Named after the Spanish artist and originally named El Greco or Antigua El Greco. [UnosTiposDuros] Cast by Richard Gans in seven styles (three weights with italics plus the decorated caps-only Greco adornado). Complemented by Iniciales Greco, a set of condensed handtooled initials. The basic style also was offered as the caps-only Greco Titular including several alternates. Greco Semi-Negro was sold by Stevens, Shanks & Sons as Bristol. [Reichardt 2011] Vulcan is a copy of the semibold by Mergenthaler Linotype. While the roman is virtually the same, the italic has less slant. [McGrew 1993]

Nick Curtis’s Melina Fancy (Bitstream, 1990) is a loose interpretation of the adornado style, with an invented lowercase. Melina Plain is a solid style derived from it. His Kifisia Antigua NF (Nick's Fonts, 2005) is based on the semi-negro. So is the lousy Gans Antigua by Intellecta Design (2006). Greco (Lazy Dog Foundry, 1992–93) spans seven styles, but seems to be no longer available. Until around 2023, Atomic Type used to sell a Greco Roman (Bulldog, 2005; used for the sample). Alcazar (Marie Tixador, 2019–2020, unreleased) is a digital interpretation of Vulcan Bold.

Some sources confuse Greco with Antigua Progreso, which is another serif cast by Gans in the 1920s.