Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Bienchen SAS
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CSSfont-family: 'Bienchen SAS', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Bienchen SAS is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Bienchen SAS has an x-height shorter than 88%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 67%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Gruenewald VA
Bienchen SAS on one light table with its two closest fonts, Gruenewald VA (100 out of 100) and Imrans School (98). Gruenewald VA is 17% narrower and 12% heavier; Imrans School is 24% narrower, with an x-height 17% shorter.
Bienchen SAS and Gruenewald VA laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Bienchen SASGruenewald VA…
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 Bienchen SAS 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 / Styles
Bienchen SAS, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Bienchen SAS, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), with italics
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Bienchen SAS 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 Bienchen SAS 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 Bienchen SAS, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Bienchen SAS under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Bienchen SAS, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 30.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 54.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.56lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 39.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 88% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 67% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Bienchen SAS
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Gruenewald VA10017% narrower · 12% heavier
- Imrans School9824% narrower · x-height 17% shorter
- Helvetia Verbundene88x-height 30% taller · 25% wider
- La Belle Aurore74x-height 48% taller · 8% wider
- Grape Nuts74x-height 15% taller · 9% lighter
- Erratic Cursive73x-height 10% taller · 12% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Bienchen SAS →Compare side by side →Get Bienchen SAS on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Bienchen SAS without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Bienchen SAS loads, this sets Arial in its place at 80.1% of its size, so running text keeps Bienchen SAS’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Bienchen SAS Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 80.14%;
ascent-override: 65.36%;
descent-override: 35.65%;
line-gap-override: 11.29%;
}
font-family: 'Bienchen SAS', 'Bienchen SAS Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Bienchen SAS
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Bienchen SAS free for commercial use?
Yes. Bienchen SAS is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Bienchen SAS?
Bienchen SAS 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 Bienchen SAS in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Bienchen SAS 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 Bienchen SAS have?
Bienchen SAS comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Bienchen SAS?
Bienchen SAS was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Bienchen SAS?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Gruenewald VA (100), Imrans School (98) and Helvetia Verbundene (88), out of 100. Next to Bienchen SAS, Gruenewald VA is 17% narrower and 12% heavier. See all 100 fonts like Bienchen SAS.