Display · Gaetan Baehr
Aktura
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CSSfont-family: 'Aktura', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Aktura is a free display font by Gaetan Baehr, from Fontshare. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Aktura has an average x-height, is narrower than 90% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 68%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Engravers
Aktura on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Engravers (91 out of 100) and UnifrakturCook (80). CAT Engravers is 12% wider and 18% lighter, with more stroke contrast; UnifrakturCook is 10% wider, with an x-height 4% taller and less stroke contrast.
Aktura and CAT Engravers laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AkturaCAT Engravers…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Aktura alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Aktura at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Aktura, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Gaetan Baehr
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Aktura is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Aktura comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Aktura comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Aktura, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Aktura under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Aktura, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 81.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.62lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 37.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 58%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.14 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 90% of display faces
InkDarker than 68% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 64% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Aktura
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Engravers91more stroke contrast · 12% wider · 18% lighter
- UnifrakturCook8010% wider · x-height 4% taller · less stroke contrast
- Jena Gotisch7631% narrower · 23% lighter · x-height 10% shorter
- New Rocker7328% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
- Edison73x-height 11% shorter · 19% lighter · 8% narrower
- Gotisch Weiss UNZ1A71x-height 18% taller · 17% lighter · 7% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Aktura →Compare side by side →Get Aktura on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Aktura without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- CAT Zentenaer Fraktur UNZ153text 0.6% narrower · x-height 2.4% taller
- CAT Eckmann45text 2.2% narrower · x-height 3.2% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Aktura loads, this sets Arial in its place at 74% of its size, so running text keeps Aktura’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Aktura Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 73.96%;
ascent-override: 127.09%;
descent-override: 54.08%;
line-gap-override: 9.46%;
}
font-family: 'Aktura', 'Aktura Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Aktura
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Aktura free for commercial use?
Yes. Aktura is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Aktura?
FontKind doesn’t host Aktura’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Aktura in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Aktura isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Aktura in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Aktura comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Aktura in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Aktura comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Aktura have?
Aktura comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Aktura?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Engravers (91), UnifrakturCook (80) and Jena Gotisch (76), out of 100. Next to Aktura, CAT Engravers is 12% wider and 18% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Aktura.