Display · Dennis Grauel

Frick Condensed

Q: Is Frick Condensed free for commercial use?

Yes. Frick Condensed is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

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Size72 px

Weight700 Bold

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Frick Condensed', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Frick Condensed is a free display font by Dennis Grauel, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Frick Condensed has an x-height taller than 87%, is narrower than 61% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Sunday Masthead →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Sunday Masthead

Frick Condensed on one light table with its two closest fonts, Sunday Masthead (95 out of 100) and Passion One (82). Sunday Masthead has an x-height 6% taller; Passion One is 14% narrower and 19% heavier, with an x-height 32% shorter.

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Ink shared with Frick CondensedSunday 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.

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02 / Letters

The Frick Condensed alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 700

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

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03 / Weights

Frick Condensed in 2 weights

2 weights, 700–900

700 Bold
900 Black

04 / Facts

Who made Frick Condensed, and can you use it?

Designer: Dennis Grauel
Kind: Display
Styles: 2 weights, 700–900
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 Condensed is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Frick Condensed 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 Condensed, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Frick Condensed under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Frick Condensed on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Frick Condensed, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Frick Condensed. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 70.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 1.00lowercase against capitals
Width: 48.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 68%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.06 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 87% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 61% of display faces
InkDarker than 84% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 76% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Frick Condensed

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Frick Condensed's own familyFrick

All 100 fonts similar to Frick Condensed →Compare side by side →Get Frick Condensed on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Frick Condensed without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Frick Condensed loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.8% of its size, so running text keeps Frick Condensed’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Frick Condensed Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 96.82%;
  ascent-override: 103.28%;
  descent-override: 20.66%;
  line-gap-override: 30.98%;
}

font-family: 'Frick Condensed', 'Frick Condensed Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Frick Condensed

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Frick Condensed free for commercial use?

Yes. Frick Condensed 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 Condensed?

Frick Condensed 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 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 Condensed in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Frick Condensed 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 Condensed have?

Frick Condensed comes in two weights: Bold (700) and Black (900).

Who designed Frick Condensed?

Frick Condensed was designed by Dennis Grauel. Dennis Grauel also made Rag, Rag Narrow and Sunday Masthead.

What fonts are similar to Frick Condensed?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Sunday Masthead (95), Passion One (82) and Tanklager (79), out of 100. Next to Frick Condensed, Sunday Masthead has an x-height 6% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Frick. See all 100 fonts like Frick Condensed.