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Grobe Plakat Fraktur

Q: How do I download and install Grobe Plakat Fraktur?

Grobe Plakat 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Grobe Plakat Fraktur is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Grobe Plakat Fraktur has an x-height shorter than 88%, is narrower than 65% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 83%. Its thickest strokes are 1.5 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

Compare with CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser

Grobe Plakat Fraktur on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (92 out of 100) and UnifrakturCook (84). CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is 17% narrower, with an x-height 28% taller and less stroke contrast; UnifrakturCook is 13% narrower, with an x-height 16% taller and less stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with Grobe Plakat FrakturCAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser…

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 Grobe Plakat Fraktur alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Sizes

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

Grobe Plakat 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 Grobe Plakat 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 Grobe Plakat Fraktur, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Grobe Plakat Fraktur under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

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05 / Measurements

Grobe Plakat Fraktur, measured

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

Hxgp in Grobe Plakat Fraktur. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 45.4% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.64lowercase against capitals
Width: 47.3% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 68%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.48 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 88% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 65% of display faces
InkDarker than 83% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 65% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Grobe Plakat Fraktur

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Grobe Plakat Fraktur without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Grobe Plakat Fraktur sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Grobe Plakat Fraktur loads, this sets Arial in its place at 94.2% of its size, so running text keeps Grobe Plakat Fraktur’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Grobe Plakat Fraktur Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 94.22%;
  ascent-override: 79.60%;
  descent-override: 26.53%;
  line-gap-override: 0.96%;
}

font-family: 'Grobe Plakat Fraktur', 'Grobe Plakat Fraktur Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Grobe Plakat Fraktur

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

Is Grobe Plakat Fraktur free for commercial use?

Yes. Grobe Plakat 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 “Grobe Plakat Fraktur”.

How do I download and install Grobe Plakat Fraktur?

Grobe Plakat 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 Grobe Plakat Fraktur in Google Docs?

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

Grobe Plakat 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 Grobe Plakat Fraktur?

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

What fonts are similar to Grobe Plakat Fraktur?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (92), UnifrakturCook (84) and Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh (80), out of 100. Next to Grobe Plakat Fraktur, CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is 17% narrower, with an x-height 28% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Grobe Plakat Fraktur.