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Goeschen Fraktur

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Goeschen Fraktur', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Goeschen Fraktur is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Goeschen Fraktur has an x-height taller than 73%, is narrower than 84% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with CAT Professor Krause Fraktur →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of CAT Professor Krause Fraktur

Goeschen Fraktur on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Professor Krause Fraktur (91 out of 100) and Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh (84). CAT Professor Krause Fraktur is 11% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 11% shorter; Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh is 11% wider, with an x-height 6% shorter and less stroke contrast.

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Goeschen Fraktur and CAT Professor Krause Fraktur laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with Goeschen FrakturCAT Professor Krause 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.

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02 / Letters

The Goeschen 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.

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03 / Sizes

Goeschen 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 Goeschen 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 “Goeschen Fraktur”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Goeschen Fraktur 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, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Goeschen Fraktur on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Goeschen Fraktur, measured

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

Hxgp in Goeschen Fraktur. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
57.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
75.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.76lowercase against capitals
Width
41.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
47%letter box filled
Contrast
0.85 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 73% of display faces

  • WidthNarrower than 84% of display faces

  • InkNear the middle of display faces

  • ContrastMore even than 92% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Goeschen Fraktur

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Goeschen Fraktur →Compare side by side →Get Goeschen Fraktur on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap Goeschen Fraktur without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Goeschen Fraktur loads, this sets Arial in its place at 84.4% of its size, so running text keeps Goeschen Fraktur’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Goeschen Fraktur Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 84.42%;
  ascent-override: 107.99%;
  descent-override: 28.45%;
  line-gap-override: 3.01%;
}

font-family: 'Goeschen Fraktur', 'Goeschen Fraktur Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Goeschen Fraktur

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

Is Goeschen Fraktur free for commercial use?

Yes. Goeschen 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 “Goeschen Fraktur”.

How do I download and install Goeschen Fraktur?

Goeschen 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 Goeschen Fraktur in Google Docs?

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

Goeschen 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 Goeschen Fraktur?

Goeschen Fraktur was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Goeschen Fraktur?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Professor Krause Fraktur (91), Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh (84) and Des Malers Fraktur (81), out of 100. Next to Goeschen Fraktur, CAT Professor Krause Fraktur is 11% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 11% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Goeschen Fraktur.