Display · Peter Wiegel
5by7light
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CSSfont-family: '5by7light', sans-serif; font-weight: 300; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
5by7light is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, 5by7light has an x-height shorter than 74%, is wider than 81% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Nose Transport
5by7light on one light table with its two closest fonts, Nose Transport (84 out of 100) and Codystar (84). Nose Transport is 134% heavier and 16% narrower, with an x-height 9% taller; Codystar is 61% lighter and 8% wider, with an x-height 49% taller.
5by7light and Nose Transport laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with 5by7lightNose Transport…
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 5by7light alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 300
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
5by7light at every size
1 weight (300) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made 5by7light, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (300)
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
5by7light 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 5by7light 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 5by7light, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists 5by7light under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
5by7light, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 61.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 13%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 74% of display faces
WidthWider than 81% of display faces
InkLighter than 97% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to 5by7light
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Nose Transport84134% heavier · 16% narrower · x-height 9% taller
- Codystar84x-height 49% taller · 61% lighter · 8% wider
- DotMatrix Expanded7339% heavier · 17% wider
- 5by772150% heavier · 5% narrower
- Array68278% heavier · 21% narrower
- DotMatrix6766% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to 5by7light →Compare side by side →Get 5by7light on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap 5by7light without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- 5by772text 2.7% narrower · x-height 2.5% taller
- Rubik Pixels41text 2.9% narrower · x-height 2.5% taller
- Rubik 80s Fade22text 2.9% narrower · x-height 4.5% taller
- Rubik Broken Fax10text 2.9% narrower · x-height 3.3% taller
- Moirai One0text 2.8% narrower · x-height 2.1% taller
- Chokokutai0text 2.7% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until 5by7light loads, this sets Arial in its place at 123.1% of its size, so running text keeps 5by7light’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: '5by7light Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 123.15%;
ascent-override: 56.84%;
descent-override: 0.00%;
line-gap-override: 4.06%;
}
font-family: '5by7light', '5by7light Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about 5by7light
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is 5by7light free for commercial use?
Yes. 5by7light 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 5by7light?
5by7light 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 5by7light in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and 5by7light 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 5by7light have?
5by7light comes in one weight, Light (300). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed 5by7light?
5by7light was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to 5by7light?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Nose Transport (84), Codystar (84) and DotMatrix Expanded (73), out of 100. Next to 5by7light, Nose Transport is 134% heavier and 16% narrower, with an x-height 9% taller. See all 100 fonts like 5by7light.