Sans serif · Alistair McCready
Special Gothic Condensed One
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CSSfont-family: 'Special Gothic Condensed One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Special Gothic Condensed One is a free sans serif by Alistair McCready, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Special Gothic Condensed One has an average x-height, is narrower than 93% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Bebas Neue
Special Gothic Condensed One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Bebas Neue (89 out of 100) and Oswald (88). Bebas Neue is 14% lighter and 3% wider, with an x-height 38% taller; Oswald is 12% lighter and 6% wider, with an x-height 14% taller.
Special Gothic Condensed One and Bebas Neue laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Special Gothic Condensed OneBebas Neue…
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 Special Gothic Condensed One 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
Special Gothic Condensed One 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 Special Gothic Condensed One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Alistair McCready
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
Special Gothic Condensed One 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 Special Gothic Condensed One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Special Gothic Condensed One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Special Gothic Condensed One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 37.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 62%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.31 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 93% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 94% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 79% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Special Gothic Condensed One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Special Gothic Condensed One's own familySpecial GothicSpecial Gothic Expanded One
- Bebas Neue89x-height 38% taller · 14% lighter · 3% wider
- Oswald88x-height 14% taller · 12% lighter · 6% wider
- Piscolabis8712% narrower
- League Gothic8122% narrower · x-height 7% taller · 10% heavier
- Pathway Gothic One8126% lighter · 7% narrower · x-height 6% taller
- Archivo Narrow7624% lighter · 7% wider · x-height 3% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Special Gothic Condensed One →Compare side by side →Get Special Gothic Condensed One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Special Gothic Condensed One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Special Gothic Condensed One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 74.7% of its size, so running text keeps Special Gothic Condensed One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Special Gothic Condensed One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 74.68%;
ascent-override: 134.57%;
descent-override: 39.50%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Special Gothic Condensed One', 'Special Gothic Condensed One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Special Gothic Condensed One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Special Gothic Condensed One free for commercial use?
Yes. Special Gothic Condensed One 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 Special Gothic Condensed One?
FontKind doesn’t host Special Gothic Condensed One’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Special Gothic Condensed One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Special Gothic Condensed One isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Special Gothic Condensed One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Special Gothic Condensed One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Special Gothic Condensed One in Figma?
Yes: Special Gothic Condensed One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Special Gothic Condensed One have?
Special Gothic Condensed One 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 Special Gothic Condensed One?
Special Gothic Condensed One was designed by Alistair McCready. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2025.
What fonts are similar to Special Gothic Condensed One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Bebas Neue (89), Oswald (88) and Piscolabis (87), out of 100. Next to Special Gothic Condensed One, Bebas Neue is 14% lighter and 3% wider, with an x-height 38% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Special Gothic and Special Gothic Expanded One. See all 100 fonts like Special Gothic Condensed One.