Display · Peter Wiegel
Des Malers Fraktur
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CSSfont-family: 'Des Malers Fraktur', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Des Malers Fraktur is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Des Malers Fraktur has an average x-height, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 61%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Klaber Fraktur
Des Malers Fraktur on one light table with its two closest fonts, Klaber Fraktur (100 out of 100) and UnifrakturMaguntia (98). Klaber Fraktur is 3% narrower, with more stroke contrast; UnifrakturMaguntia is 20% wider and 16% lighter, with more stroke contrast.
Des Malers Fraktur and Klaber Fraktur laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Des Malers FrakturKlaber 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 Des Malers Fraktur 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
Des Malers Fraktur 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 Des Malers Fraktur, 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 “Des Malers Fraktur”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Des Malers 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 Des Malers 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 Des Malers Fraktur, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Des Malers Fraktur under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Des Malers Fraktur, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 34.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 54%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 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 95% of display faces
InkDarker than 61% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 61% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Des Malers Fraktur
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Klaber Fraktur100more stroke contrast · 3% narrower
- UnifrakturMaguntia9820% wider · 16% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Kabinett Fraktur94x-height 14% shorter · 11% wider · 19% lighter
- CAT Professor Krause Fraktur92more stroke contrast · 6% wider
- CAT Zentenaer Fraktur UNZ19024% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Fette UNZ Fraktur8337% wider · more stroke contrast · 10% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Des Malers Fraktur →Compare side by side →Get Des Malers Fraktur on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Des Malers Fraktur without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Des Malers Fraktur loads, this sets Arial in its place at 69.9% of its size, so running text keeps Des Malers Fraktur’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Des Malers Fraktur Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 69.91%;
ascent-override: 107.28%;
descent-override: 35.76%;
line-gap-override: 1.29%;
}
font-family: 'Des Malers Fraktur', 'Des Malers Fraktur Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Des Malers Fraktur
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Des Malers Fraktur free for commercial use?
Yes. Des Malers 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 “Des Malers Fraktur”.
How do I download and install Des Malers Fraktur?
Des Malers 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 Des Malers Fraktur in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Des Malers 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 Des Malers Fraktur have?
Des Malers Fraktur 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 Des Malers Fraktur?
Des Malers Fraktur was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Des Malers Fraktur?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Klaber Fraktur (100), UnifrakturMaguntia (98) and Kabinett Fraktur (94), out of 100. Next to Des Malers Fraktur, Klaber Fraktur is 3% narrower, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Des Malers Fraktur.