Serif · Peter Wiegel
Berolina
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CSSfont-family: 'Berolina', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Berolina is a free serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Berolina has an average x-height, is narrower than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 74%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Yuji Syuku
Berolina on one light table with its two closest fonts, Yuji Syuku (90 out of 100) and New Tegomin (82). Yuji Syuku is 67% wider and 36% lighter, with more stroke contrast; New Tegomin is 48% wider and 20% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter.
Berolina and Yuji Syuku laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BerolinaYuji Syuku…
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 Berolina 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
Berolina 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 Berolina, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- 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 “Berolina”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Berolina 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 Berolina 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 Berolina, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Berolina under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Berolina, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.66lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 36.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.20 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of serifs
WidthNarrower than 98% of serifs
InkDarker than 74% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 91% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Berolina
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Yuji Syuku9067% wider · 36% lighter · more stroke contrast
- New Tegomin8248% wider · 20% lighter · x-height 8% shorter
- Port Lligat Slab6923% wider
- Paquito6830% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller
- Averia Serif Libre6744% wider · more stroke contrast
- Cooper*6526% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Berolina →Compare side by side →Get Berolina on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Berolina without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Berolina loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 78.6% of its size, so running text keeps Berolina’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Berolina Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 78.61%;
ascent-override: 95.41%;
descent-override: 31.80%;
line-gap-override: 1.14%;
}
font-family: 'Berolina', 'Berolina Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Berolina
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Berolina free for commercial use?
Yes. Berolina 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 “Berolina”.
How do I download and install Berolina?
Berolina 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 Berolina in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Berolina 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 Berolina have?
Berolina 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 Berolina?
Berolina was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Berolina?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Yuji Syuku (90), New Tegomin (82) and Port Lligat Slab (69), out of 100. Next to Berolina, Yuji Syuku is 67% wider and 36% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Berolina.