freie-fraktur

Freie Fraktur

A collection of freely licensed Fraktur typefaces.

Included Typefaces

• Astloch:
  • Reference: https://ultrasparky.org/archives/2011/02/introducing_ast.html
  • Source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Astloch/about
  • Author: Dan Rhatigan
  • License: SIL Open Font License
  • Known Issues:
    1. No long-s (ſ)
• Bertholdr Mainzer Fraktur:
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/bertholdr-mainzer-fraktur-font.html
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Frankendeutsch:
  • Source: http://www.peter-wiegel.de/Frankendeutsch.html
  • Reference: http://www.peter-wiegel.de/Frankendeutsch.html
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/cat-frankendeutsch-font.html
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Goeschen Fraktur:
  • Reference: http://www.peter-wiegel.de/GoeschenFraktur.html
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/goeschen-fraktur-unz1a-font.html
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Koch Fette Deutsche Schrift:
  • Reference: http://www.peter-wiegel.de/KochFraktur.html
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/koch-fette-deutsche-schrift-unz1a-font.html
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Offenbacher Schwabacher:
  • Reference: http://www.peter-wiegel.de/Offenbacher.html
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/offenbacherschwabachercat-font.html
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Renata Schwabacher:
  • Reference: http://www.peter-wiegel.de/Renata.html
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/renata-cat-font.html
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Strassburg Fraktur:
  • Source: https://www.fontspace.com/strassburg-fraktur-font-f9995
  • Author: Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
• Unifraktur Cook:
  • Reference: https://unifraktur.sourceforge.net/cook.html
  • Source: https://sourceforge.net/projects/unifraktur/files/fonts/UnifrakturCook.2013-08-25.zip
  • Author: j. mach wust, Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
  • Notes:
    1. This is a reworking of “Koch Fette Deutsche Schrift” by Peter Wiegel which includes OpenType support
• Unifraktur Maguntia:
  • Reference: https://unifraktur.sourceforge.net/maguntia.html
  • Source: https://sourceforge.net/projects/unifraktur/files/fonts/UnifrakturMaguntia.2017-03-19.zip
  • Author: j. mach wust, Gerrit Ansmann, Georg Duffner, Peter Wiegel
  • License: SIL Open Font License
  • Notes:
    1. This is a reworking of “Berthold Mainzer Fraktur” by Peter Wiegel which includes OpenType support
    2. There are several “switched-on-feature” copies available as UnifrakturMaguntia<xx>.ttf where <xx> represents the arabic numeral of the century which the font will try to emulate via character substitution (see Reference or included documentation for more details).

Not Included Typefaces

No Free License

• Elfen-Fraktur:
  • Reference: https://typography.guru/journal/elfen-fraktur-blackletter/
  • Known Issues:
    1. Non-free license.
• Alte Schwabacher:
  • Source: https://www.1001fonts.com/alte-schwabacher-font.html
  • Author: Dieter Steffmann
  • License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC)
  • Known Isses:
    1. License is only free by the most generous definition of the term, as it prohibits modification.
    2. Additionally, the package ships with an EULA clause claiming it is not permitted to use the font for “racist” or “illegal” means. Unless we can confirm that this is legally incoherent, superfluous, and/or unenforceable, this font will remain excluded.