Frank Ruhl Libre
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Serif · Variable · 7 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Free Frank Ruehl alternatives
Rafael Frank, 1908, and the Hebrew book face that most Hebrew text has been set in since.
Why people look for a Frank Ruehl alternative
Frank Ruehl is the Hebrew equivalent of a book serif and the face most Hebrew literature is set in. Its digital versions ship with systems rather than being licensed for the web, so a Hebrew site that wants a familiar reading texture has the same problem a Latin site would have with Georgia.
What a Frank Ruehl substitute has to get right
The Hebrew has to be the design rather than an alphabet added to a Latin family, which is what separates the handful of serious Hebrew faces from the many that merely include the characters.
The one in this archive
One entry, because one is the honest answer. A face is listed here only if the substitution would survive a designer looking at both.
Frank Ruehl and its free alternatives, at a glance
- How you get it
- Installed with Windows
- Pass it on, embed it or self-host it
- Not permitted by its licence
- On a website
- Only as a system font, on machines that already have it
Frank Ruehl
| Property | Frank Ruhl Libre |
|---|---|
| Licence | OFL-1.1 — free, commercial use allowed |
| Weights | 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 |
| Variable | Yes |
| Italic | No |
| Türkçe | Yes |
| Other alphabets | Hebrew |
| Glyphs | 604 |
| Web font | 51 KB Latin cut |
Questions
- What is the best free alternative to Frank Ruehl?
- Frank Ruhl Libre — it is the closest match in this archive, and the page above says which shapes the substitution turns on. It is the only one listed, because one honest match is a better answer than a longer list of near misses.
- Are these Frank Ruehl alternatives free for commercial use?
- Yes. Every font on this site is under a licence that permits commercial use with no fee and no attribution requirement, mostly the SIL Open Font License. That covers paid client work, products you sell, self-hosting on a website, and embedding in an application. The licence file is inside every download.
- Can I use a Frank Ruehl alternative in a logo?
- Yes. An open font licence covers the font software rather than the shapes you set with it, so a logo made with one of these can be trademarked like any other. What you cannot do is claim rights over the typeface itself.
- Will a Frank Ruehl substitute keep my layout the same?
- Only if it is metrically compatible — drawn so every character occupies the same width as the original, which makes a document reflow identically. Very few faces are, and where one is, this site says so on its page. Everything else will look similar and set differently, so a layout built to the original's widths needs checking rather than assuming.