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CAT Professor Krause Fraktur
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Professor Krause Fraktur', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur is a free display font by Peter Wiegel nach Prof. Wilhelm Krause and Breslau 1930, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT Professor Krause Fraktur has an average x-height, is narrower than 91% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 64%. Its thickest strokes are 1.6 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Des Malers Fraktur
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur on one light table with its two closest fonts, Des Malers Fraktur (92 out of 100) and Goeschen Fraktur (91). Des Malers Fraktur is 6% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Goeschen Fraktur is 12% wider, with an x-height 12% taller and less stroke contrast.
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur and Des Malers Fraktur laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT Professor Krause FrakturDes Malers Fraktur…
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 CAT Professor Krause Fraktur alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
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03 / Weights
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made CAT Professor Krause Fraktur, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel nach Prof. Wilhelm Krause, Breslau 1930
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 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 “CAT Professor Krause Fraktur”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 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 CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 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 CAT Professor Krause Fraktur, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Professor Krause Fraktur under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 36.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 55%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.63 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 91% of display faces
InkDarker than 64% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 68% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Professor Krause Fraktur
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Des Malers Fraktur92less stroke contrast · 6% narrower
- Goeschen Fraktur91x-height 12% taller · less stroke contrast · 12% wider
- CAT FrankenDeutsch86x-height 12% shorter · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower
- CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser85x-height 13% taller · 17% heavier · less stroke contrast
- CAT Walzhari7621% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 10% shorter
- CAT Liebing Gotisch7513% wider · 20% lighter · x-height 8% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Professor Krause Fraktur →Compare side by side →Get CAT Professor Krause Fraktur on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Professor Krause Fraktur without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Jaini Purva55text 0.7% narrower · x-height 3.7% shorter
- Chicle42text 2.5% narrower · x-height 3.1% shorter
- Augsburger Schrift CAT30text 2.6% narrower · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Blaka Hollow21text 2.8% wider · x-height 2.5% shorter
- Blaka18text 2.8% wider · x-height 2.5% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Professor Krause Fraktur loads, this sets Arial in its place at 78.3% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Professor Krause Fraktur’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Professor Krause Fraktur Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 78.29%;
ascent-override: 95.80%;
descent-override: 31.93%;
line-gap-override: 1.15%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Professor Krause Fraktur', 'CAT Professor Krause Fraktur Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Professor Krause Fraktur
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Professor Krause Fraktur free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 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 “CAT Professor Krause Fraktur”.
How do I download and install CAT Professor Krause Fraktur?
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 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 CAT Professor Krause Fraktur in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 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 CAT Professor Krause Fraktur have?
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), and an italic at 600.
Who designed CAT Professor Krause Fraktur?
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur was designed by Peter Wiegel nach Prof. Wilhelm Krause and Breslau 1930.
What fonts are similar to CAT Professor Krause Fraktur?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Des Malers Fraktur (92), Goeschen Fraktur (91) and CAT FrankenDeutsch (86), out of 100. Next to CAT Professor Krause Fraktur, Des Malers Fraktur is 6% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like CAT Professor Krause Fraktur.