lazy Dog). | Yes | | |
| Wasp Copperplate | | No | | |
| Wave Copperplate | | No | | |
| Weigand's Ad Bold | | No | | |
| Whiz Copperplate | The sample in Solocat | Yes | | |
| Wilson Gothic | | No | | |
| Windsor Gothic | | No | | |
| Windsor Gothic with FX Shadow | | No | | |
| Winter Copperplate | | No | | |
| Wreath Copperplate | | No | | |
| 162 | | Alphabet Soup | | No | | |
| Bauhaus | Many genuine versions & Look-alikes. Adobe & Corel / Bits & MS Home Publ use origname. A&L & Clickart have Bimini (BA); Opti Bello; SoftKey Dyname; SoftMaker Dessau; Swfte Unique; WSI Bordeaux. | Yes | | |
| 185 | Blippo | Corel/Bitstream's Blippo; ClickArt's Hippo ML; Agfa's Blippo Black & OUTL /PrtA; SoftKey SSi's Celesti, Mumbo; SoftMaker's Bilbao Poster Black; Swfte's Bongo; and WSI's BLIMPO. AKA Bubble, Poppo, MN Blippo Black, Bebop (Silver Graphics). | Yes | | |
| Bubble Dubble | Digital versions include Brendel's ROUNDABOUT and Puppet; Novel's Bubbly; Opti's Poppo Mod Bold; Prima's Porcupine; and SoftKey SSi's Evia Display. | Yes | | |
| Bubble Light | | No | | |
| Cycle | | No | | |
| Gorton Condensed | Gordon Condensed (FontCompany, URW) | Yes | | URW acquired The Font Company's assets; they are probably the same font. |
| Harry Fat | Harry Fatt (Image Club Graphics) | Yes | | The ICG collection also includes Harry Plain, between Thin and Fat |
| Harry Heavy | Harry Bold (Image Club Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Harry Obese | (Red Rooster, by Steve Jackaman) | Yes | | |
| Harry Obese Squeezed | (Red Rooster, by Steve Jackaman) | Yes | | |
| Harry Thin | (Image Club Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Marylebone | | No | | |
| Moon Black | | No | | |
| Moore Combo | | No | | |
| 163 | | Benguiat Gothic (Four weights) | (Bitstream, Adobe, Berthold, ITC, E&F) | Yes | | |
| Chubby | Bumblebee (Brendel - also Open), Gumbo (A&L) | Yes | | |
| Cut-in Medium | Cutin (Claude and Character), Simplement (Claude Pelletier) | Yes | | |
| Formula (2 wts) | Formula One (Opti); Formule 1 and Formule 1 Bold (Anonymous, posted in abf by Aldus, bad encoding), | Yes | | Most glyphs are very similar to VAG Rounded, but there are significant differences, such as a 2-storey 'a' instead of VAG's single storey 'a'. |
| Frankfurter | (Letraset original, Fontek, OPTI, E&F, URW), Allgemeine (Brendel),Kimberlyh (Brendel), Felix Caps (Opti) , Fatso (Silver Graphics), Frankenberg (Softmaker). Many others. | Yes | | |
| Frankfurter Highlight | (Letraset, Fontek, ITC, URW, Scangraphic) Francis HighLighted (A&L), F821 Deco (Softmaker) | Yes | | |
| Marianna Black | | No | | |
| Not-So-Chubby | | No | | |
| Rolling Extra Bold | Rolling No One Extra Bold (Steffmann, Opti), SSI Stones (Softkey) | Yes | | |
| 183 | Rolling Extra Bold Outline | | No | | |
| Too Much Opaque | TooMuchOpaque (ICG) | Yes | | |
| 183 | TooMuch Clear | TooMuchClear (ICG) | Yes | | |
| 186 | TooMuch Shadow | TooMuchShadow (ICG) | Yes | | |
| 164 | | Capone Light | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. Bellarose(James Harris) | Yes | ADC | |
| Casablanca Light Condensed | Casablanca Light Condensed (TheFontCompany,URW++,), HFF Ice Bergman (HFF) | Yes | | RedRooster/ITF has multiple weights of Casablanca, but not condensed. |
| Casablanca Medium Condensed | CasablancaMdmCondensed (TheFontCompany,URW++) | Yes | | RedRooster/ITF has multiple weights of Casablanca, but not condensed. |
| 165 | Frisko | | No | | |
| Ludlow Gothic aka Windemere | | No | | |
| Novel Gothic (Light, Medium, and Bold) | (Ascender Corp., The Font Company, OPTI), Napoli (B&PGraphics, Brendel, Softmaker), Trimble (WSI), TricorneDisplaySSK (SSK), | Yes | | Original Design by Morris Benton and Ch. Becker |
| Paprika | Tabasco Twin (B&P Graphics), Tabatha Fresco (WSI) | Yes | | |
| 193 | Ronda (3 weights) | Digital versions include A&L's Rondo; Brendel's POPPEA; Novel's Rondalo; Opti's Rhoda; SoftKey SSi's Serius; and SoftMaker's R791 Deco, Rochelle Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Soul (4 variants) | | No | | |
| Tabasco (3 vars) | Tabasco Light (none found); Tabasco Medium (Brendel);Tabasco Bold (Brendel). | Yes | | |
| Tasmin (3 vars) | Tango (WSI); Tasmin (David Crosby) is almost there | Yes | | |
| Windemere aka Ludlow Gothic | | No | | |
| 165 | | Advertisers Gothic | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. Versions under original name also included in Expressiv Photolettering Collection and in SoftMaker MegaPack collection. | Yes | ADC | |
| Advertisers Gothic Light | In Dover Art Deco pack; CG Advertisers Gothic Light (Agfa), HiH, many more | Yes | | |
| Avant Garde | Bunches of original versions and look alikes. Adobe & ITC have ori | Yes | | |
| Lincoln Gothic | New Lincoln Gothic (Bitstream), Barrel (Brendel), Steel-Caps (OPTI) | Yes | | |
| National Map | | No | | |
| Review Gothic | Review (A&L, Bay Animation), Revue(Bitstream, Adobe, The Font Co., Linotype, Tilde), Ragtime (TypeShop, B&PGraphics) | Yes | | |
| Serif Gothic (8 variants) | (Adobe, ITC, Linotype) All weights. What serifs? Solocat and vendor faces are sans, except for an almost indiscernible wiggle on the heaviest weights. | Yes | | |
| 166 | | Eagle Ace Italic | | No | | |
| Earl Ace Italic | | No | | |
| Echo Ace Italic | | No | | |
| Eden Ace Italic | Solofont digital version listed as included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. However, not found in pack examined. Only regular and light upright sqarish serif designs, not sans italic as illustrated in Solocat. | No | ADC | |
| G* Gothic | 16 sans faces all seem to be optical variants of two sources; one with a single-story LC a, one with 2-story LC a. Could probably create all from any of the two. | No | | There are other differences, making many more than two basic faces, |
| Gable Gothic | Bee Two (URW),Opti Gable, Gamut Light (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | Galaxy, Gable, Garfield, and Gamma are increasingly bolder (in that order) versions of the same type face. |
| Gala Gothic | | No | | |
| Galaxy Gothic | Bee One (URW), Opti Galaxy, Galina (Novel!), Gamut Extra Light (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Gamma Gothic | Bee Four (URW), Opti Gamma, Gamina (Novel!), Gamut Medium (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Garfield Gothic | Bee Three (URW), Opti Garfield, Gamut Book (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Garnet Gothic | Gamut Extra Black (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Gaucho Gothic | Opti Gaucho; Novel Gautane; Brendel Hombre, Prima Gassaway. | Yes | | |
| Gay Gothic | Gay (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
| Gazette Gothic | Gamut Bold (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Giant Gothic | (Filmotype, Opti), Undertaker (Brendel), Gisborne (Prima), Girth (Novel!), Gamut Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Ginger Gothic | (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
| Glenlake Gothic | (Filmotype), (Opti) | Yes | | |
| Globe Ace | | No | | |
| Goddess Gothic | | No | | |
| Grant Gothic | Gamut Black (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Gyro Gothic | | No | | |
| Triple Condensed Gothic | (Red rooster), HFF Jammed Pack | Yes | | |
| 167 | | Binderstile Bold | Bindlestiff NF (Nicksfonts) | Yes | | |
| Binderstile Heavy | | No | | |
| Binderstile Medium | (Opti), Binghamtom (Prima), Report (Brendel) | Yes | | |
| 7 | Designer Raleigh | Raleigh Gothic (Red Rooster, Panache), Highpoint Gothic (Nicksfonts) | Yes | | Some of the digital fonts include glyphs from both Raleigh Gothic AND Designer Raleigh. |
| Easter Gothic | | No | | |
| Eclipse Gothic | Tried WhatTheFont | No | | |
| Eddy Gothic | Tried WhatTheFont | No | | |
| Electro Gothic | | No | | |
| Elm Gothic | | No | | |
| Encore Gothic | League Black Italic (Letterbox) | Yes | | |
| Enge Wotan | | No | | |
| Entry Gothic | | No | | |
| Envoy Gothic | Tried WhatTheFont | No | | |
| Evans Gothic | | No | | |
| Event Gothic | | No | | |
| Gaspipe Gothic | | No | | |
| Gem Gothic | (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
| Gill Sans Bold Extra Condensed | This variant is included in the Ascender Creativity Font Pack. | Yes | | |
| Inserat Grotesk | British Inserat MN Condensed (Mecanorma), Aurora Condensed (Opti) | Yes | | Most other inserats are not available in a comparable condensed version. But all have the same basic glyph shapes. |
| 177 | Permanent Headline | 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 | | |
| Raleigh Gothic | (Red Rooster, Panache, Opti) | Yes | | Some of the digital fonts include glyphs from both Raleigh Gothic AND Designer Raleigh. |
| 168 | | Agency Gothic | (Opti, CastleType); Bureau Agency (Font Bureau) | Yes | | |
| Charger (4 variants) | DXS Charger | Yes | | |
| Energy Inline | | No | | |
| Irwin | | No | | |
| Jersey (3D Shadowed) | | No | | |
| Machine | Plenty of look-alikes. Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's; Corel's Machine, ITC; Brendel's | Yes | | |
| Octic Regular | | No | | |
| Octic Condensed | Gotico Condensed Light Face (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
| Octic Extra Condensed | | No | | |
| Octic Extended | | No | | |
| Poster Gothic CD | | No | | |
| Quote | DXS Quote | Yes | | |
| Sar Modern | | No | | |
| Stanford | | No | | |
| Time Machine | | No | | |
| 169 | | Avanti | Font Bureau Armada caps are NOT a match, but they'll do as a kinda-sorta similar substitute in a pinch.. | Yes | | |
| Burko (2 variants) | | No | | |
| Busorama | (Bitstream, AlanCarr, ImageClubGraphics, ITC, Mecanorma, URW), Omnibus (A. Carrr - more alternates), Bosanova (Arsenal, Corel). Brioche Display Caps (SSI/SSK), Isolat (SSI/SSK), Buffer (Opti), Matinee (Silver Graphics), Businko (WSI) | Yes | | Design by Herb Lubalin, first digitized by Tom Carnase for ITC in 1970. There are many alternate letterforms. |
| Cirkulus | Corel Circle, Agfa Circled; SoftMaker Cycle; and WSI Debevec Circular. | Yes | | |
| Eagle Bold | (Solo , in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book/cd), Resolute NF (Nick Curtis / NicksFonts) | Yes | ADC | aka Bureau Eagle. Designed by Morris Fuller Benton as "Eagle" in 1934. Heavily used in depression era WPA posters. |
| 159 | Earth | Terranova NF (Nick's Fonts) is a revival but lacks many of the alternate characters, Earth Normal (Elfring) is very similar | Yes | | Elfring's Earth1 and Earth2 are based on the same source, but neither is exactly the same as the Catalog sample. |
| Futura Inline | DXS Futura Inline | Yes | | |
| Interface (Stop) | STOP (Agfa. Linotype, URW, DTC, Mecanorma, A&L, ClickArt, Scottsdale; Brendel, Corel, Softmaker) Spliny (Opti), Scott (Softmaker), Logan (WSI), Quasar (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | Most commonly known by its original name, STOP, by Aldo Novarese, 1970 |
| Marvin | Marbolo (unattributed Freeware), Marbold (Thomas Harvey) | Yes | | |
| Mossman | Mossy, 2 wts by Elfring Soft Fonts. | Yes | | |
| Simplex (2 variants) | Tim Ryan drew a version for Agfa's Type Revivals. | Yes | | |
| Yagi Bold | DXS Yagi Bold (Dick Pape), Retro Mono Wide (Thessalos Design) | Yes | | Different versions of the Yagi fonts include different alternate glyphs in a variety of locations, or in fonts labeled "alternates". |
| Yagi Double | DXS Yagi Double (Dick Pape), Retro Stereo Wide (Thessalos Design) | Yes | | Original design by Robert Trogman for Facsimile Fonts transfer lettering. Noah Harris produced a vector version, available in a pdf. |
| Yagi Link Double | Retro Stereo Thin (Thessalos), Miyagi (Thinkdust) | Yes | | Retro Stereo Thin has a "Full Name" of Yagi Link Double. |
| Yagi Link Light | | No | | |
| Yarra | | No | | |
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| 172 | | Futura (multiple styles and weights) | Most foundries have extensive Futura catalogs. Adobe, Bitstream, URW, Agfa, E&F, Scangraphic, and more. Also numerous equivalents, both free and otherwise. | Yes | | |
| 186 | Van Dyke | Opti-VanDykeShaded (Opti/Castcraft) | Yes | | There's no apparent difference between this and Van Dyke shaded on page 181 |
| 185 | Vellum | Tried WhattheFont | No | | Is very close to being an outline version of Twentieth Century MT Ultra Bold. |
| 185 | Veranda | | No | | |
| 185 | Veteran | | No | | |
| 173 | | Eras | Widely available. Digital versions inclu | Yes | | |
| Folio | Corel has 7 variants; SoftKey SSi version called Layout. | Yes | | |
| Folio Extra Bold | Brendel Dakota; Novel Focus; SoftKey SSi Surin Display. | Yes | | |
| Gill Kayo (2 vars) | Letraset, ITC Fontek | Yes | | |
| Gill Sans | Digital versions include Adobe and many more | Yes | | |
| 192 | Granby (8 variants between the two pages) | (Berthold, Opti, Elsner and Flake, Bulldog-27 artificial variations), Gra Reg (Prima) | Yes | | |
| 174 | | Univers (24 variants) | Widely imitated. Bitstream & Corel Zurich; Brendel & SoftMaker Ultimate; Novel Unpact; Fontbank Unfug; Prima UNF; SoftKey Nova; Swfte Obelisk; URW Galazy; and WSI Unimpressed. | Yes | | |
| 175 | | Helvetica | Linotype sells the real McCoy. Many look-alikes and other versions; Helvetica Neue | Yes | | |
| 176 | | Erin | | No | | |
| Grotesk No. 9 | URW Grotesque No. 9. Also Opti Grotesk No. 9 Extra Bold Agency. | Yes | | |
| News Gothic | Monotype has an original; SoftKey SSi has Macro. | Yes | | |
| Quick Gothic CD | | No | | |
| Standard | Europa Gro Light (Scangraphic) | Yes | | |
| Standard Bold | Standard CT Extra Bold (CastleType), Akzidenz Grotesk Bold (BQ) | Yes | | |
| Standard Extended | Akzidenz Grotesk Ext (BQ) | Yes | | |
| Standard Extra Light Condensed | Standard CT Extended Extra Light (CastleType), Akzidenz Gorthesk Std Ext Light (Berthold) | Yes | | THe BertholdBQ version is somewhat heavier. |
| Standard Light | District Thin (GarageFonts), Akzidenz-Grotesk Light (BQ) | Yes | | The BQ Akzidenz Grotesk is a bit heavier than Standard Light. |
| Standard Light Extended | Akzidenz Grotesk Light Extended (BQ) | Yes | | |
| Standard Medium | Gothic 725 Bold (Bitstream Paratype, Tilde) Duty-Bold (T26), Standard CT Medium (CastleType) | Yes | | |
| Venus Series (10 variants) | (URW++, ScanGraphic, Linotype, Opti), VenusHalfbet(Linotype), More varieties by Fantazia and free anonymous fonts. Venusian Ultra NF by Nick's Fonts matches Venus Extrabold Extended | Yes | | Not all sets have the same variations. |
| 177 | | Alternate Gothic No. 1 | (URW, Linotype, E&F, Scangrphics, FontCompany, SoftMaker), LeagueGothic (LeagueofMoveableType) | Yes | | |
| Alternate Gothic No. 2 | (URW, Linotype, E&F, Corel/Bitstream, Scngraphics, Font Company, Opti, SoftMaker) | Yes | | |
| Alternate Gothic No. 3 | (URW, Linotype, E&F, Scangraphic, Font Company, SoftMaker) | Yes | | |
| Alternate Gothic Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Italic | | No | | The italics shown in the catalog may simply be skewed (obliqued). None of the major foundries offer any equivalents. |
| Anzeigen Grotesk | (Linotype, URW++) | Yes | | |
| Aurora Grotesk | Aurora Bold Condensed (Bitstream), Aurora Grotesk Nine (Opti) | Yes | | |
| Charter Oak | Digital versions include Brendel's AIRLINE; Novel's Chatten; Opti's Charter Oak; and Prima's Charvoix. | Yes | | |
| Doric Italic (See Old Gothic Bold Italic) | Doric (Anon) | Yes | | |
| Franklin Gothic (Original) | Many. Digital versions include A&L's Philadelphia and SoftMaker's Franklin Goth Orig and Franklin Headilne. | Yes | | |
| Impact | Digital versions include Brendel's FIGARO; Novel's Ignatius; Microsoft's Home Publisher WEB update; Opti's Ignite; Prima's Imc Reg and Idaho; SoftKey SSi's Short Haul; SoftMaker's I770 Sans; and WSI's BILLBORD. It's included in Monotype's FunFonts 3 pack. | Yes | | |
| Maigret | | No | | |
| Old Gothic Bold Italic (Doric Italic) | Doric (Anon) | Yes | | |
| 167 | Permanent 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 | | |
| Sans Serif Cd Ital | | No | | |
