Bitstream Font Analogue
A font analog is a cross reference of similar names used by various vendors for the same typeface family. Alternate names are necessary because trademark and design protection laws vary from one jurisdiction to another and certain of the larger companies have a program of legal harassment toward potential competitors in an attempt to force them into bankruptcy. Some companies will licence names with reasonable terms, others will charge outrageous rates or refuse to offer any terms at all. The solution adopted by many foundries is to change the name of the typeface and publish an analog that ships with their products. One of the most authoritative and useful such lists is that compiled by Bitstream. It is presented to Macintosh users as a Desk Accessory on the Apple menu. The following edited list is used by permission of Bitstream with data derived from their desk accessory. It should be noted that many designs are altered and improved upon so the analog is only a rough guide to what may be an exact match as opposed to what may instead be a closely similar design.
Table of Font Analogs
Familiar Name |
Alternate Name(s) |
Aachen® |
Charlemagne; Ruhr; Vanadium; Westlake |
Ad Lib |
Alibi |
Adsans™ |
Ad Gothic; Angro; Humanist 970; News Ad |
Akzidenz Grotesk™ |
Ad Grotesk; Gothic 725; Grigat; Standard; Wayland |
Albertus™ |
Adelon; Alburt; Flareserif 821 |
Aldus |
Breklum; Luce; Mannucci Roman |
Alternate Gothic No.2 |
Alpin Gothic; Gothic |
Amazone™ |
Amazonia; Fredrika |
Amelia™ |
Computer 651; Orbit; Orea |
American Text™ |
Blackletter 851; National Text |
Americana™ |
AM; American Classic; Aston; Colonial; Concord; Flairserif 721; Freedom; Independence |
Antique No. 3 |
Egyptian 710 |
Antique Olive™ |
Alphavanti; AO; Berry Roman; Gibson Antique; Incised 901; Oliva; Olivanti; Olive; Olive Antique; Oliver; Olivette; Olivette Antique; Olivia; Provence™ |
Antique Roman Open |
Roman Stylus |
Antique Roman Shaded |
Roman Shaded |
Arnold Bocklin; Auckland |
Bock; Expo; Medusa; Nouveau; Youth; Freeform 715 |
Aster™ |
Albany; AS; Astro; Aztec; Corolla; Dutch 823 |
Auriol™ |
Freeform 721; Robur; Skylark |
Aurora Bold Condensed™ |
Anzeigen Grotesk; Aura; Aurora; Grotesque Condensed |
Aurora® |
Empira; News 706; News No.12; News No.2; Polaris; Regal |
Baker Signet™ |
Keene; Signature; Signatur Vario; Signete |
Balloon™ |
BL; Freehand 041; Lasso |
Bank Gothic™ |
Bond Gothic; Commerce Gothic; Deluxe Gothic; Magnum Gothic; Square 021; Stationer's Gothic |
Baskerville |
Baskenland; Baskerline; Basque; Beaumont; BK; Transitional 401 |
Baskerville No.2 |
Euro Baskerville; Transitional 404 |
Bauer Bodoni™ |
Bodoni B; Euro Bodoni; Headline Bodoni; Modern 405 |
Bell Centennial |
Gothic 762 |
Bell Gothic |
Directory Gothic; Furlong; Gothic 761; Paddock |
Belwe |
Belter; Welby |
Bembo® |
Aldine 401; Aldine Roman; Ambo; BE; Bem; Bernstein vario; Bingo; Griffo; Latinesque |
Berling |
Carmichel; Revival 565 |
Bernhard Modern™ |
Beacon; Bernie; BN; Duchess; Engravers Oldstyle |
Bernhard Tango™ |
Aigrette; Carmine Tango |
Bingham Script |
Freehand 591 |
Bison™ |
Bison; Blizzard; Brush 738 |
Bitstream Alisal® |
Calligraphic 456 |
Bitstream Amerigo® |
Flareserif 831 |
Bitstream Arrus® |
Lapidary 721 |
Bitstream Carmina® |
Calligraphic 811 |
Bitstream Charter® |
Transitional 801 |
Bitstream Cooper® |
Freeform 741 |
Bitstream Fournier® |
Transitional 601 |
Bitstream Iowan Old Style® |
Venetian 801 |
Bitstream Oz Handicraft® |
Freehand 701 |
Bitstream Ventana® |
Humanist 800 |
Blippo™ |
Geometric 755 |
Block™ |
Black; Block; Gothic 821; Hobble |
Bloc™ |
Geometric 885 |
Bodoni |
BO; Bodoni No. 2; Brunswick; Empiriana; Gorvind; Modern 421 |
Bodoni Campanile™ |
Modern 735; Palisade |
Bookman |
Bookface; Bookman Antique; Bookprint; Revival 710 |
Bremen |
Exotic 011 |
Britannic |
Gallery; Grenoble |
Broadway™ |
Big City; BW; Deco; Hudson; Moderne; Modernistic; Ritz; Showtime |
Brody |
Brophy Script |
Bruce Old Style |
Bruce; No. 31; Old Style No.3; Old Style No.7; Revival 704 |
Brush Script™ |
Bombay; BR; Brush; Brilliant Bold Script; Brush 451; Punch |
Cable™ |
Geometric 231; Kabel; Kabello; Kobel |
Caledonia® |
Calderon; Caledo; California; Cornelia; Edinburgh; Gael; Gemini; Highland; Laurel; Transitional 511 |
Candida™ |
Candide |
Cascade® |
Freehand 471; Kascade Script |
Caslon 540™ |
Caslon 74; CL; Caslon 2; Caslon 484; Caslon 485 |
Caslon Bold™ |
Caslon No. 3; New Caslon; Caslon 74 Bold |
Caslon Old Face |
Caslon Old Style; Caslon; Caslon 128; Caslon 471; Caslon 76 |
Cataneo |
Chancery 731 |
Centaur® |
Arrighi; Centaurus; Venetian 301 |
Century Expanded™ |
Century Light/II; Century X; Cambridge Expanded; CE; Century; Century Bold |
Century Oldstyle™ |
Cambridge Oldstyle |
Century Schoolbook™ |
Century Text; Century Textbook; CS; Schoolbook; Cambridge Schoolbook; Century Medium; Century Modern |
Chapel Script |
Mahogany Script; Monterey |
Cheltenham Old Style |
Cheltonian; Chesterfield; Gloucester; Kenilworth; Nordhoff; Sorbonne; Winchester |
Choc™ |
Staccato 555 |
City™ |
Square Slabserif 711; Town |
Clarendon |
Clarique; Clarion; Cerebral |
Cloister Black™ |
Abbey; Cloister Black |
Codex™ |
Calligraphic 421 |
Concorde™ |
Dutch 809; Chinchilla; Concert |
Cooper Black® |
Bitstream Cooper; Burlesque; Coop; CP; Ludlow Black; Pabst; Plymouth; Rugged Black |
Copperplate Gothic™ |
Atalante; Copperplate; Formal Gothic; Gothic No.29; Gothic No.30; Gothic No.31; Gothic No.32; Gothic No.33; Lining Plate Gothic; Mimosa; Spartan |
Corona® |
Aquarius; Cardinal; CR; Crown; Elmora; Ideal; Koronna; News 705; News No.3; News No.5; News No.6; Nimbus; Quincy; Royal; Scotsman Royal; StarNews; Vela |
Coronet™ |
Pageant; Ribbon 131 |
Courier |
Messenger |
Davida™ |
DaVinci |
De Vinne |
Congressional; Industrial 731 |
Della Robbia™ |
Cantoria; Canterbury; Dahila; Firenze; Westminster Old Style |
Diotima® |
Calligraphic 810; Diotima |
Dom™ Casual |
Ad Bold; Brush 431; Brush Roman; Dom Casual; Polka |
Eckmann™ |
Freeform 710 |
Egyptian 505™ |
Egyptios; Egypt 55 |
Egyptienne™ |
Humanist Slabserif 712; Egyptien |
Electra® |
Avanta; Elante; Illumna; Selectra; Transitional 521 |
Embassy |
Boston Script; Florentine Script; Hellana Script; Script No.1; Script No.2 |
Englische Schreibschrift™ |
English 157; English Script |
Engravers' Old English™ |
Old English; Old English Text |
Engravers' Roman |
Lining Litho |
Engravers Roundhand |
Roundhand No. 1; Signet Roundhand; Snell; Snell Roundhand |
Eurostile™ |
Aldostyle; Astron; ES; Eurogothic; Europa; Gamma; Micro; Microstyle; Square 721; Waltham |
Excelsior® |
Angeles; Berlin; Camelot; Commerce No.1; Commerce No.2; Digi-Antique; Esquire; EX; Excel; Excella; League Text; News 702; News No.10; News No.14; Opticon®; Paragon™; Primus; Victoria |
Fairefax; Fairfield™ |
Fairmont; Savant; Transitional 551 |
Financial |
Letter Gothic |
Folio® |
Haverhill |
Fraktur |
German Gothic |
Franklin Gothic™ |
Gothic No.16; Pittsburgh |
Frutiger® |
CG Frontiera; Concorde; Freeborn; Humanist 777; Provencale; Roissy; Siegfried |
Fry's Baskerville™ |
Baskerville Display; Baskerville F; Baskerville Old Face; Transitional 409 |
Futura® |
Alphatura; Atlantis; FU; Future; Photura; Sirius; Utica |
Gando |
Gando Ronde |
Garamond |
Aldine 511; American Garamond; Canberra; Carrera; Garamond No.2; Garamond No.3; Garamond No.49; Garamont; GD; Grenada |
Gill Sans® |
Eric; Gillies; Glib; Graphic Gothic; Hammersmith™; Humanist 521; Sans Serif 2 |
Gothic No.13 |
Gothic No.4 |
Goudy Old Style™ |
Grecian; Number 11; Goudy; Goudy Bold; Goudy Extra Bold |
Granjon® |
Elegant Garamond; Garamont Premier; Grandeur |
Grotesque™ 126 |
Gothic 720 |
Hanseatic® |
Swiss 924; Geneva 2 Hanoverian; |
Helvetica Compressed |
Helvetica Pressed; Spectra Compressed; Swiss 911; Claro Compressed; Geneva 2 Compressed; Helios Compressed |
Helvetica Inserat |
Swiss 921; Geneva 2 Sera; Geneva Inserat; Helios Inserat |
Helvetica Monospaced |
Monospace 821 |
Helvetica® |
Aristocrat; CG Triumvirate; Claro; Corvus; Europa Grotesk; Geneva/2; Hamilton; HE; Helios/II; Helv; Helvette; Holsatia; Megaron/II; Newton; Spectra; Swiss 721; Vega; Video Spectra |
Hobo™ |
Hobnob; Tramp |
Imperial |
Bedford; Emperor; Gazette; New Bedford; News No.4; Taurus |
Imprint® |
Period Old Style; Dutch 766 |
Impuls™ |
Impuls; Brush 439 |
Ionic No. 5™ |
Ionic-326; Ionic/2; News 701; News Text Medium; Rex; Windsor; Zar; Corinth; Doric; Ionic 342; Dow News; Ideal; Regal |
Italian Script |
Lorraine Script; Lucia |
ITC American Typewriter® |
Amertype; AT; Newriter; Typewriter 911 |
ITC Avant Garde Gothic® |
AG; Avanti; Cadence; Geometric 711; Suave; Vanguard |
ITC Bauhaus® |
BH Geometric 752 |
ITC Benguiat Gothic® |
BT; Informal 851 |
ITC Benguiat® |
Beget; BG; Revival 832 |
ITC Berkeley Oldstyle® |
Venetian 519 |
ITC Bolt Bold® |
Square 821 |
ITC Bookman® |
Revival 711; Bookman; BM |
ITC Busorama® |
Geometric 075; Omnibus; Panorama; |
ITC Century® |
Centrum |
ITC Galliard® |
Seville |
ITC Garamond® |
Garamet |
ITC Kabel® |
Kabot |
ITC Korinna® |
Kordova |
ITC New Baskerville® |
Transitional 402 |
ITC Serif Gothic® |
Line Gothic |
ITC Souvenir® |
Sovran; SV |
ITC Tiffany® |
Jewel |
ITC Zapf Chancery® |
Chancelor |
Janson® |
Jason; Journal; Kis; Kis-Janson; Nikis; Dayton; Jan/Dutch |
Jefferson |
Freehand 575 |
Kaufmann™ |
Swing Bold; Tropez |
Liberty™ |
Bernhard Cursive; Bernhard Schönschrift; Lotus; Viant |
Libra™ |
Libretto; Libby Uncial |
Life® |
Fredonia |
Linotype Modern™ |
Modern 880; Telegraph Modern |
London Text™ |
Belvedere; Blackletter 686 |
Lydian Cursive |
Granite Cursive; Lisbon Cursive |
Lydian® |
Granite; Lisbon |
Madison |
Century 725 |
Mandate™ |
Command; Freehand 521 |
Matt Antique |
Garth Graphic |
Melior® |
Ballardvale/2; CG Melliza; Hanover/II; Lyra; Mallard; Matrix; ME; Medallion; Metrion; Uranus; Ventura; Vermilion; Zapf Elliptical |
Memphis® |
Alexandria; Cairo; Geometric Slabserif 703; Nashville; Pyramid |
Meridien® |
Zenith; Equator; Latin 725; Latine; Maximal |
Metro™ |
Chelsea; Geometric 415; Gothic No.2; Gothic No.3; Megamedium; Meteor |
Mirarae |
Calligraphic 808 |
Mister Earl |
Freehand 651 |
Mistral™ |
Aeolus; Missive; Staccato 222; Zephyr Script |
Neuland™ |
Othello; Informal 011 |
Neuzeit Grotesk® |
Genneken; Geometric 706; Grotesk S |
News Gothic™ |
Alpha Gothic; CG Trade; Classified News; Gothic Bold-131; Gothic No.17; Gothic No.18; Gothic No.19; Gothic No.20; Gothic-130; Lightline Gothic; Record Gothic; Toledo; Trade Gothic |
Nuptial Script |
Bridal Script; Floridian |
Olympian™ |
Olympus; Dutch 811 |
Ondine™ |
Formal Script 421; Mermaid™ |
Onyx™ |
Arsis; Onyx; Poster Bodoni Compressed |
Optima® |
Athena; CG Omega; Chelmsford/II; Musica; October; OP; Optimis; Optimist; Oracle/II; Orleans; Roma; Ursa; Zapf Humanist; Zenith |
Oscar™ |
Formal 436 |
Palatino® |
Andover/II; CG Palacio; Compano; Elegante; Malibu/2; Paladium; Palatine; Palermo; Parlament; Patina; Pontiac; Zapf Calligraphic |
Palette™ |
Brush 445; Palette |
Park Avenue™ |
Parkway; PA |
Peignot® |
Exotic 350; Monterey; Penyoe |
Perpetua® |
Felicity; Lapidary 333; Percepta; Perpetual |
Piranesi Italic™ |
Minuet |
Plantin® |
Aldine 721; Atlantic; PL; Planet; Plantin |
Poster Bodoni |
Bodoni Extrabold/No. 2; Modern 721 |
Prestige |
Prestige Elite |
Primer® |
Rector; Scholasta; Century 751; Premier; Bancroft |
Profil™ |
Decorated 035 |
Raleigh™ |
Cartier |
Rockwell® |
Slate™; Geometric Slabserif 712; Rockland |
Romana™ |
Romanisch; De Vinne; De Vinne Ornamental; French Old Style; Lorimer; Romaans |
Sabon® |
Berner; Classical Garamond; September; Sybil/2; Symposia |
Serifa® |
Seriverse; Sierra; Monty; Seraphim |
Shelley® |
Operinia |
Simoncini Garamond™ |
Garamond Simoncini; Garamondus; Italian Garamond; |
Spartan® |
Technica; Techno; Times Gothic; Twentieth Century; Geometric 212; Sans; Sparta |
Star Trek |
Square 051 |
Stempel Garamond™ |
Euro Garamond; Garamond; Garamond Antiqua; Garamond Royale; Original Garamond |
Stempel Schneidler |
Amalthea; Bauen Schrift; Bauer Text; Brewer Text; Kohinoor; Schneidler; Schneidler Old Style |
Stuyvesant |
Wintergreen |
Stymie™ |
ST |
Syntax® |
Synthesis; Cintal; Humanist 531; Symphony; Synchron |
Textype™ |
Century 731 |
Times Roman® |
TmsRmn; TR; Varitimes; Claritas; Dutch 801; English; English 49; English Times; Euro Times; London Roman; Pegasus; Press Roman; Sonoran Serif; Tempora; Tiempo; Timeless; Times New Roman |
Torino™ |
Contessa; Galileo; Industrial 736; Loren |
Trump Mediaeval™ |
Activa™; Ascot; Continental; Knight; Kuenstler 480; Mediaeval; Olympus; Renaissance; Saul |
Typo Upright™ |
French Script; Interscript; Kaylin Script; Linoscript; Parisian Ronde |
Umbra™ |
Durante; Meandme; Plastica |
Univers® |
Alphavers; Aries; Boston; Eterna; Galaxy; Kosmos; Swiss 742; UN; Versatile; Zurich™ |
University® Roman |
Ace; Celtic; Collegette; Forum Flair; Opera; Orna; Stunt Roman |
Wedding Text™ |
Linotext; Marriage |
Windsor™ |
Winslow |
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