Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Berliner Wand
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CSSfont-family: 'Berliner Wand', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Berliner Wand is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Berliner Wand has an x-height taller than 80%, is narrower than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 92%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Bebas Neue
Berliner Wand on one light table with its two closest fonts, Bebas Neue (91 out of 100) and League Gothic (84). Bebas Neue is 24% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 30% taller; League Gothic is 15% heavier and 7% narrower.
Berliner Wand and Bebas Neue laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Berliner WandBebas Neue…
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 Berliner Wand 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
Berliner Wand 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 Berliner Wand, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- 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 “Berliner Wand”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Berliner Wand 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 Berliner Wand 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 Berliner Wand, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Berliner Wand under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Berliner Wand, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 31.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 59%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 80% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 98% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 92% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Berliner Wand
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Bebas Neue91x-height 30% taller · 24% wider · 9% lighter
- League Gothic8415% heavier · 7% narrower
- KKBahn81x-height 30% shorter · 25% narrower · 8% lighter
- Kanalisirung8057% wider · x-height 44% taller · 35% lighter
- Simplex Sans7740% wider · 23% lighter · x-height 5% shorter
- Teko73x-height 10% shorter · 5% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Berliner Wand →Compare side by side →Get Berliner Wand on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Berliner Wand without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Berliner Wand sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Berliner Wand loads, this sets Arial in its place at 64.6% of its size, so running text keeps Berliner Wand’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Berliner Wand Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 64.63%;
ascent-override: 116.05%;
descent-override: 38.68%;
line-gap-override: 1.39%;
}
font-family: 'Berliner Wand', 'Berliner Wand Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Berliner Wand
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Berliner Wand free for commercial use?
Yes. Berliner Wand 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 “Berliner Wand”.
How do I download and install Berliner Wand?
Berliner Wand 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 Berliner Wand in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Berliner Wand 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 Berliner Wand have?
Berliner Wand 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 Berliner Wand?
Berliner Wand was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Berliner Wand?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Bebas Neue (91), League Gothic (84) and KKBahn (81), out of 100. Next to Berliner Wand, Bebas Neue is 24% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 30% taller. See all 100 fonts like Berliner Wand.