Sans serif · P. Wiegel

Astrud

Q: Is Astrud free for commercial use?

Yes. Astrud 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 “Astrud”.

Q: How do I download and install Astrud?

Astrud 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Astrud', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Astrud is a free sans serif by P. Wiegel, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Astrud has an x-height taller than 66%, is narrower than 99% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Voltaire →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Voltaire

Astrud on one light table with its two closest fonts, Voltaire (67 out of 100) and Berliner Wand (65). Voltaire is 41% wider and 27% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Berliner Wand is 10% wider and 10% lighter, with more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with AstrudVoltaire…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Astrud 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.

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03 / Sizes

Astrud 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 Astrud, and can you use it?

Designer: P. Wiegel
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 “Astrud”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Astrud is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Astrud 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 Astrud, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Astrud under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Astrud on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Astrud, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Astrud. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 52.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 81.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.65lowercase against capitals
Width: 28.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 66%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.85 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 66% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 99% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 96% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 98% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Astrud

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Astrud →Compare side by side →Get Astrud on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap Astrud without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Astrud loads, this sets Arial in its place at 59.1% of its size, so running text keeps Astrud’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Astrud Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 59.14%;
  ascent-override: 166.88%;
  descent-override: 36.52%;
  line-gap-override: 4.90%;
}

font-family: 'Astrud', 'Astrud Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Astrud

Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list

Is Astrud free for commercial use?

Yes. Astrud 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 “Astrud”.

How do I download and install Astrud?

Astrud 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 Astrud in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Astrud 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 Astrud have?

Astrud 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 Astrud?

Astrud was designed by P. Wiegel. P. Wiegel also made CAT Reporter and flottflott.

What fonts are similar to Astrud?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Voltaire (67), Berliner Wand (65) and Logotype (64), out of 100. Next to Astrud, Voltaire is 41% wider and 27% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Astrud.