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Font Aliases - A

Lookalike Fonts that Start with A

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

This list of font aliases and lookalike fonts start with the letter A. The font pairs in this list were compiled from a variety of online and offline sources. In most cases the font pairs are near-identical in appearance but in some cases the similarities are more in style and the fonts may not be true lookalikes. See the table at the end for an explanation of abbreviations that appear in parentheses.

Aachen (LS)
   Aardvark

Aachen
   Charlemagne

Aachen
   Ruhr

Aachen
   Vanadium

Aachen
   Westlake

AachenBold (LS)
   Aardvark

Aardvark (CC)
   Aachen

Aardvark (CC)
   AachenBold

Abbey
   Cloister Black

Abbey-Medium
    Plymouth

Abbey-Medium
    Bastard

Activa (BT)
   Kuenstler 480 BT

Activa (BT)
   Trump Mediaeval

Ad Gothic
    Adsans

Ad Grotesk
    Akzidenz Grotesk

Ad Lib
   Adelaide

Ad Lib
    Alibi

Adelaide (CC)
   Ad Lib

Adelaide (CC)
   Beatsville

Adelon
   Albertus

Adelon
   Alburt

Adelon
   Flareserif 821

Adsans (LAG)
   Humanist 970 BT

Adsans
   Ad Gothic

Adsans
   Angro

Adsans
   News Ad

Aetna
   Aldine 401

Aetna
   Bembo

African
   Ashley Inline

Akzidenz Grotesk (BAG)
   Gothic 725 BT

Akzidenz Grotesk
    Ad Grotesk

Akzidenz Grotesk
    Grigat

Akzidenz Grotesk
    Standard

Akzidenz Grotesk
    Wayland

Alaric
   American Text

Albertus (MT)
   Flareserif 821 BT

Albertus
   Adelon

Albertus
   Alburt

Alburt
   Albertus

Alburt
   Adelon

Aldine 401 (BT)
   Aetna

Aldine 401 (BT)
   Bembo

Aldine 721 (BT)
   Plantin

Aldus
   Breklum

Aldus
   Luce

Aldus
   Mannucci Roman

Alefbet
   Hebrew

Alexei Copperplate (LS)
   Campaign

Alexei
   Copperplate

Alexei
   Campaign

Algiers
   Algerian

Algerian
   Algiers

Alibi
   Ad Lib

Alisal (BT)
    Calligraphic 456

Allegro
   Alto

Alpin Gothic
    Alternate Gothic No.2

Alternate Gothic No.2
    Alpin Gothic

Alto (CC)
   Allegro

Amapola
   Amazone

Amazone
   Amapola

Amazone
   Amazonia

Amazone
   Fredrika

Amazonia
   Amazone

Amazonia
   Amapola

Amazonia
   Fredrika

Ambo
   Bembo

Amelia (VG)
   Amy

Amelia
   Computer 651

Amelia
   Orbit

Amelia
   Orea

American Garamond (BT)
   Garamond3

American Text
    Alaric

American Text
    Blackletter 851

American Text
    National Text

American Typewriter (ITC)
   Memorandum

Americana
   Amherst

Americana
   American Classic

Americana
   Aston

Americana
   Colonial

Americana
   Concord

Americana
   Flareserif 721

Americana
   Freedom

Americana
   Independence

Amerigo (BT)
    Flareserif 831

Amherst (CC)
   Americana

Amphi Normal (CW)
    Treefrog

Amy (CC)
   Amelia

Amy
   Computer 651

Amy
   Orbit

Amy
   Orea

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Font Source Abbreviations

A Adobe Systems Incorporated
BAG H. Berthold AG
BT Bitstream, Inc.
CC Corel Corporation
CW CompuWorks
DTC Digital Type Company
ELF Elfring Soft Fonts
IC Image Club Graphics
ITC International Typeface Corporation
LS Letraset or Esselte Letraset
LAG Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries
MT AGFA/Monotype
URW URW++ Design & Development GmbH
VG Visual Graph
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