PAGE | Also on page | SoloCat or Solofont Name | Alias Analysis | Match | Dover CD Book | Comments |
91 | | Macbeth | Filmotype Macbeth (Font Diner) | Yes | | |
74 | | Maccabee | NeuportMonogram (MonogramFontsCompany) | Yes | | Solid version requires support for stylistic alterntes. |
168 | | Machine | Plenty of look-alikes. Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's; Corel's Machine, ITC; Brendel's | Yes | | |
27 | | Madison | | No | | |
199 | | Madison Antiqua | Digital versions include Corel/Bitstream's Century 725; Brendel's Valencia; Opti's Madison; Prima's Mad Reg; SoftMaker's Madeira, Magazine,and Valencia. aka Volcano per Opti catalog. | Yes | | |
98 | | Madisonian | Madisonian Light (Presence Typo) | Yes | | Bold and Engraved also avail. from Presence Typo |
25 | | Magnet | | No | | |
8 | | Maharaja | Sultan 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 | | |
29 | | Mahoney | Gothic Tuscan 8 (JordanDavies Woodfonts), Gotico Dotted (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott), ITC Letraset Floralinda.(?) | Yes | | |
900 | | MaidstoneScript | (Sam Wang), PoodlePusherNF (Nick Curtis) | Yes | | Maidstone Script alphabet is in 100 Brushstroke And Free-Style Alphabets. |
177 | | Maigret | | No | | |
91 | | Major | Major (Filmotype/FontDiner), MajerIrregular (American Greetings/BlueMountain, Opti) | Yes | | |
10 | | Makart | | No | | |
60 | | Malibu | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Rick Mueller has a free version called Ocean View Initials. Dieter Steffmann has a free version called Cardiff. | Yes | | |
900 | | Malvern | Incl. in Dover/Solo Celtic Medieval book + CD pack. | Yes | CEL | |
72 | | Mandarin | (Agfa, URW, E&F, LT) ; Macau (SoftMaker), Shanghai (Mauerkirchner/Grunert), ChowMein and Shanghai (WSI), Deng Thick (Media Graphics), | Yes | | |
72 | | Mandarin Outline | Droopy (Enstep) | Yes | | |
185 | | Mandarin Outline | | No | | |
72 | | Mandarin Shaded | PagodaSCaps(SSK), Shanghai (anon-Metamorphosis-1992) | Yes | | |
100 | | Mandate | A&L & ClickArt Jott and Corel/Bitstream Freehand 521. Also a Dover/Solo version in BOS pack. Dieter Steffmann calls his free version Marketing Script, and offers regular, inline, and shadowed variants. | Yes | | |
31 | | Mandy (Wood) | | No | | Kelly 320. CF Snowbird, 18. |
49 | | Manhattan, ITC | ITC, URW, and SoftMaker Harlem Nights. | Yes | | |
48 | | Mania #1 | Mama (Rick Mueller, free.' Psychedelic (maybe?). | Yes | | |
48 | | Mania #2 | Photolettering Obese (prev. distr. by Tiger/Expressiv). | Yes | | |
48 | | Mania #3 | Psychedelic (anon) | Yes | | |
48 | | Mania #4 | Mania4 (Character), Mania-4 (Free, anonymous) | Yes | | |
900 | | Manifesto Bold | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
73 | | Manila | Brendel Pittores; Swfte Paint Brush; and WSI Painter (a little lighter version). aka Oriental. Taiwan (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
8 | | Mannequin | LSC Condensed (Image Club Graphics, from the original design by Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase) | Yes | | FE likes Brendel Lydiane, E&F Arsis, and Opti Onyx (and other vendors' Onyx) as look-alikes or work-alikes. |
24 | | Mansard | Mansard-Normal (Photolettering/Novel - no internal attribution) | Yes | | 57Rodeo (Baseline Fonts) is similar but lacks the very curved serifs. |
24 | 186 | Mansard Outline | | No | | |
186 | 24 | Mansard Outline | | No | | |
24 | | Mansard Rimmed | | No | | |
900 | | Manuscript | Dan Solo re-drew this Bauer & Berthold script design from 1890. Solofont included in Dover Scripts book + CD pack., MissBrooks, Penstyle(WSI), | Yes | SCR | |
64 | | Map Roman | | No | | |
18 | | Marble Heart | Marmorherz NF (Nick's Fonts), Margarethe Double Shade (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | McGrew 210 |
38 | 64 | Marchtime | | No | | |
64 | 38 | Marchtime | | No | | |
160 | | Marcos Face | | No | | |
99 | | Mardis Gras | Solofonts version "Mardis Gras Improved" @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
900 | | Margie | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | Marggraff Bold Script by Gerhard Marggraff |
53 | | Margit | (Romanov), Johnny (Canada Type), Harem (Font Company) | Yes | | Original design by Phil Martin (1969) |
8 | | Maria | Could 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 | | |
163 | | Marianna Black | | No | | |
190 | | Marla | (Ortiz-Lopez - has SC, a lower case, and othr varieties); Marlboro (Dieter Steffmann - thicker than Marla, has LC) | Yes | | |
33 | | Marquette | San Marcos WBW (Nick Curtis) | Yes | | |
92 | | Mars Bounce | HFF Fourth Rock (HFF) | Yes | | |
17 | 64 | Martini Shaded | | No | | |
141 | | Marto | | No | | |
91 | | Marvel | | No | | |
169 | | Marvin | Marbolo (unattributed Freeware), Marbold (Thomas Harvey) | Yes | | |
162 | | Marylebone | | No | | |
900 | | Master Script | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
152 | | Mastodon | | No | | |
155 | | Matador (2 variants) | | No | | |
183 | | Matador Outline | | No | | |
138 | | Matinee | | No | | |
54 | | Matra (Bifur) | (Solo, Agfa/Compugraphic,), CassandreEF (Elsner & Flake), Bifur (Harold Lohner - multiple weights and multi-part), P22Bifur (P22 - multiple weights and multi-part),, Very rough effect in Pepin Press Caps-FA288 (DickPape) and Pepin-FA288 (Character) | Yes | ADC | |
900 | | Matrix Text | Solofont included in Dover Calligraphic book + CD pack. | Yes | CAL | |
157 | | Matthews | Mateus Bold (Intellecta) | Yes | | |
102 | | Maxime | (Type Revivals), Maxim (Profonts, GroupType, Red Rooster), Martin Maxxie (Soft Horizons), Schneidler Maxim (Peter Wiegel) | Yes | | |
85 | | Mayflower (Naudin) (Rg & It) | Opti May Flower. Ditter Steffmann's Mayflower Antique. | Yes | | |
38 | | Mayo | | No | | |
93 | | Maypole | | No | | |
93 | | McCoy | | No | | |
7 | | Mechano | Mekanik (Letraset) | Yes | | |
45 | | Medea | | No | | |
900 | | Medici Text | Solofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack. Dieter Steffmann offers a free same-named version. | Yes | CEL | |
108 | | Medieval | | No | | |
900 | | Meistersinger | Solofont included in Dover Victorian book + CD pack. | Yes | VIC | |
138 | | Melior and Melior Bold | (Adobe, Berthold, Linotype, more). Marseille (Brendel, B&P) , Broccus and Broccus Display (SSI/SSK) | Yes | | |
138 | | Melior Bold | See main record; also Brendel Marseille and SoftKey SSi Broccus Display. | Yes | | |
187 | | Melior Bold Out | Marseilles (Softmaker) is close. | Yes | | |
91 | | Melody | Filmotype Melody (Filmotype) | Yes | | |
900 | | Memorial | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Not a match to same-named font on page 108 of the Solocat. | Yes | | |
108 | | Memorial Deepshadow | | No | | |
108 | | Memorial Open | | No | | |
148 | | Memphis Medium Cd | Opti Memphis Medium Condensed is a same-named matching member of this typeface family, but it's a lighter weight than the Solocat sample. | Yes | | |
138 | | Menlo and Menlo Outline | | No | | |
187 | 138 | Menlo Outline | | No | | |
146 | | Meola Bookman | | No | | |
64 | | Mercantile | Mercantile Regular HPLHS (Andrew Leman/cthulhulives.org), Mercantile Display NF (Nicksfonts - with lower case) | Yes | | Leman's font is based on the 1923 ATF specimen book. |
103 | | Mercurius | Adobe sells an original version. Also available from other major vendors. Rick Mueller also offers a free same-named version. | Yes | | |
124 | | Meridien | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, Corel/Bitstream's Latin 725; SoftKey SSi's Coherent; SoftMaker's Metaphor and M690 Rom. | Yes | | |
62 | | Merlot | | No | | |
93 | | Metric (It & XIt) | | No | | |
91 | | Metro | | No | | |
128 | | Metropolis (Bold) | (Agfa, Spiece Graphics, Opti. Brendel, SoftMaker); Megaton (Novel)l Tatio (Softkey/SSI), M691Deco (SoftMaker) | Yes | | |
53 | | Metropolitan | (Solo, Agfa), Metropolitaines (Corel) | Yes | ANV | |
129 | | Michaelangelo Titling | Brendel Monalisa; Novel Micheline; Opti Michael Angelo; Prima Milesburg. Also a Font Bureau version. | Yes | | |
129 | | Michaelangelo Bold | As this design is quite square, you may be able to make the regular weight artificially bolder (let word processor overstrike) without quite as gruesome a result as that method can and often does produce. | Yes | | |
159 | | 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 | | |
185 | | Microgramma Out | Create text art with solid fonts in Vector Graphic Illustration programs. | Yes | | |
900 | | Middlesex | Solofont included in Dover Celtic book + CD pack. | Yes | CEL | |
24 | | Midway Ornate | Tried WhatTheFOnt | No | | |
8 | | Miehle Condensed | Miehle (Ortiz-Lopez); ATMiehle Condensed (Agfa/Monotype) | Yes | | See American Narrow, page 6 |
142 | | Milan | Milano Roman (Image Club Graphic is a bit ighter than the catalog sample) | Yes | | Design by Tom Carnase (1970) |
93 | | Milan Ace (hvy It disp sans) | | No | | |
27 | | Milepost | Madrone (Adobe, Linotype< Monotype) | Yes | | |
91 | | Milton | | No | | |
36 | | Mimosa | | No | | |
48 | | Mindy Highlight | Ink Highlight by R.W. Mueller | Yes | | |
91 | | Mink (handletter) | | No | | |
900 | | Mink Gothic | Solofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack. | Yes | MOD | |
119 | | Mink Stencil | | No | | |
31 | | Minnesota | (Solo), Gothic Tuscan Concave (Jordan Davies/Wooden Tyhpe Fonts) | Yes | | |
24 | | Minsky | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Another version is called Frontier Plain. | Yes | | |
24 | | Minsky Shaded #1 | Unattributed freeware Minsky Shaded Black, aka Verplaatst. | Yes | | |
24 | | Minsky Shaded #2 | Minsky Shaded White (anon), Frontier.(anon). These are renamed versions of each other | Yes | | |
199 | | Minster | Minister (Agfa, Adobe, URW), Cleric (Softkey). Administer (Agfa, Opti, RedRooster) have differences, but are similar, as are Ammonite (Novel) and Pilgrim (SWFTE). | Yes | | |
103 | | Minstrel Man | | No | | Filmotype original was simply named Minstral |
44 | | Mira | (Sam Wang), Madeira (Brendel); VanBeen (SWFTE); Grouse (WSI), Bistro (SSK). | Yes | | |
179 | | Mirabeau (2 vars) | | No | | |
16 | | Miss Kitty | Wild West Wind (West Wind Fonts) | No | | See Novarese's Fonanesi, 22 |
114 | | Missal Initials | Missal Unciale Master (Mannfred Klein), Uncials One (Beatty - in the LC set). Initials ATF Missal Caxton (Alta Littera) has Missal Initials in the lower case, Caxton initials in the upper case. | Yes | | |
111 | | Mission Text (3 variants) | Cranach (Profonts) - Regular width only | Yes | | |
100 | | Mistral | Abundant look-alikes. Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, A&L's Mystic( BA) and Stucco (BA); Corel/Bitstream's Staccato 222; Brendel's Kalah | Yes | | |
91 | | Misty | | No | | |
161 | | Mitchell | | No | | |
121 | | Mitford | | No | | |
900 | | Mitzi Deco | Solofont included in Dover Moderne book + CD pack. | Yes | MOD | |
83 | | Mod Casual | ModTR (Tim Ryan re/Type Revivals), Carlisle (WSI), Carric Groovy (Rakowski), Maude Meade (Soft Horizons). Note: Many of the Vertisoft/Soft Horizons fonts were copies (not necessarily clones) of Tim Ryan's Type Revivals. | Yes | | |
171 | | Model Sans Serif Open | | No | | |
171 | | Model Square Serif Open | | No | | |
137 | | Modern # 20 (Rg & It) | (Bitstream), Modern No. 2 (Opti) | Yes | | |
91 | | Modern Bounce | Modern (FIlmotype) | Yes | | |
182 | | Modern Outline Cd | | No | | |
7 | | Moderna | HFF Iconic Ionic | Yes | | |
49 | | Modernique | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Deco book + CD pack. Digital version by standard name also available from Typographer's Edition. | Yes | ADC | |
55 | | Modernistic | (Monotype, Miles), Modernistic Cg (Agfa) . These are all variations of the same fonts, since Agfa is Monotype is Miles. | Yes | | |
159 | | Modula Bold | OPTIOgden-Bold (OPTI), KasseFLF-Bold (Software Compliment) | Yes | | |
159 | | Modula Extrabold | KasseUltraFLF (Software Compliment) | Yes | | |
159 | | Modula Light | KasseFLF (Software Compliment) | Yes | | |
159 | | Modula Medium | | No | | |
22 | | Molle Foliate | Freeware Mole Foliated is unattributed except for "created by Typesmith Amiga" | Yes | | |
24 | 29 | Mona | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. Rockwall Expanded (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | CIR | Rockwall Expanded NF by Nick's Fonts is very similar and matches better than Solo's 'Mona' |
29 | 24 | Mona | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. | Yes | CIR | |
181 | | Mona Lisa Recut | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, Corel's Mona Lisa Recut, ITC; Prima's NEO ENG; and SoftMaker's New Orleans Engraved. Also versions from ITC, Image Club, and L&M. | Yes | | |
112 | | Monastery Text | | No | | |
13 | | Monastic | K22 Monastic (Toto), Huruvida (Lars Tornqvist) | Yes | | |
20 | | Monastic Condensed | | No | | |
121 | | Moncure | Moncure (Claude). | Yes | | There's an 'enhanced' version by Character with some additional glyphs. |
199 | | Monkton (5 weights/styles) | (ClubType, published by Monotype) | Yes | | |
115 | | Monmouth No. 1 | Stanza (URW, TheFontCompany) Stanza's lower case generally matches. There are some differences; e.g., the 't' is different) | Yes | | |
115 | | Monmouth No. 2 | Stanza (URW, TheFontCompany) - Stanza's upper case generally matches Monmouth No. 2's lower case, wiith some exceptions - the 'e' is different), Cavil Regular (Imageline, with small caps in the lower case, has some other differences as well), | Yes | | Cavil (Enstep) is a wide version of Cavil (Imageline) |
52 | | Monogram | MCM Monogram (Victory Type) | Yes | | DXS Monogram Stencil (Dick Pape) is a stencil version. Some letters vary among samples and implementations. |
115 | | Monograms 1-5 | Ark Monograms by Spiece Graphics. Separate fonts provide the center, left, and right characters. Yet another provides the oval enclosure the three letters are designed to fit. | Yes | | |
115 | | Monograms 12 and 14 | Scaffold (LazyDog) - without the borders | Yes | | |
115 | | Monograms 13 | Pi & Symbols Special Alphabets 8 (Agfa). | No | | Diamond Dreams (Cybapee) and Vergennes (Scriptorium) are quite similar. |
115 | | Monograms 6-11 | | No | | |
23 | | Monopol | Monopol (George Williams). Uptown (Lazy Dog - Rakowski), Morton Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
92 | | Monroe | (Opti) | Yes | | Opti's Bold version has been found, but not the plain. |
69 | | Monster | Rasant (Brendel) | Yes | | |
69 | | Monster Outline | Gremlin (Bay Animation), Alaska (Brendel), Meltdown (Richard Mueller- Free) Ghoully Caps (WSI). aka Frozen Alaska | Yes | | |
22 | | Monterey | MontereyCP (ClaudePelletier/Serieux) | Yes | | |
22 | | Monterey Wide | (ClaudePelletier)A-Z,0-9 only | Yes | | |
192 | 193 | Montreal | Brendel and SoftMaker offer versions by this name. Opti has Montana. Not an exact match, but almost all glyphs very similar to MT Century Gothic. Either could readily sub for the other. | Yes | | |
193 | 192 | Montreal | Brendel and SoftMaker offer versions by this name. Opti has Montana. Not an exact match, but almost all glyphs very similar to MT Century Gothic. Either could readily sub for the other. | Yes | | |
181 | | Monument | Free same-named version by Dieter Steffmann | Yes | | |
900 | | Monument | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Not a match to same-named font on pg. 181 of Solocat. | Yes | | |
162 | | Moon Black | | No | | |
72 | | Moon Gate | | No | | |
162 | | Moore Combo | | No | | |
70 | | Moore Computer | K22 GKW Computer (Toto - all but a few letters are based on GKW); MyCalc (FontBank); Dali (URW++ is less of an exact match | Yes | | |
75 | | Moore Liberty | | No | | |
18 | | Moorish | | No | | |
35 | | Morgan Gothic | PF Fusion Sans Pro Heavy (Parachute). | Yes | | Morgan-one (Opti) is a taller stretched version |
900 | | Moritz | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
121 | | Mormon | | No | | |
9 | | Morningside | Crosby Roman (The Type Heritage Project - Alan J. Prescott) | Yes | | |
127 | | Moroccan Condensed | | No | | |
93 | | Morocco Ace | | No | | |
111 | | 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). | Yes | GOT | Design by William Morris, 1893. P22 Morris Troy is very similar. |
118 | | Morro | | No | | |
119 | | Morro Cond Stencil | | No | | |
91 | | Morton | | No | | |
118 | | Mosaic Stencil | | No | | |
115 | | Mosaik | Agfa Abbot Uncial,; also Solofont Mozart1 @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
74 | | Moses Condensed | Tanach (Steffmann), Shalom (A&L), Doolittle and Rasputin (Brendel), Kosher (Bay Animation), Mazurka (Novel), Hebrew (SWFTE), Maseltov (OPTI), Shalom Normal (ComputerSupport/A&L( | Yes | | |
169 | | Mossman | Mossy, 2 wts by Elfring Soft Fonts. | Yes | | |
113 | | Motto | Solofont included in Dover Calligraphic book + CD pack. QueenEmpress (Paul Lloyd) | Yes | CAL | |
900 | | Moulin Rouge | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. There's a WSI font NAMED Moulin Rouge that matches Harquil (q.v.) | Yes | | |
132 | | Mountie | | No | | |
30 | | Mousehole | | No | | |
20 | | Moxon | | No | | |
26 | | Mozart | | No | | |
900 | | Muddy Water | Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack. All caps, but subtle diffs betw UC & LC glyphs. | Yes | GRU | |
47 | | Multiform No. 1 | | No | | |
47 | | Multiform No. 1 Bold | | No | | |
47 | | Multiform No. 4 | Multiform (Rakowski), Kaprole (Brendel) Cammy Caps Display (WSI). Possibly one by Fantazia | Yes | | Original by Central Type Foundry, St. Louis, MO |
110 | | Munich Fraktur | | No | | |
20 | | Mural | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. | Yes | | |
43 | | Murillo | Dieter Steffmann's Tintoretto Regular is a match for what's shown on Solocat page 43 as Murillo. Solotype's variant substitutes some new glyphs. | Yes | | |
43 | | Murillo (variant) | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. | Yes | ANV | This is a Solo digital face but glyphs do not match " A, r, h, a, g, n" characters in sample on Solocat pg 43. |
98 | | Murray Hill (Regular and Bold) | Murray Hill (Berthold, E&F, Bitstream, URW.ImageClub, Miles, OPTI), | Yes | | |
202 | | Murrpoint | TriedWhatTheFont | No | | |
110 | | Music Hall Text | Tondella (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) | Yes | | Aeronaut (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. |
91 | | Musket | | No | | |
15 | | Mystic | | No | | |
75 | | Mystic Flag | The Wall (EnStep). | Yes | | |