| PAGE | Also on page | SoloCat or Solofont Name | Alias Analysis | Match | Dover CD Book | Comments |
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| 58 | | Adverscript (=Aegean, page 102) | Advert (Rick Mueller - also appears renamed to Aegean), PT Karolla Black (Paratype), Hercules (Steffmann), BubbleSoft (SWFTE) | Yes | | Designed by Bauer & Berthold, c. 1900 |
| Bravour Kayo (3 wts) | | No | | |
| Chancel Mod | | No | | |
| Churchward Brush | Agfa offers Churchward in Print Artist bundle; SoftMaker has Jospehs Brush. URW++ under original name. | Yes | | |
| Gumball Bold | | No | | |
| Horseshoe (3 wts) | | No | | |
| Lo-Type | SoftMaker Louis. | Yes | | |
| Parkhurst (3 wts) | Badger (Red Rooster) | Yes | | |
| Time Script (3 vars) | (Linotype-all 3 varieties), TimeScrD (URW - all 3 vars) | Yes | | |
| 59 | 27 | Arcadian | Double D NF (Nick Curtis / Nicksfonts; outline and fill versions), Tejarachi (Rakowski), Bulldozer (Brendel) | Yes | | From a 1970's design by Dav Davison. Tejarachi (Rakowski) is upper case only, from a scan, unoptimized. Bulldozer (Brendel) is an even poorer version with artificial small caps, created from a scan of the alphabet book. It even reproduces inking errors from that book. Non-alphabetic characters are not in the same style. |
| Ascott Lights | | No | | |
| Barb | Harold Lohner's Barbecue. | Yes | | |
| Bubbles | | No | | The font is 'Bulle' by Jean Larcher Published in printed form in "Fantastic Alphabets" (Dover Pictorial Archives) 1976 |
| Direction (Caps) | (Steffmann, Solo, Type Revivals/TimRyan). DiReynolds (SoftHorizons) | Yes | SPFX | |
| Focus (aka Process) | Dephunked BRK (Aenigma Fonts) | Yes | | |
| Hollywood Lights | Solofont included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack. Though not a match, you could also substitute Image Club Pointille as a work-alike. | Yes | SPFX | |
| 66 | Hollywood Stars | aka Movie Star | Yes | | |
| Illusion | Delusion, shareware by Jonathan Paterson | Yes | | |
| Necktie Plain | | No | | |
| Necktie Striped | Striped Neckties (Character) | Yes | | |
| Needlepoint | | No | SPFX | There is a "Needlepoint" included in the Dover/Solo Special Effectc Book/CD, but it is not the same as this one. |
| Posture | Gymnastics (WSI), PhilSimmons (Soft Horizons) | Yes | | |
| Rivets | | No | | |
| Sampler | Solofont included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack. Solo digital face Needlepoint doesn't match face in Solocat by the same name; it matches Sampler, another on the same page! | Yes | SPFX | |
| Shatter | (Linotype), (Letraset); Freezer (Brendel); High Voltage (Swfte), Lower Westside (Rakowski), Blur (Computer Support Corp/Arts & Letters) | Yes | | Blur, from CSC/A&L, has 5 additional varieteis; condensed and expanded, with italic (oblique) versions of each. |
| 67 | Showtime | (Solo, in Dover Circus book/CD. Glyphs in LC only); Hollywood (Martin Holm - fewer and larger 5-pointed stars) | Yes | CIR | |
| Soulsby | Arts & Letters Frantic (8) & Slasher (BA)(1); Brendel Curacao; Clickart Slasher (BA)(2); Prima Cun Med; SoftKey SSi Toothpix; Swfte Amplifier; WSI Stinger2. | Yes | | |
| Startime | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. | Yes | CIR | |
| Tonight | Solofont Starburst included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack. Tonight(Dieter Steffmann; Dan Solo); TonyWhite (SoftHorizons). | Yes | SPFX | |
| 53 | Wings | | No | | |
| 60 | | Burst | Burst (Dan Solo - Best, full character set), Starburst (Rakowski), Starburst (Steffman). Rakowski's is from a scan and Steffman's adds a few characters to Rakowski's font. | Yes | SPFX | Note that the Rakowski/Steffman 'Starburst' is Burst in the catalog, NOT the catalog font named Starburst! |
| Doppler | | No | | |
| Earthquake | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. Rick Mueller drew a free same-named version. | Yes | CIR | |
| Explosion | Rakowski's Shrapnel. | Yes | | |
| Firebug | Solofont included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack. .Rakowski Crackling Fire. SoftKey SSi Firebug; Swfte Hellfire; WSI Flaming Display Caps; Attitude Fire; and Electric Alphabet Crackling. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Flamo | David Rakowski's "Firecat" or Rick Mueller's "Flames.". Aldus renamed Flames to Flamo; HFF Fire Dancer. | Yes | | |
| Icicle | Icicle Regular (anon) | Yes | | Was anonymous and free. Is now (Nov. 2011) being sold at Eaglefonts. |
| Igloo Outline | | No | SPFX | Probably one that was created optically on-the-fly at Solotype. |
| Igloo Solid | (Solo), Tone and Debs (Rakowski, Steffmann. Steffmann's is a copy of Rakowski's with additional characters). Matterhorn (Brendel), Snowtop Caps (WSI, Steffmann), Ice and Snow (AARRGGH). | Yes | SPFX | Except for Solo's version, these are probably all clones of each other. Matterhorn has faux small caps. Ice and Snow has an un-snowy lower case. All others duplicate the upper case. SmallCaps version may be known as "Choclate Frosted' (can anyone confirm and give provenance?( |
| Malibu | Solofonts version @ MyFonts. Rick Mueller has a free version called Ocean View Initials. Dieter Steffmann has a free version called Cardiff. | Yes | | |
| Radio | | No | | |
| Raindrops | | No | | |
| Season | | No | | In Dover/Solo Art Nouveau alphabet book |
| Slipstream | Slipstream (Letraset, Corel, Elsner and Flake); Surface (Brendel), Speedstream (Opti). | Yes | | BreezedCaps (ManfredKlein) is a similar effect. |
| Snowcone | | No | | |
| Sparkle | Starburst (Solo) Note naming conflict: Rakowski's Starburst matches Solocat Burst, but does NOT match Solo Sparkle and Solofont Starburst. SMCHollywood (Software of the Month CLub) has identicallyh placed sparkles on a slightly different base font. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Sparkle | Solofont Starburst incl. in Dover Special Effects book + CD pack. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Sparks | | No | | |
| Speedo | | No | | |
| Splash Oil | | No | | This was a special effect applied to another font, |
| Splash Water | | No | | This was a special effect applied to another font. |
| Static (U/C glyphs only) | Zap (A&L/ComputerSupport) Aarcover (Rakowski), Bizarr (Brendel) Also see record for Static (w/ Small Caps) for variants with small caps. | Yes | | |
| Static (w/ Small Caps) | Shock (Swfte); Jolt (WSI). See also record for Static Caps. | Yes | | |
| Tension | | No | | Nervous, by Anke-Art (free) has a similar feel. |
| Typhoon | | No | | |
| 61 | | Azure | | No | | |
| Cartoon Holly Days | Bodie MF Holly (Rick Mueller), Amigo (Enstep) | Yes | | This is a decorated version of Bodie Bounce Open (P. 78) |
| Cartoon Mexicana | | No | | |
| Cartoon Party Time | (Tim Ryan/Agfa Type Revivals - aka Cartoon Party Caps) ; Chartreuse Parsons (Soft Horizons); Jubilee (Bright Ideas); PartyByTom (TomBrown/AwesomeClipartForKids). | Yes | | Jubilee has a lower case in the same style. PartyByTom duplicates the upper case in the lower case. The others have solid black caps in the lower case. Ryan's has some mixed solid and decorated punctuattion. |
| Cartoon Snowcap (4 vars) | | No | | |
| Cartoon Teepee | Easter Fun (TomBrown/AwesomeClipartForKids) | Yes | | |
| Cartoon Teepee (condensed, open, open condensed) | | No | | |
| Fata Morgana | | No | | |
| Fieldstone | | No | | |
| Hurdy Gurdy | | No | | |
| Newsbeat Condensed | | No | | |
| Sausage | | No | | |
| Skywriting | | No | | |
| Wood Relief | (Susan Fleisch unattributed, GD Fonts) both free | Yes | | |
| 62 | | Aquatint | | No | | |
| 14 | Argent | Argentus (The Type Heritage Project - Roger Seganti) | Yes | | Apothecary, aka Apothecary Open (Silver Graphcis) has a clear interior rather than a shaded one and matches Argent Open. Apothecary Solid is a back-formation from Apothecary. |
| 17 | Banknote Italic | There exists an unattributed freeware font creaded from a scan. The website no longer exists. | Yes | | A full image appears in Solo's 100 3D and Shaded Alphabets |
| Century Litho Shade | | No | | |
| Cheque | | No | | |
| Engravers Bold Shaded | (Opti) | Yes | | Opti font not yet found. Maurice Stripes (Softmaker) is similar, with fewer, darker, horizontal shading stripes. |
| Greystoke | | No | | |
| Halftone | | No | | |
| Kolibree No2, No3 | | No | | |
| Kolibree | Trochilida NF (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
| Merlot | | No | | |
| Select | aka Albert. Red Rooster offers two variants (solid & patterned) under the name Honduras. | Yes | | |
| Steelplate Txt Shaded | Aldus cites look-alikes. | Yes | | |
| Symbol | aka Minister Symbol, unattributed freeware. | Yes | | |
| Ticket Roman | | No | | |
| Treasury Black | Treasury, Treasury Pro(Canada Type) | Yes | | |
| Treasury Open | Treasury Gold (Canada Type) - Canada Type has also produced many variations | Yes | | |
| 63 | | Bankers Roman (6 variants) | Expressiv Photolettering Collection "Barclay Expanded" by Fontbank is a very close work-alike, to all intents and purposes a look-alike, for Bankers Roman Expanded. (Agfa may also have a version.) Barclays Expanded differs only in the tiniest details. | Yes | | |
| Bankers Roman Open Extended | Flame (Enstep) | Yes | | |
| Banknote Roman (2 vars) | BarclayExpandedExtraBold (Novel/Photolettering) | Yes | | |
| 64 | Bond (9 variants) | Agfa's Barclay Open can be a work-alike for Bond Open. With a little help from a Vector Illustration program, the same face could be stretched or compressed to serve as a base for text art matching the Compressed and Extended variant | Yes | | |
| Certificate (2 variants) | | No | | |
| Garfield (6 Shad Vars) | | No | | |
| Radiant Antique | (Douglas Day) | Yes | | |
| 64 | | Auroral | | No | | |
| 63 | Bond (9 variants) | Agfa's Barclay Open can be a work-alike for Bond Open. With a little help from a Vector Illustration program, the same face could be stretched or compressed to serve as a base for text art matching the Compressed and Extended variants | Yes | | Copperplate Headline by Archive Type is a distressed version of Bond Bold |
| Charter Roman | | No | | |
| Copley | Adamantine (Scriptorium), Mercantile Display NF (NicksFonts) | Yes | | |
| Debenture | | No | | |
| Engravers Roman (3 widths) | (Monotype/Microsoft, Corel/Bitstream, OPTI), and GG821 Deco (SoftMaker), Great Western (Font Mesa). Cambridge Fontworks "Walk This Way 2" is a direct copy of the Monotype font. | Yes | | |
| Map Roman | | No | | |
| 38 | Marchtime | | No | | |
| 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. |
| Parma (2 patterns) | | No | | |
| Rimmed Roman | | No | | |
| Skyline | (Solotype), Will-Harris(Rakowski, Steffmann) | Yes | SPFX | |
| 65 | Shows special effects services provided by Solotype |
| 66 | | Calypso Initials | CalypsoPF (PolkaDesign), Calypso (Profonts, Ralph Unger), Calypso Boy (Martin Pfeiffer),Stiletto Silver (Rafael Dinner - lines instead of dots). Original design was by Roger Excoffon in 1958 | Yes | | CalypsoPF is an excellent version. Others shown here include a solid version, Calypso Black was made by Rafael Dinner. |
| Candy Cane | | No | | |
| Chains | | No | | The font is by Jean Larcher Published in printed form in "Fantastic Alphabets" (Dover Pictorial Archives) 1976 |
| Daisyland | FlowerPower(A&L), and Kamille (Brendel) have extensive character sets. Hippie Display (WSI). has a very limited character set that appears to be clones of the A&L and Brendel fonts. | Yes | | |
| Giftwrap | | No | | |
| Holiday Wish | WesHollidaySH (Soft Horizons) | Yes | | |
| Houdini Lights | Ray Larabie's Paltime has a similar, but less formal effect. | No | | Not to be confused with a) The Solotype Houdini and Houdini Shadow as found on myfonts, which is a plain woodfont, or with the Houdini found on the Dover/Solo CD pack, which is a Stars and Stripes version of a different wood font. |
| Jiminy Christmas | Rick Mueller's free version is called Starshine MF. | Yes | | |
| Links | | No | | Extremely similar fonts include ChainFontBlack and ChainFontOpen (Gauthier), Chains and Chains Color Fill (Blue Vinyl), and Jack Chain AOE (AOE) |
| Pencils | Pencil CapsTR (Tim Ryan/Type Revivals) slight differences in glyph widths. | Yes | | |
| Perspective No.1 | Mann (Archive Type), Salter (Rakowski) | Yes | | |
| Rope Initials | | No | | Similar 'rope-y' font include Lariat (Dan Solo) , which is the same font as Roperbah/Reeperbahn (FontShop) and RopeMF (Mueller). LOT Lasso (Kindrick), Rodeo Roundup (FontMesa). |
| Shoemaker Sans | | No | | |
| Sleighbell | | No | | |
| 22 | Springtime | Eckhardt Fancy JNL (Jeff Levine) | Yes | | |
| Stamps (not = one at MyFonts) | | No | | |
| Stonewall | | No | | |
| Tartan | | No | | |
| 67 | | Alderwood | | No | | |
| Campfire | Dieter Steffmann's free "Logger." A version re-drawn by David Rakowski. Also WSI "Logs Display Caps." | Yes | | |
| Confucius | (Traitor Vic - no internal attribution), Castaway Bamboo (Rotodesign/Daniel Broderick), Bamboo (Anon.) | Yes | | |
| Daisies Forever | | No | | The font is by Jean Larcher Published in printed form in "Fantastic Alphabets" (Dover Pictorial Archives) 1976 |
| Driftwood | Driftwood67 (Character) | Yes | | A full alphabet image can be found |
| Eve Initials | (Paleale/David Koehne), SSi Fleur Display Caps(SSI/SSK) Garden Display Caps (WSI). Koch Initialen (Dieter steffmann, probably to honor the late original artist, Rudolf Koch), Lilith Initials (Rakowski), FloraDecora (Hallmark). | Yes | | |
| Fantasy No.4 | | No | | In Index no sample on page 67 |
| Fenceline | Drift Wood (Dieter Steffmann), DriftType (Paul Reid (AKA 'Who Am I')) | Yes | | A version of Steffmann's font exists renamed to Fenceline with a copyright line of 'DriftType' |
| Floriad | | No | | |
| Garland | Judy's Garland (anon) | Yes | | Available on most free sites. The "X" is peculiar. © shows "Surrender Dorothy: |
| Hedgerow | Deepwoods Initials (PJLloyd) not exact in the fine details but almost impossible to see the differences without looking really hard. | Yes | | |
| Jungle Hut | | No | | |
| Linden | Nero (Apostrophe), Rustic (Scriptorium) | Yes | | |
| Oliva | | No | | |
| Rustic | RusticBlackShadow (Character), Pepin Press Caps FA204 (Dick Pape), Wood Font Four (Intellecta - has a bad 'L') | Yes | | Original design by Vincent A. Figgins (1845) |
| Rustic Whiteshadow | Rustic (Solotype). Pinewood (Rick Mueller, Steffmann) and Woody (DincType). Pinewood is slightly darker, while Woody is darker still and doesn't have all of the punctuation. All, even the Solotype version, lack the white shadow that appears in the catalog. | Yes | SPFX | The Rustic in the Special Effects Book/CD has no shaddow effect. Note the difference in the basic typeface between Rustic Wihiteshadow and the Rustic on this same page, esp. the crossbar on the "E". |
| Shantytown | OuthouseDisplayCaps (WSI), HillNBillyCaps (SSK). | Yes | | |
| 59 | Showtime | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack.. Letters appear as UC but are typed as LC. | Yes | CIR | |
| Slapstick | | No | | |
| Snowtime | | No | | |
| Spring Flowers | | No | | |
| Tenderleaf | Tenderleaf (Rakowski), Springtime (Swfte), Ivy Display Caps (WSI). Cambridge Fontworks clone of Rakowski named Young American 3. | Yes | | |
| 68 | | Go Fish! | | No | | |
| Kelly's Gourmet | Pale Ale's Gourmet Display. For some letters, the LC is the same as the UC; for others, there are two distinct glyphs. All the glyphs are the size of UC, regardless of where they're stored within the font. | Yes | | |
| Kelly's Travel | | No | | |
| Tarantella | Tarantella Display (Pale Ale), Tarantella MF (Rick Mueller), Wedding of the Bugs (TV/Traitor Vic) | Yes | | |
| 69 | | Cartoon Ghost (4 variants) | | No | | |
| Dracula | Digital versions include A&L's Drips (FREE DL at their WEB site); Brendel's MEPHISTO; Novel's Dragoon; and Opti's Dracula. Rick Mueller's free version is named Wet Paint. | Yes | | |
| Frankenstein | Stolzenfels (Brendel); Drooping (ImageLine); Friezel (Novel!); Frankenstein's Bride (Opti); and Corpus (Scriptorium). "Aaaaaaaargh Caps" (shareware or freeware ??) | Yes | | |
| Grog | Cake Frosting (Neil Van Ess.), Grog Caps (Traitor Vic) | Yes | | |
| Headhunter | (Solo, Rakowski), Bones (Attitude, Inc), Bone (Peter Dako), BonzCaps (SSK), Fossil (WSI), | Yes | SPFX | |
| Hellhouse Two | | No | | |
| Monster | Rasant (Brendel) | Yes | | |
| Monster Outline | Gremlin (Bay Animation), Alaska (Brendel), Meltdown (Richard Mueller- Free) Ghoully Caps (WSI). aka Frozen Alaska | Yes | | |
| Rocky Horror | | No | | |
| Spook | | No | | |
| Spooks Alive | Spirits, Spirits MF (Rick Mueller), Ghost Show (Solo) Boo-Meringue NF (NickCurtis/Nicksfonts), Poultrygeist (Apostrophe/FredNader - inexact outlines) | Yes | | In Solo's "100 Rustic and Rough-Hewn Alphabets", this face is named "Lithotint Black" |
| Spooks Alive Outline | Poultrygeist Out (Apostrophe/FredNader - inexact outlines) | Yes | | Lacks the shadow seen in the catalog. |
| Spooks Alive Shaded | | No | | The shaded version was the original, named Lithotint. |
| Vampire | Rick Mueller's Burnt. | Yes | | |
| 70 | | Amelia | LT, Brendel, and Corel / Bits offer under orig name, plus A&L & ClickArt Amos; Novel Amethyst, Opti Amelia & Nerissa, Softkey SSi Perkle, Swfte Alien Eye; and SoftMaker A770 Deco. | Yes | | |
| Automation (4 vars) | (Type Revivals), Otto Mason(Soft Horizons), Auto Mission (Toto). | Yes | | Type Revivals' Automation and SH's Otto Mason include versions of "Automation" and "Automation Shaded". Auto Mission includes alternate characters as seen in Solo's Special Effects and Topical alphabet books. The SH fonts are also found renamed to Automation |
| Calculator (2 wts) | Opti Calculator matches Light glyph design but bold weight. | Yes | | |
| Capacitor | | No | | |
| Chromium One | Letraset et al. | Yes | | |
| Countdown | Corel Countdown; WSI Compstyle, URW++ Condorcet. | Yes | | |
| Data 70 | (Letraset, FontCompany),COCKPIT (Brendel), MyCalc (FontBank, Novel ), Darius (Opti/Castcraft); Logan and TechSchool (SWFTE), Magnetic Card (WSI), Micr (ImageClub), Compute (Silver Graphics), Data (Font Company) | Yes | | |
| Decade Computer | | No | | |
| Electronic (rg & it) | | No | | |
| High Tech | | No | | |
| 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 | | |
| Printout | | No | | |
| Quicksilver | A&L's Neonz; Corel 's Quicksilver; Brendel's CLIENT; Novel's Quotidien; and WSI's QUARK NEON. Also Neon Lights (Allen Walden, GraphxEdge), Twizzler (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Russell Square | Digital versions include Adobe's by the original name, Brendel's ANALOG; ClickArt's Digital (ML); Image Club's original named version; and SoftKey SSi's Shoestring. | Yes | | |
| Silicon | | No | | |
| Steve | | No | | |
| Synchro | Elsner + Flake; and Letraset/ITC Fontek under orig. name; and Swfte Low Tech and Opti Sanders Display. | Yes | | |
| 71 | | American Typewriter | ITC and Adobe offer an original, so does Corel / Bits; also Brendel Typewriter, A&L & | Yes | | |
| American Typewriter Wannabe | See note under record for main name. | Yes | | |
| Bulletin Typewriter | (Mecanorma), Bulletin Typewriter 5 (Opti), Editor Condensed (Micrologic). These are all quite similar, but the glyphs aren't as smooth as shown in the catalog. | Yes | | |
| Bulletin Typewriter Bold | | No | | |
| Credit Card Figures (2 vars) | | No | | |
| Credit Card Gothic | | No | | |
| Fractured Typewriter | McGarey (Rakowski) Detective (SWFTE); | Yes | | Entebbe (Brendel) is an artificially widened copy of McGarey. |
| Inkjet | Solofont included in Dover Grunge book + CD pack. | Yes | GRU | |
| OCR Type | Digital versions include Corel/Bitstream's OCR-A; Brendel's October and Dolomite; Agfa's OCRA M in the | Yes | | |
| Pinball | (Opti), Dot Soon (Nick's Fonts) | Yes | | |
| Pixel | | No | | |
| Polonia | | No | | |
| Radiogram | | No | | |
| Ribbonfaced Typewriter | WSI Linenstroke. | Yes | | |
| Scoreboard | | No | | The 'Scoreboard' Solofont included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack is quite different from this one.. |
| Stipple Typewriter | | No | | |
| Teletype | | No | | |
| Typewriter Squeezed | | No | | |
| 72 | | Bamboo | (Solofonts), Bart (Arts & Letters), Bard (Corel), Asian (BayAnimation) , Sapporo (Bright Ideas), Freak (HIH Retrofonts) | Yes | | |
| Cathay | | No | | |
| Chin Chin | | No | | |
| Chinatown | (Solotype), Chinatown II (Traitor Vic) | Yes | SPFX | |
| Chopstick | aka Chopstick and Rickshaw. Digital versions include Brendel's HALIFAX; Novel's Penki; and Swfte's Chopstix. and Nixon in China?! | Yes | | |
| Civilite | (Tim Ryan/Type Revivals), Olivia (Brendel), Spanish Court Hand (Walden), Civi Regular (Stephen Moye) | Yes | | |
| Fantan | (Solo) | Yes | | |
| Hong Kong | Orient1 (A&L), Konfuzius (Brendel), Taipeh (Brendel), Orient (WSI), Rickshaw (Fantazia). Orient1 and Orient have multiple variations. Bonzai (anon) | Yes | | The two Brendel fonts have numerous differences. Original was 1935 Chop Suey by Ross F. George, based on a previous face named Peking. |
| Ideograph | A&L Orient2 (1 free dl at their WEB site); Brendel Samurai; and Fantazia Unique 46,V., Ideograph (TraitorVic) | Yes | | Combines faux-oriental fonts by Charles Papirtis of Photo-Lettering. |
| Japanette | Japanette (Brendel, Opti, Softmaker), Jasper (Fontbank), Tempura (WSI), Pagoda SF (Brendel/Softmaker), Japan (AllenWalden/FriendlyFons) | Yes | | originally called Wedge Gothic about 1895, renamed 1923 to Japanette (same foundry as Pekin: Barnhart Bros, & Spindler) |
| Legende | (URW, Profonts, B&P Graphics), Mocha (A&L), Sinbad (Bay Animation). Many other look-alikes. | Yes | | Original design by Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler for the Bauersche Gießerei foundry. Harem (p.73) is Legende with diacritical marks. |
| Little Egypt | | No | | |
| Mandarin | (Agfa, URW, E&F, LT) ; Macau (SoftMaker), Shanghai (Mauerkirchner/Grunert), ChowMein and Shanghai (WSI), Deng Thick (Media Graphics), | Yes | | |
| Mandarin Outline | Droopy (Enstep) | Yes | | |
| Mandarin Shaded | PagodaSCaps(SSK), Shanghai (anon-Metamorphosis-1992) | Yes | | |
| Moon Gate | | No | | |
| Pekin | (Solo, HiHRetroFonts, Fantazia), Tentakel (Brendel), Tablet (Arts & Letters - 18 variants)., Geisha (Gophmann - with Cyrillic), Absinthe (Bulldog, also an alternate version) | Yes | | Original design (1888) was 'Dormer', Barnhart Bros. & Spindler. Solo also has a Bold Version. |
| Ramen | | No | | |
| Shanghai | BlueEyes (Enstep) | Yes | | |
| Sukiyaki (Caps) | Tim Ryan re-drew for Agfa Type Revivals. aka Japanese Style, Sumdumgo. Hirosh(AAARGH Graphics), Hiroshi | Yes | | |
| Suzie Wong | Chinese (Brendel); Shantung (Novel), Shanghai (Prima, Opti, Mauerkirchner&Grunert). | Yes | | |
| Tokyo | Solofont included in Dover Circus book + CD pack. Also Riksha (Bright Ideas). | Yes | CIR | |
| 73 | | Artistik | (Agfa, Miles, Computer Graphics, Solo), Karavan Display (Softkey-SSI). | Yes | | Different implementations contain a varying assortment of alternate glyphs, including A, H, K, N, P, R, S, T, U. The Solo version has some of the alternates without the basic glyphs. See Petzendorfer catalog, page 49 for multiple original characters. |
| Artistik (Alt Syle) | Solofont digital version included in Dover/Solofont Art Nouveau book + CD pack. See separate record for other versions of Artistik. Solo's seems a bit more authentic and consistent. | Yes | ANV | |
| Croissant | (Bitstream), Crest (Bay Animation/Arts&Letters); PANDERO (Brendel); Cressida (WSI), Curacao (SoftMaker), Cresulfin (MauerKirchner&Grunert); | Yes | | |
| Harem | These all have minor variations: Aladdin(WSI), Caliph(Scriptorium), Sahara(Fantazia,others), Bavand(unk). Legende (p. 72) is Harem without diacriticals. | Yes | | |
| Harquil | MoulinRouge RichardWare / Casady&Green / FluentLaserFonts, WSI), Harquil (WSI), Moulin Rouge (WSI); Crane(A&L/Computer Support Corp) | Yes | | |
| Khayyam | (Agfa Type Revivals/Tim Ryan), KarlKhayyam (SoftHorizons) | Yes | | |
| LeGolf | LeGolf (Renn Crump), LeTrou (Claude) | Yes | | |
| Limehouse | Scholz Secession (HiH Retro Fonts) | Yes | | |
| Manila | Brendel Pittores; Swfte Paint Brush; and WSI Painter (a little lighter version). aka Oriental. Taiwan (Silver Graphics) | Yes | | |
| Pagoda (Matura) | Matura MT(Monotpe, Mecanorma, Linotype) | Yes | | |
| Persian | | No | | |
| Samoa | Nick Curtis's "Hardy Har Har." | Yes | | |
| Shalimar | Shalimar (Type Revivals). Shelly Maris (Soft Horizons copy of TR font), Samarkan (Titivillus / Ethel) Free. My files say Solo drew one, too; but it's not listed at Dover or MyFonts. | Yes | | |
| Shamrock | (ImageClubGraphics, Elsner & Flake - 3 versions - alternate 2 is closest to catalog image, FontCompany), | Yes | | Design by Allan Withers of Letraset. |
| Siamese | , Owah-Tagu-Siam NF (NicksFonts), Thai Dye (HFF), | Yes | | SouthPacific (Mario Arturo) is probably based on the same source material. Some characters are significantly different. |
| Timbuctu | K22 Timbuctu (Toto) | Yes | | |
| Trinity | Shamus Pro Medium (Red Rooster) - Different N, T, possibly more | Yes | | |
| 74 | | Acropolis | Xerxes (Monotype, Opti) , K22 Xerxex (Toto), and Omicron (Bright Ideas) are all extremely similar but have major differences. | No | | |
| Appian | Edessa JNL (Jeff Levine) | Yes | | Disney Heroic has similar shapes |
| Arrowhead | ArrowheadLake (Character), Fletcher (Solo), Lettres Angulaires (Wooden Type Fonts), GoticaModerna (Intellecta) | Yes | | Design by Beaudoire & Cie. foundry |
| Arrowhead Shaded | ArrowheadLakeShadows (Character), Gotica Moderna Shadow (Intellecta) | Yes | | |
| Azteca | Azteca Regular (Character) | Yes | | |
| Azteca Condensed | Azteca Condensed (Dan Solo/Dover) | Yes | SPFX | |
| Chippendale | | No | | |
| Herb Shop | | No | | |
| Maccabee | NeuportMonogram (MonogramFontsCompany) | Yes | | Solid version requires support for stylistic alterntes. |
| 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 | | |
| Novella | Dieter Steffmann's Art Nouveau Caps matches this face. | Yes | | |
| Pericles | Persephone NF (Nick Curtis), Old Greek (FontHouse), Ovid (Dixie's Delights) | Yes | | Original design by Foster for ATF, 1934. |
| Proverb | | No | | |
| Russian Clarendon | Petrograd (Scott Remen - 1992) | Yes | | |
| Russian Egyptian | | No | | |
| Scimitar | (Solo, WSI). Solomon (SWFTE) , Alfred Drake (Mike Allard / DeNada), Kohelet (DieterSteffmann) | Yes | SPFX | |
| Sholom | Sholom (Dieter Steffmann), Mohlar (Anon.), Shalom (Anon.) | Yes | | Another Solo mis-spelling. Usual transliteration is Shalom. But there are many other different fonts named Shalom. |
| Sinbad | | No | | |
| Temple | | No | | |
| Xerxes | (Solofont-1999, OPTI)); Xerxes TR (TypeRevivals-1994); K22 Xerxes(Toto - mixed hollow and light version, derived from the Solotype font), Xerxes MN (Mecanorma), Xebec (Novel!Fonts), XavierPlato (Soft Horizons remake of Xerxes TR), Cleopatra, Xerxes (Brendel), Sophocles (Silver Graphics) | Yes | SPFX | Original design, Parthenon, by Charles Pipirtis at Photo-Lettering |
| 75 | | Ad Lib Bunting | | No | | This used the font "Ad Lib" (many sources) as a base. |
| American Assay | HWT American Chromatic (P22/IHOF) | Yes | | Originally designed late 1850's |
| Banner Stars | BannerStar (ClaudeSerieux) | Yes | | |
| 77 | Campaign | (Solo). Included in earlier edition of Dover/Solo Special Effects pack. Not included in pack dated 2000. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Cartoon Bunting Narrow | Cartoon Bunting Narrow (Character) | Yes | | |
| Cartoon Bunting Wide | Free 'Bodie MF Flag' (Rick Mueller). | Yes | | |
| Fatima | Matching digital version of Houdini (c) 2000 Dover Publications, but not listed in any of the packs now?? Not same as Houdini Lights. | Yes | | |
| Flag Initials | Karneval (© "dustup key 3003"), RC All American (Anon) | Yes | | |
| Moore Liberty | | No | | |
| Mystic Flag | The Wall (EnStep). | Yes | | |
| National Gothic | | No | | |
| National Spirit | A&L Bunting; Brendel Managua. American Patriot (Fantazia) | Yes | | |
| Old Glory | Solofont included in DoverSpecial Effects book + CD pack. FZ Unique 44(Fantazia), Bunting 2 (CSC). Amerika, by Brendel, is a badly autotraced version. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Old Glory Rimmed | | No | | |
| Salute Stars | A&L Stars; Brendel Fairytale. Also "Independence." | Yes | | |
| Stars & Stripes | | No | | |
| Town Hall Two | | No | | |
| Yankee Doodle | | No | | |
| 76 | | Railroad Car Figures | Daylight 1937 (Benn Coifmann's Railfonts.com) | Yes | | Some minor differences |
| Railroad Car Types (12 vars) | Some of the numbered Railroad typefaces on this page are matched by some of Benn Coifman's Railroad Fonts | Some | | The Catalog's Index only has the single entry,
"Railroad Car Types" |
| Railroad No. 04 | | No, | | |
| Railroad No. 06 | | No | | |
| Railroad No. 07 | RailRoad Roman 3 (Benn Coifmann's Railfonts.com) | Yes | | |
| Railroad No. 08 | Extra Gray (Benn Coifmann's Railfonts.com) | Yes | | |
| | Railroad No. 09 | | No | | |
| Railroad No. 12 | RailRoad Roman 4 (Benn Coifmann's Railfonts.com) | Yes | | |
| Railroad No. 13 | Zephyr (Benn Coifmann's Railfonts.com) | Yes | | |
| Railroad No. 15 | | No | | |
| Railroad No. 19 | | No | | |
| Railroad No. 21 | | No | | |
| Railroad No. 23 | | No | | |
| Railroad No. 27 | | No | | |
| 77 | 15 | Arborette | (Solo). In Victorian CD/Book | Yes | VIC | Spelled Arboret on page 15 and in Solocat index. |
| 21 | Arborette #2 | | No | | |
| Camille | | No | | |
| 75 | Campaign | (Solo). Included in earlier edition of Dover/Solo Special Effects pack. Not included in pack dated 2000. | Yes | SPFX | |
| Dimension Three | | No | | |
| Fanfold | (Opti), Fanzine (Novel), Shohl Fold (Rakowski), Bajazzo (Brendel) | Yes | | |
| Fillet | (Solo), Streamers NF (NicksFonts), Toletto (Rakowski) | Yes | SPFX | |
| Film | Harold Lohner's Le Film Classic. | Yes | | |
| Relievo | (Anon, - a very poorly scanned unedited version done with FontCreator, with ends #2 only). | Yes | | Only one variety of Relievo is shown on page 77, with three different pairs of ends. ' |
| Ribbonette | Aridi80 (Aridi). Bandoneon (Brendel); Heraldic (SWFTE), Ribbons (WSI). Davy's Ribbons (Rakowski), Scroll (also Rakowski, but renamed by somebody or other). | Yes | | Best of the lot is Aridi80; PretoriaGrossRibbons (Intellecta) uses a different typeface for the lettering. All the others are clones of what started out as a poor and unclear implementation. |
| Stephen Ornate | Silverland (FontMesa), Bruce 1490 (Intellecta), Aridi81 (Aridi) All have some differences in detail. | Yes | | Design by Julius Herriet, Bruce Type Foundry, 1877 |
| Stipple | | No | | |
| Tableau | (Solo) | Yes | SPFX | |
| Trading Stamp | Stamper (Ingrimayne/Robert Schenk) | Yes | | |
| 78 | | Bodie Bounce | Cartoon Party Time (TypeRevivals), Peanut Gallery (Nick Curtis/Nicksfonts), Chartreuse Parsons (SoftHorizons) For both of these, the lowercase matches. | Yes | | |
| Bodie Bounce Open | | No | | See Cartoon Holly Leaves (P 61) for a decorated version |
| Clown Around (2 vars) | | No | | |
| Comic Book | | No | | |
| Country Barnum | Barking (Enstep) | Yes | | |
| Scintillate (4 vars) | | No | | |
| Texture No.2 | | No | | |
| Yippie (4 vars) | | No | | |
