Sans serif · Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany
Aeronef
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CSSfont-family: 'Aeronef', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Aeronef is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Aeronef has an x-height shorter than 94%, is narrower than 96% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 74%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Zerove
Aeronef on one light table with its two closest fonts, Zerove (83 out of 100) and DIN 1451-4H (78). Zerove is 58% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller; DIN 1451-4H is 44% wider and 7% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller.
Aeronef and Zerove laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AeronefZerove…
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 Aeronef 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
Aeronef 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 Aeronef, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- 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.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Aeronef”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Aeronef 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 Aeronef 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 Aeronef, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Aeronef under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Aeronef, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.62lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 33.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 94% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 96% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 74% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Aeronef
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Zerove83x-height 60% taller · 58% wider · 13% lighter
- DIN 1451-4H7844% wider · x-height 14% taller · 7% heavier
- Akshar7832% wider · x-height 15% taller · 9% heavier
- Fervojo7434% wider · x-height 14% taller · 7% lighter
- Format 14527439% wider · x-height 10% taller
- Abel7226% wider · x-height 14% taller · 27% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Aeronef →Compare side by side →Get Aeronef on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Aeronef without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Aeronef loads, this sets Arial in its place at 68.3% of its size, so running text keeps Aeronef’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Aeronef Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 68.32%;
ascent-override: 111.91%;
descent-override: 52.68%;
line-gap-override: 6.64%;
}
font-family: 'Aeronef', 'Aeronef Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Aeronef
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Aeronef free for commercial use?
Yes. Aeronef is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Aeronef”.
How do I download and install Aeronef?
Aeronef 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 Aeronef in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Aeronef 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 Aeronef have?
Aeronef 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 Aeronef?
Aeronef was designed by Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany. Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany also made Baltic, CAT Eckmann, Fehmarn Belt and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Aeronef?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Zerove (83), DIN 1451-4H (78) and Akshar (78), out of 100. Next to Aeronef, Zerove is 58% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller. See all 100 fonts like Aeronef.