Fonts similar to Goeschen Fraktur
The fonts most like Goeschen Fraktur are CAT Professor Krause Fraktur (91 out of 100), Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh (84) and Des Malers Fraktur (81), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 44–58% of the em (Goeschen Fraktur’s is 58%) and lowercase letters 33–45% of the em wide (41%), and all twelve are display faces too. Where they differ, most have a shorter x-height (eleven of twelve).
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91match · #1
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter · 11% narrower
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 6, i, and s
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84match · #2
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh
Find the font. Find its kind.11% wider · x-height 6% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 0, 8, and 5
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81match · #3
Des Malers Fraktur
Find the font. Find its kind.16% narrower · x-height 11% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 4, 6, and 1
80match · #4
CAT Liebing Gotisch
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 18% shorter · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 8, 0, and 9
78match · #5
CAT Walzhari
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 20% shorter · 8% wider · 11% heavier
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 0, O, and 8
78match · #6
Kanzleyrath
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 19% shorter · 9% narrower · 8% lighter
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in Z, 0, and s
77match · #7
UnifrakturMaguntia
Find the font. Find its kind.more stroke contrast · x-height 10% shorter
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 4, 6, and 7
75match · #8
CAT FrankenDeutsch
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 21% shorter · 15% narrower · 26% heavier
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 4, l, and 6
74match · #9
Kabinett Fraktur
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 23% shorter · 7% narrower · more stroke contrast
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 1, 6, and 9
74match · #10
CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser
Find the font. Find its kind.38% heavier · more stroke contrast · 5% narrower
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 0, 8, and l
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73match · #11
Klaber Fraktur
Find the font. Find its kind.19% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 10% shorter
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 4, 6, and 7
71match · #12
CAT Eckmann
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 15% shorter · 29% heavier · 9% narrower
Differs most from Goeschen Fraktur in 0, B, and K
The 100 fonts like Goeschen Fraktur, measured
Goeschen Fraktur has less stroke contrast than most fonts like it: 66 of the 79 have more stroke contrast and 5 less. Few keep Goeschen Fraktur’s proportions: at most 21 keep its weight on the page, within 6%, Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh the closest of them. 83 are display faces like Goeschen Fraktur, and 7 handwriting faces, 6 serifs, 3 sans serifs and 1 monospace font come close too, Apollo ASM the closest of them. They part from Goeschen Fraktur most often in 8 (42 of the 100), 0 (29) and 5 (18).
WidthGoeschen Fraktur: 41% of the em
x-heightGoeschen Fraktur: 58% of the em
- 71 shorter
- CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 91 · x-height 11% shorter
- Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 84 · x-height 6% shorter
- 11 within 3%
- CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 74 · x-height 0.9% taller
- CAT Hohenzollern 53 · x-height 1.6% shorter
InkGoeschen Fraktur: 47% ink
ContrastGoeschen Fraktur: 0.85 : 1
- 5 less contrast
- Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 84 · less stroke contrast
- CAT Walzhari 78 · less stroke contrast
- 66 more contrast
- CAT Professor Krause Fraktur 91 · more stroke contrast
- Des Malers Fraktur 81 · more stroke contrast
StylesGoeschen Fraktur: one weight
- 1 variable
- Grenze Gotisch 44 · 9 weights
LettersWhere they differ most
- 842 of 100
- 029 of 100
- 518 of 100
Questions about fonts like Goeschen Fraktur
What is the closest font to Goeschen Fraktur?
CAT Professor Krause Fraktur, at 91 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Goeschen Fraktur, it is 11% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 11% shorter. After it come Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh (84) and Des Malers Fraktur (81).
Is there a free alternative to Goeschen Fraktur?
Goeschen Fraktur is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and CAT Professor Krause Fraktur, Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh and Des Malers Fraktur come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Gotisch Weiss UNZ1A sets running text 1.4% wider, with an x-height 3.3% taller.