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Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh
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CSSfont-family: 'Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh has an x-height taller than 61%, is narrower than 71% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.7 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Goeschen Fraktur
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh on one light table with its two closest fonts, Goeschen Fraktur (84 out of 100) and CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (82). Goeschen Fraktur is 10% narrower, with an x-height 7% taller and more stroke contrast; CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is 41% heavier and 14% narrower, with more stroke contrast.
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh and Goeschen Fraktur laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Hamburger Schwabacher DruckrauhGoeschen 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.
02 / Letters
The Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
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- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh, 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 “Hamburger Schwabacher”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 45.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 46%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.73 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 61% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 71% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 97% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Goeschen Fraktur8410% narrower · x-height 7% taller · more stroke contrast
- CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser8241% heavier · 14% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Grobe Plakat Fraktur80more stroke contrast · 48% heavier · x-height 16% shorter
- CAT Walzhari78x-height 15% shorter · 13% heavier
- CAT Liebing Gotisch78more stroke contrast · x-height 13% shorter · 9% narrower
- Kuenstler Gotisch78more stroke contrast · 14% heavier · 3% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh →Compare side by side →Get Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Piedra69text 1.6% narrower · x-height 4.3% taller
- Syne Tactile36text 2.2% narrower · x-height 1.3% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh loads, this sets Arial in its place at 91.9% of its size, so running text keeps Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 91.90%;
ascent-override: 81.61%;
descent-override: 27.20%;
line-gap-override: 0.98%;
}
font-family: 'Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh', 'Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh free for commercial use?
Yes. Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 “Hamburger Schwabacher”.
How do I download and install Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh?
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh have?
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh 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 Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh?
Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Goeschen Fraktur (84), CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (82) and Grobe Plakat Fraktur (80), out of 100. Next to Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh, Goeschen Fraktur is 10% narrower, with an x-height 7% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh.