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Serif · Keussel

Basteleur

Case
72 px
300 Light
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Basteleur', serif; font-weight: 300; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Basteleur is a free serif by Keussel, from Velvetyne. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Basteleur has an x-height taller than 94%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 64%. Its thickest strokes are 2.0 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Isenheim

Basteleur on one light table with its two closest fonts, Isenheim (87 out of 100) and Anticva (83). Isenheim is 12% narrower and 19% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Anticva is 37% lighter and 15% wider, with an x-height 43% taller.

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Basteleur and Isenheim laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with BasteleurIsenheim…

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 Basteleur alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 300

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

03 / Weights

Basteleur in 2 weights

2 weights, 300–700

  • 300 Light
  • 700 Bold

04 / Facts

Who made Basteleur, and can you use it?

Designer
Keussel
Kind
Serif
Styles
2 weights, 300–700
From
Velvetyne
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 “Basteleur”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Basteleur 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 Basteleur comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint
Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 Basteleur, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Basteleur under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Basteleur on Velvetyne

05 / Measurements

Basteleur, measured

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

Hxgp in Basteleur. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
55.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
75.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.73lowercase against capitals
Width
62.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
40%letter box filled
Contrast
2.04 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 94% of serifs

  • WidthWider than 93% of serifs

  • InkLighter than 64% of serifs

  • ContrastNear the middle of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Basteleur

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Basteleur →Compare side by side →Get Basteleur on Velvetyne

07 / Swap

Swap Basteleur without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Basteleur loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 137.6% of its size, so running text keeps Basteleur’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Basteleur Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 137.61%;
  ascent-override: 69.03%;
  descent-override: 18.17%;
  line-gap-override: 10.90%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Basteleur

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

Is Basteleur free for commercial use?

Yes. Basteleur 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 “Basteleur”.

How do I download and install Basteleur?

Basteleur comes free from Velvetyne . 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 Basteleur in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Basteleur comes from Velvetyne. 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 Basteleur have?

Basteleur comes in two weights: Light (300) and Bold (700).

Who designed Basteleur?

Basteleur was designed by Keussel.

What fonts are similar to Basteleur?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Isenheim (87), Anticva (83) and Career (78), out of 100. Next to Basteleur, Isenheim is 12% narrower and 19% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Basteleur.