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Barloesius Schrift
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CSSfont-family: 'Barloesius Schrift', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Barloesius Schrift is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Barloesius Schrift has an x-height taller than 82%, is narrower than 87% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 63%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Engravers
Barloesius Schrift on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Engravers (85 out of 100) and Kuenstler Gotisch (83). CAT Engravers is 13% lighter, with an x-height 20% shorter and more stroke contrast; Kuenstler Gotisch is 11% wider, with an x-height 15% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Barloesius Schrift and CAT Engravers laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Barloesius SchriftCAT 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 Barloesius Schrift 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
Barloesius Schrift 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 Barloesius Schrift, 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 “Barloesius Schrift”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Barloesius Schrift 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 Barloesius Schrift 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 Barloesius Schrift, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Barloesius Schrift under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Barloesius Schrift, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 63.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.85lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 39.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 55%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.18 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 82% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 87% of display faces
InkDarker than 63% of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Barloesius Schrift
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Engravers85x-height 20% shorter · more stroke contrast · 13% lighter
- Kuenstler Gotisch83x-height 15% shorter · 11% wider · more stroke contrast
- Gotisch Weiss UNZ1A82x-height 7% shorter · 11% lighter · more stroke contrast
- UnifrakturCook81x-height 17% shorter · less stroke contrast · 4% wider
- CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser8018% heavier · x-height 9% shorter
- CAT Altgotisch77x-height 35% shorter · 29% narrower · 15% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Barloesius Schrift →Compare side by side →Get Barloesius Schrift on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Barloesius Schrift without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Barloesius Schrift loads, this sets Arial in its place at 81.2% of its size, so running text keeps Barloesius Schrift’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Barloesius Schrift Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 81.20%;
ascent-override: 92.37%;
descent-override: 30.79%;
line-gap-override: 1.11%;
}
font-family: 'Barloesius Schrift', 'Barloesius Schrift Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Barloesius Schrift
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Barloesius Schrift free for commercial use?
Yes. Barloesius Schrift 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 “Barloesius Schrift”.
How do I download and install Barloesius Schrift?
Barloesius Schrift 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 Barloesius Schrift in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Barloesius Schrift 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 Barloesius Schrift have?
Barloesius Schrift 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 Barloesius Schrift?
Barloesius Schrift was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Barloesius Schrift?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Engravers (85), Kuenstler Gotisch (83) and Gotisch Weiss UNZ1A (82), out of 100. Next to Barloesius Schrift, CAT Engravers is 13% lighter, with an x-height 20% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Barloesius Schrift.