Display · Dennis Grauel
Frick
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CSSfont-family: 'Frick', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Frick is a free display font by Dennis Grauel, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Frick has an x-height taller than 87%, is wider than 76% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 81%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Sunday Masthead
Frick on one light table with its two closest fonts, Sunday Masthead (86 out of 100) and Bakbak One (84). Sunday Masthead is 18% narrower, with an x-height 6% taller; Bakbak One is 14% narrower, with an x-height 29% shorter.
Frick and Sunday Masthead laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FrickSunday Masthead…
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 Frick 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Frick 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 Frick, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Dennis Grauel
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Frick 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 Frick comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Frick, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Frick under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Frick, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 61.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 66%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 87% of display faces
WidthWider than 76% of display faces
InkDarker than 81% of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Frick
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Frick's own familyFrick Condensed
- Sunday Masthead8618% narrower · x-height 6% taller
- Bakbak One84x-height 29% shorter · 14% narrower
- Protest Strike8221% narrower · x-height 18% shorter · 13% heavier
- Changa One79x-height 29% shorter · 13% narrower · 20% heavier
- Tanklager74x-height 33% shorter · 26% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Passion One7432% narrower · x-height 32% shorter · 23% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Frick →Compare side by side →Get Frick on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Frick without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Frick loads, this sets Arial in its place at 122.2% of its size, so running text keeps Frick’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Frick Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 122.23%;
ascent-override: 81.81%;
descent-override: 16.36%;
line-gap-override: 24.54%;
}
font-family: 'Frick', 'Frick Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Frick
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Frick free for commercial use?
Yes. Frick is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Frick?
Frick comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/otf folder. 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 load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Frick in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Frick comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. 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 Frick have?
Frick 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 Frick?
Frick was designed by Dennis Grauel. Dennis Grauel also made Rag, Rag Narrow and Sunday Masthead.
What fonts are similar to Frick?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Sunday Masthead (86), Bakbak One (84) and Protest Strike (82), out of 100. Next to Frick, Sunday Masthead is 18% narrower, with an x-height 6% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Frick Condensed. See all 100 fonts like Frick.