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Font Aliases - B
Lookalike Fonts That Start With B

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This list of font aliases and lookalike fonts start with the letter B. 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.

Backfire Medium (CW)
    FirecatMedium

Backslant Normal (CW)
    Backslant-Normal

Backslide Bold (CW)
    Marbolo-Normal

Bahamas (CC)
   ITC Bauhaus

Baker Signet
    Keene

Baker Signet
    Signature

Baker Signet
    Signatur Vario

Baker Signet
    Signete

Balloon
   Bassoon

Balloon
    Freehand 041

Balloon
   Lasso

Ballroom Tango (CC)
   Bernhard Tango

Bamboo
   Bard

Bandy Regular (CW)
    (CW) BroadbandICGRegular

Banff (CC)
   Brush Script

Bangkok (CC)
   ITC Benguiat

Bank Gothic
    Bond Gothic

Bank Gothic
    Commerce Gothic

Bank Gothic
    Deluxe Gothic

Bank Gothic
    Magnum Gothic

Bank Gothic
    Square 021

Bank Gothic
    Stationers Gothic

Bard (CC)
   Bamboo

Baskerville
   New Baskerville

Baskerville
   Baskenland

Baskerville
   Baskerline

Baskerville
   Basque

Baskerville
   Beaumont

Baskerville
   Transitional 401

Baskerville No.2
    Euro Baskerville

Baskerville No.2
    Transitional 404

Bassoon (CC)
   Balloon

Bastard
   Abbey-Medium

Bauer Bodoni
    Bodoni B

Bauer Bodoni
    Euro Bodoni

Bauer Bodoni
    Headline Bodoni

Bauer Bodoni
    Modern 405

Bauhaus (ITC)
   Bahamas

Beatsville
    Adelaide

Bell Centennial
    Gothic 762

Bell Gothic
    Gothic 761

Bell Gothic
    Directory Gothic

Bell Gothic
    Furlong

Bell Gothic
    Paddock

Belwe
   Belter

Belwe
   Welby

Bembo (MT)
   Aetna

Bembo (MT)
   Aldine 401

Bembo
   Ambo

Bembo
   Bernstein Vario

Bembo
   Bingo

Bembo
   Griffo

Bembo
   Latinesque

Benguiat (ITC)
   Bangkok

Berling (BT)
   Revival 565 BT

Berling
   Carmichel

Bernhard Modern
    Beacon

Bernhard Modern
    Duchess

Bernhard Modern
    Engravers Oldstyle

Bernhard Tango
    Aigrette

Bernhard Tango
    Carmine Tango

Bernhard Tango
   Ballroom Tango

Bertram (MT)
   Comedy

Big Top (CC)
   PT Barnum

Bingham Script
   Freehand 591 BT

Bingo
   Bembo

Bison (LAG)
   Brush 738 BT

Bison
   Blizzard

Bitmap Elite Regular (CW)
    New Geneva Nine Point Five

Bitmap Regular (CW)
    New Geneva Nine

Blackletter 851
    American Text

Blackletter 851
    Alaric

Blackletter 851
    National Text

Blippo
    Geometric 755

Bloc
    Geometric 885

Block (BAG)
   Gothic 821 BT

Block
    Black

Block
    Hobble

Blocker Heavy (CW)
    Blockey Regular

Blizzard
   Bison

Blueprint Tech Medium (CW)
    Cornwall

Blum Regular (CW)
    BadlocCompression

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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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