Display · Peter Wiegel
Autobahn
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CSSfont-family: 'Autobahn', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Autobahn is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Autobahn has an x-height taller than 66%, is narrower than 85% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 83%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Blankenburg
Autobahn on one light table with its two closest fonts, Blankenburg (100 out of 100) and Grobe Deutschmeister (91). Blankenburg is 15% narrower and 6% lighter, with an x-height 15% shorter; Grobe Deutschmeister has an x-height 13% taller.
Autobahn and Blankenburg laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with AutobahnBlankenburg…
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 Autobahn 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
Autobahn 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 Autobahn, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- 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 “Autobahn”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Autobahn 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 Autobahn 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 Autobahn, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Autobahn under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Autobahn, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 55.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.79lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 40.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 68%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.21 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 66% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 85% of display faces
InkDarker than 83% of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Autobahn
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Blankenburg100x-height 15% shorter · 15% narrower · 6% lighter
- Grobe Deutschmeister91x-height 13% taller
- Nabla8728% wider · x-height 26% taller
- Iceberg8234% lighter · 16% wider
- Pirata One7613% lighter
- Germania One718% wider · x-height 3% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Autobahn →Compare side by side →Get Autobahn on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Autobahn without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Pirata One76text 1.8% narrower · x-height 2.7% taller
- Bombe CAT57text 2.0% wider · x-height 4.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Autobahn loads, this sets Arial in its place at 81.4% of its size, so running text keeps Autobahn’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Autobahn Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 81.42%;
ascent-override: 92.12%;
descent-override: 30.71%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Autobahn', 'Autobahn Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Autobahn
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Autobahn free for commercial use?
Yes. Autobahn 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 “Autobahn”.
How do I download and install Autobahn?
Autobahn 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 Autobahn in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Autobahn 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 Autobahn have?
Autobahn 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 Autobahn?
Autobahn was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Autobahn?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Blankenburg (100), Grobe Deutschmeister (91) and Nabla (87), out of 100. Next to Autobahn, Blankenburg is 15% narrower and 6% lighter, with an x-height 15% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Autobahn.