Display · Peter Wiegel
Aurach
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CSSfont-family: 'Aurach', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Aurach is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Aurach has an x-height taller than 73%, is narrower than 68% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Liber Struct
Aurach on one light table with its two closest fonts, Liber Struct (84 out of 100) and California Gothic (79). Liber Struct is 45% wider and 18% lighter, with an x-height 15% taller; California Gothic is 22% lighter, with an x-height 18% taller.
Aurach and Liber Struct laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AurachLiber Struct…
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 Aurach 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
Aurach 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 Aurach, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Aurach Tri”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Aurach is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. 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 Aurach comes from Peter Wiegel. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Peter Wiegel first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Aurach, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Aurach under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Aurach, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 57.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 68%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 73% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 68% of display faces
InkDarker than 85% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 82% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Aurach
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Liber Struct8445% wider · x-height 15% taller · 18% lighter
- California Gothic79x-height 18% taller · 22% lighter
- Vina Sans76x-height 21% taller · 12% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Sunday Masthead76x-height 28% taller · 8% wider · 6% lighter
- Staatliches73x-height 20% taller · 22% lighter · 4% narrower
- Frick Condensed71x-height 21% taller · 5% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Aurach →Compare side by side →Get Aurach on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Aurach without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Protest Strike50text 1.8% wider · x-height 0.5% shorter
- Protest Guerrilla46text 1.8% wider · x-height 0.5% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Aurach loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.6% of its size, so running text keeps Aurach’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Aurach Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.61%;
ascent-override: 100.41%;
descent-override: 26.36%;
line-gap-override: 2.82%;
}
font-family: 'Aurach', 'Aurach Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Aurach
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Aurach free for commercial use?
Yes. Aurach is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Aurach Tri”.
How do I download and install Aurach?
Aurach comes free from Peter Wiegel . Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Aurach in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Aurach comes from Peter Wiegel. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Aurach have?
Aurach comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Aurach?
Aurach was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Aurach?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Liber Struct (84), California Gothic (79) and Vina Sans (76), out of 100. Next to Aurach, Liber Struct is 45% wider and 18% lighter, with an x-height 15% taller. See all 100 fonts like Aurach.