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Jena Gotisch
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CSSfont-family: 'Jena Gotisch', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Jena Gotisch is a free display font by unknown, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Jena Gotisch has an x-height shorter than 87%, is narrower than 99% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Altgotisch
Jena Gotisch on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Altgotisch (95 out of 100) and Kanzler (91). CAT Altgotisch is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 9% shorter; Kanzler is 9% wider, with an x-height 7% shorter.
Jena Gotisch and CAT Altgotisch laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Jena GotischCAT Altgotisch…
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 Jena Gotisch 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
Jena Gotisch 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 Jena Gotisch, and can you use it?
- Designer
- unknown
- 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 “Jena Gotisch”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Jena 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
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Jena Gotisch 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 Jena Gotisch, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Jena Gotisch under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Jena Gotisch, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.57lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 25.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.82 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 87% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 99% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 94% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Jena Gotisch
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Altgotisch95more stroke contrast · 10% wider · x-height 9% shorter
- Kanzler919% wider · x-height 7% shorter
- Kanzleyrath8345% wider · more stroke contrast
- Edison8334% wider · more stroke contrast
- CAT Engravers8063% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller
- Fette UNZ Fraktur7783% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 17% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Jena Gotisch →Compare side by side →Get Jena Gotisch on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Jena Gotisch without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Jena Gotisch sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Jena Gotisch loads, this sets Arial in its place at 51.5% of its size, so running text keeps Jena Gotisch’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Jena Gotisch Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 51.47%;
ascent-override: 170.40%;
descent-override: 55.78%;
line-gap-override: 4.37%;
}
font-family: 'Jena Gotisch', 'Jena Gotisch Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Jena Gotisch
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Jena Gotisch free for commercial use?
Yes. Jena Gotisch 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 “Jena Gotisch”.
How do I download and install Jena Gotisch?
Jena Gotisch 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 Jena Gotisch in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Jena Gotisch 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 Jena Gotisch have?
Jena Gotisch 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 Jena Gotisch?
Jena Gotisch was designed by unknown.
What fonts are similar to Jena Gotisch?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Altgotisch (95), Kanzler (91) and Kanzleyrath (83), out of 100. Next to Jena Gotisch, CAT Altgotisch is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 9% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Jena Gotisch.