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Grenze Gotisch

Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Grenze Gotisch Thin 100
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Extra Light 200
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Light 300
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Regular 400
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Medium 500
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Semi Bold 600
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Bold 700
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Extra Bold 800
Grenze Gotisch
Grenze Gotisch Black 900
Grenze Gotisch
Font Grenze Gotisch in use: the phrase “Once upon a time” over a landscape

About the font

Grenze Gotisch is a free font by Omnibus-Type, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 409 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 45% of the em and the capital height is 60%.

Grenze Gotisch is a display font in the Blackletter style, a version of the Grenze family by Omnibus-Type with more dramatic details in certain letters. It supports the Latin script and includes 1111 glyphs. The font has 9 styles covering weights from 100 to 900 and is a variable font. It is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1).

Author
Omnibus-Type
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Latin
Glyphs
1111

Character and uses

Mood
  • vintage
  • serious
Design

Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.

Supported languages

Grenze Gotisch has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 409 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Swahili
  • Indonesian
  • Javanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Somali
  • Zulu
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  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Haitian Creole
  • Catalan
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Rundi
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Southern Sotho
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Zarma
  • Bosnian
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Waray
  • Efik
  • Sango
  • Aymara
  • Nyankole
  • Hmong
  • Jamaican Creole English
  • Gusii
  • Pampanga
  • Beja
  • Batak Toba
  • Lithuanian
  • Chiga
  • Soga
  • Swati
  • Tumbuka
  • Meru
  • Afar
  • Occitan
  • Chadian Arabic
  • Slovenian
  • Scots
  • North Ndebele
  • Acoli
  • Kongo

…and 303 more languages that are not listed here.

Special characters

Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.

  • Kazakhstani Tenge — Not included
  • Russian Ruble — Included
  • Euro — Included
  • Turkish Lira — Included
  • Ukrainian Hryvnia — Not included
  • Indian Rupee — Included
  • British Pound — Included
  • Japanese Yen — Included
  • US Dollar — Included
  • Yo (Ё ё) — Not included
  • Numero sign — Included
  • Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
  • En and em dashes — Included
  • Ellipsis — Included
  • Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
  • Arrows — Not included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
643
x-height
45% of the em
Capital height
60% of the em
Version
1.002
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Discretionary ligaturesdlig
  • Kerningkern
  • Old-style figuresonum
  • Lining figureslnum
  • Proportional figurespnum
  • Tabular figurestnum
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Slashed zerozero
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic alternatessalt
  • Stylistic sets (1)

License at a glance

A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.

OFL-1.1

Commercial projects
Allowed
Embedding on a website
Allowed
Modifying the font
Allowed, with conditions
Sharing the font
Allowed, with conditions
Credit and notices
Keep the notices when you share the font
Selling the font on its own
Not allowed

Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.

Read the license text

How to install

Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.

Windows

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
  3. Restart your program.
How to install a font on Windows 10 and 11

macOS

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
  3. Click Install Font in the window that opens.
How to install a font on a Mac (macOS)

Linux

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
  3. Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
How to install a font on Linux (Ubuntu and others)

Step-by-step guides (9)

Facts and sources

Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Grenze Gotisch font free to use?

Yes. Grenze Gotisch is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.

Does Grenze Gotisch support Cyrillic?

No, Grenze Gotisch supports Latin script only.

How many languages does Grenze Gotisch support?

Grenze Gotisch covers 409 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.

Is Grenze Gotisch a variable font?

Yes. Grenze Gotisch is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.

How do I install Grenze Gotisch?

Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.

Who created Grenze Gotisch?

Grenze Gotisch was created by Omnibus-Type.

What is Grenze Gotisch good for?

Judging by its design, Grenze Gotisch suits: tattoos, posters, headings, logos.

Pairs well with Grenze Gotisch

More pairs and your own text
    • A showy heading over a quiet text face
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: serious, vintage
  • Body text
    Alegreya
    • A showy heading over a quiet text face
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: serious
    • The body font is made for reading

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