Sans serif · Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany
Baltic
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CSSfont-family: 'Baltic', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Baltic is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Baltic has an x-height taller than 95%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of DiffiKult
Baltic on one light table with its two closest fonts, DiffiKult (79 out of 100) and Centre Claws (67). DiffiKult is 68% heavier and 15% narrower, with an x-height 31% shorter; Centre Claws is 166% heavier and 23% narrower, with an x-height 33% shorter.
Baltic and DiffiKult laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BalticDiffiKult…
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 Baltic 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Baltic 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 Baltic, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany
- Kind
- Sans serif
- 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 “Baltic”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Baltic 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 Baltic 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 Baltic, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Baltic under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Baltic, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 65.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 62.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 17%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.17 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 95% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 93% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 99% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Baltic
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- DiffiKult7968% heavier · x-height 31% shorter · 15% narrower
- Centre Claws67166% heavier · x-height 33% shorter · 23% narrower
- Lment64103% heavier · 13% wider · x-height 9% shorter
- Gondrin53194% heavier · x-height 18% shorter · 5% narrower
- Qahiri52335% heavier · x-height 53% shorter · 50% narrower
- Melodrama51more stroke contrast · 60% heavier · 25% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Baltic →Compare side by side →Get Baltic on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Baltic without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Baltic loads, this sets Arial in its place at 120.6% of its size, so running text keeps Baltic’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Baltic Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 120.60%;
ascent-override: 62.19%;
descent-override: 20.73%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Baltic', 'Baltic Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Baltic
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Baltic free for commercial use?
Yes. Baltic 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 “Baltic”.
How do I download and install Baltic?
Baltic 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 Baltic in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Baltic 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 Baltic have?
Baltic 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 Baltic?
Baltic was designed by Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany. Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany also made Aeronef, CAT Eckmann, Fehmarn Belt and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Baltic?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are DiffiKult (79), Centre Claws (67) and Lment (64), out of 100. Next to Baltic, DiffiKult is 68% heavier and 15% narrower, with an x-height 31% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Baltic.