Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Amptmann Script
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CSSfont-family: 'Amptmann Script', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Amptmann Script is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Amptmann Script has an average x-height, is wider than 73% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 61%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Goldmarie
Amptmann Script on one light table with its two closest fonts, Goldmarie (80 out of 100) and Mr Bedfort (74). Goldmarie is 73% heavier and 10% narrower; Mr Bedfort is 64% heavier and 21% narrower, with an x-height 41% shorter.
Amptmann Script and Goldmarie laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Amptmann ScriptGoldmarie…
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 Amptmann Script 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
Amptmann Script 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 Amptmann Script, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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, under another name. Not as “Amptmann Script”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Amptmann Script 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 Amptmann Script 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 Amptmann Script, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Amptmann Script under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Amptmann Script, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 77.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.56lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.29 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 73% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 61% of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Amptmann Script
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Goldmarie8073% heavier · 10% narrower
- Mr Bedfort74x-height 41% shorter · 64% heavier · 21% narrower
- Rochester7132% narrower · x-height 9% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Norican7025% narrower · 36% heavier · x-height 6% shorter
- Leckerli One7054% heavier · x-height 12% taller · 6% narrower
- Amita69x-height 19% taller · 13% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Amptmann Script →Compare side by side →Get Amptmann Script on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Amptmann Script without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Amptmann Script sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Amptmann Script loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.1% of its size, so running text keeps Amptmann Script’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Amptmann Script Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 101.10%;
ascent-override: 110.41%;
descent-override: 39.12%;
line-gap-override: 2.70%;
}
font-family: 'Amptmann Script', 'Amptmann Script Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Amptmann Script
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Amptmann Script free for commercial use?
Yes. Amptmann Script 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 “Amptmann Script”.
How do I download and install Amptmann Script?
Amptmann Script 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 Amptmann Script in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Amptmann Script 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 Amptmann Script have?
Amptmann Script 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 Amptmann Script?
Amptmann Script was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Amptmann Script?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Goldmarie (80), Mr Bedfort (74) and Rochester (71), out of 100. Next to Amptmann Script, Goldmarie is 73% heavier and 10% narrower. See all 100 fonts like Amptmann Script.