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Grenze Gotisch
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CSSfont-family: 'Grenze Gotisch', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Grenze Gotisch is a free display font by Omnibus-Type, on Google Fonts since 2020. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Grenze Gotisch has an x-height shorter than 87%, is narrower than 86% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.7 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Jaini Purva
Grenze Gotisch on one light table with its two closest fonts, Jaini Purva (79 out of 100) and Pirata One (74). Jaini Purva is 10% heavier, with an x-height 8% taller and less stroke contrast; Pirata One is 19% heavier, with an x-height 25% taller and less stroke contrast.
Grenze Gotisch and Jaini Purva laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Grenze GotischJaini Purva…
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 Grenze Gotisch alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
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- @
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- (
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With this font
- Write your ownGothic font generator →Your words in Grenze Gotisch and 11 more gothic fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.
- Its alphabetOld English letters, A to Z →All 52 letters in Grenze Gotisch and 4 more blackletter fonts, each on a page of its own: hollow to colour in, and on a sheet to print.
03 / Weights
Grenze Gotisch in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900 · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Grenze Gotisch, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Omnibus-Type
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2020
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Grenze Gotisch 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Grenze Gotisch, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Grenze Gotisch under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Grenze Gotisch, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 61.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 40.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 49%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.66 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 87% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 86% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 69% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Grenze Gotisch
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Grenze Gotisch's own familyGrenze
- Jaini Purva79x-height 8% taller · less stroke contrast · 10% heavier
- Pirata One74x-height 25% taller · 19% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Bombe CAT67x-height 27% taller · 34% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Blaka Hollow6431% heavier · x-height 9% taller · 5% wider
- Blankenburg6329% heavier · 14% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Fette Globus5822% narrower · 23% heavier · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Grenze Gotisch →Compare side by side →Get Grenze Gotisch on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Grenze Gotisch without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Manufacturing Consent53text 1.4% narrower · x-height 5.0% shorter
- Canarina34same text width · x-height 2.8% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Grenze Gotisch loads, this sets Arial in its place at 79.5% of its size, so running text keeps Grenze Gotisch’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Grenze Gotisch Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 79.47%;
ascent-override: 138.41%;
descent-override: 47.82%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Grenze Gotisch', 'Grenze Gotisch Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Grenze Gotisch
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Grenze Gotisch free for commercial use?
Yes. Grenze Gotisch 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 Grenze Gotisch?
FontKind doesn’t host Grenze Gotisch’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Grenze Gotisch in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Grenze Gotisch isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Grenze Gotisch Thin and Grenze Gotisch Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Grenze Gotisch in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Grenze Gotisch under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Grenze Gotisch in Figma?
Yes: Grenze Gotisch is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Grenze Gotisch have?
Grenze Gotisch comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900.
Who designed Grenze Gotisch?
Grenze Gotisch was designed by Omnibus-Type. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2020. Omnibus-Type also made Archivo, Archivo Black, Saira and 25 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Grenze Gotisch?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Jaini Purva (79), Pirata One (74) and Bombe CAT (67), out of 100. Next to Grenze Gotisch, Jaini Purva is 10% heavier, with an x-height 8% taller and less stroke contrast. Its own family, listed apart, adds Grenze. See all 100 fonts like Grenze Gotisch.