Serif · MacKellar

Attic

Q: Is Attic free for commercial use?

Yes. Attic 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 “Attic”.

Q: How do I download and install Attic?

Attic 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

Weight250The only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Attic', serif; font-weight: 250; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Attic is a free serif by MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan Co. Philadelphia, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Attic has an x-height taller than 79%, is narrower than 99% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Bonny →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Bonny

Attic on one light table with its two closest fonts, Bonny (80 out of 100) and Imbue (65). Bonny is 21% wider and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Imbue is 99% heavier, with more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with AtticBonny…

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 Attic alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 250

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

Attic at every size

1 weight (250) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Attic, and can you use it?

Designer: MacKellar, Smiths, Jordan Co. Philadelphia
Kind: Serif
Styles: 1 weight (250)
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 “Attic”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Attic 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 Attic 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 Attic, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Attic under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Attic on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Attic, measured

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

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

x-height: 51.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 75.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.68lowercase against capitals
Width: 33.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 24%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 79% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 99% of serifs
InkLighter than 97% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 98% of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Attic

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Attic without a jump

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

Maiden Orange25text 2.8% wider · x-height 1.4% shorter

Fallback while it loads

Until Attic loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 78.6% of its size, so running text keeps Attic’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Attic Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 78.59%;
  ascent-override: 123.56%;
  descent-override: 29.52%;
  line-gap-override: 3.56%;
}

font-family: 'Attic', 'Attic Fallback', serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Attic

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

Is Attic free for commercial use?

Yes. Attic 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 “Attic”.

How do I download and install Attic?

Attic 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 Attic in Google Docs?

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

Attic comes in one weight, 250. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Attic?

Attic was designed by MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan Co. Philadelphia.

What fonts are similar to Attic?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Bonny (80), Imbue (65) and Bigelow Rules (60), out of 100. Next to Attic, Bonny is 21% wider and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Attic.