Released as Figaro (series 536) by English Monotype in 1940. A second weight, Figaro Bold (series 636) was cancelled in 1967. [Gill 2020]

Triangle/Typefounders of Chicago had it as Showboat [Reichardt 2011]. Old Towne No. 536 is the same design, named by Los Angeles Type Founders [Trogman, 1979]. Johannes Wagner made a caps-only version based on Monotype’s drawings in 1961. See also Hidalgo.