Display · Eric Lu
Gothic Gumdrop
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CSSfont-family: 'Gothic Gumdrop', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gothic Gumdrop is a free display font by Eric Lu, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Gothic Gumdrop has an average x-height, is narrower than 94% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 65%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Creepster
Gothic Gumdrop on one light table with its two closest fonts, Creepster (85 out of 100) and Hanalei Fill (82). Creepster is 29% wider, with an x-height 36% taller and less stroke contrast; Hanalei Fill is 52% wider and 15% heavier, with an x-height 26% taller.
Gothic Gumdrop and Creepster laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Gothic GumdropCreepster…
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 Gothic Gumdrop 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.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Gothic Gumdrop 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 Gothic Gumdrop, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Eric Lu
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gothic Gumdrop 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 Gothic Gumdrop 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 Gothic Gumdrop, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gothic Gumdrop under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gothic Gumdrop, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 34.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 56%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.07 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 94% of display faces
InkDarker than 65% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 76% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gothic Gumdrop
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Creepster85x-height 36% taller · 29% wider · less stroke contrast
- Hanalei Fill8252% wider · x-height 26% taller · 15% heavier
- Sancreek8155% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 19% taller
- Fruktur7948% wider · 29% heavier · x-height 10% taller
- Jolly Lodger7414% narrower · x-height 5% taller · more stroke contrast
- Jaini Purva7214% wider · x-height 8% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Gothic Gumdrop →Compare side by side →Get Gothic Gumdrop on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Gothic Gumdrop without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Gothic Gumdrop loads, this sets Arial in its place at 68.2% of its size, so running text keeps Gothic Gumdrop’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gothic Gumdrop Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 68.23%;
ascent-override: 137.03%;
descent-override: 45.43%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Gothic Gumdrop', 'Gothic Gumdrop Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gothic Gumdrop
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Gothic Gumdrop free for commercial use?
Yes. Gothic Gumdrop 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 Gothic Gumdrop?
Gothic Gumdrop 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/ttf 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 Gothic Gumdrop in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gothic Gumdrop 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 Gothic Gumdrop have?
Gothic Gumdrop 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 Gothic Gumdrop?
Gothic Gumdrop was designed by Eric Lu.
What fonts are similar to Gothic Gumdrop?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Creepster (85), Hanalei Fill (82) and Sancreek (81), out of 100. Next to Gothic Gumdrop, Creepster is 29% wider, with an x-height 36% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Gothic Gumdrop.