Display typesetting studio run by Dan X. Solo in Oakland, California, from 1962 to around 2007. “First printing produced 1935. First new type acquired in 1938. First antique types acquired in 1942. First photolettering experiments 1945. First type hunt out of state in 1953. First commercial typography in 1959. Solotype established in 1962. First optical special effects produced in 1963. First original typeface designed 1964. Altergraph optical modifier patented 1973. First Dover display alphabet book produced 1976. First type hunt in Europe 1978. First type hunt in Orient 1989. Matro-circle machine invented 1978. Circle Arc machine invented 1980.” [Solo 1992]
