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Fonts similar to Fruktur

The fonts most like Fruktur are Kavoon (100 out of 100), Langar (95) and Gothic Gumdrop (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 45–67% of the em (Fruktur’s is 59%) and lowercase letters 35–62% of the em wide (52%), and all twelve are display faces too. Where they differ, most are narrower (seven of twelve).

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  1. 100match · #1

    Kavoon

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    9% wider

    Differs most from Fruktur in 6, 9, and J

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  2. 95match · #2

    Langar

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    x-height 12% shorter · 18% lighter

    Differs most from Fruktur in 6, 9, and 0

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  3. 79match · #3

    Gothic Gumdrop

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    33% narrower · 22% lighter · x-height 9% shorter

    Differs most from Fruktur in 6, 0, and f

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  4. 77match · #4

    Hanalei Fill

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    x-height 14% taller · less stroke contrast · 10% lighter

    Differs most from Fruktur in 0, 6, and 9

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  5. 76match · #5

    Mogra

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    11% wider · 14% lighter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Fruktur in J, 0, and 2

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  6. 74match · #6

    Piedra

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    11% narrower · x-height 4% shorter

    Differs most from Fruktur in 6, 0, and 9

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  7. 70match · #7

    Passero One

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    13% narrower · 26% lighter · x-height 11% shorter

    Differs most from Fruktur in T, 7, and L

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  8. 68match · #8

    Manosque

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    15% narrower · x-height 7% shorter

    Differs most from Fruktur in Z, 8, and 9

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  9. 68match · #9

    Free Cheese

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    21% wider

    Differs most from Fruktur in Z, Q, and G

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  10. 67match · #10

    Herkules

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    x-height 17% shorter · 11% narrower · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Fruktur in I, 6, and O

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  11. 66match · #11

    Grobe Plakat Fraktur

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    x-height 23% shorter · 8% narrower · more stroke contrast

    Differs most from Fruktur in 0, p, and Y

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  12. 64match · #12

    CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser

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    24% narrower · 11% lighter · less stroke contrast

    Differs most from Fruktur in 0, 5, and j

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The 100 fonts like Fruktur, measured

Fruktur is darker than most fonts like it: 72 of the 100 are lighter and 15 heavier. Few keep Fruktur’s proportions: at most 14 keep its x-height, within 3%, Kavoon the closest of them. 99 are display faces like Fruktur, and 1 serif comes close too: Yuji Mai. They part from Fruktur most often in 0 (32 of the 100), Q (23) and 6 (17).

Questions about fonts like Fruktur

What is the closest font to Fruktur?

Kavoon, at 100 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Fruktur, it is 9% wider. After it come Langar (95) and Gothic Gumdrop (79).

Is there a free alternative to Fruktur?

Fruktur is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and Kavoon, Langar and Gothic Gumdrop come closest.