Display · Peter Wiegel
Blankenburg
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CSSfont-family: 'Blankenburg', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Blankenburg is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Blankenburg has an x-height shorter than 82%, is narrower than 94% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 76%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Autobahn
Blankenburg on one light table with its two closest fonts, Autobahn (100 out of 100) and Grobe Deutschmeister (98). Autobahn is 17% wider and 7% heavier, with an x-height 18% taller; Grobe Deutschmeister is 20% wider and 10% heavier, with an x-height 33% taller.
Blankenburg and Autobahn laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with BlankenburgAutobahn…
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 Blankenburg 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
Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- 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 “Blankenburg”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Blankenburg under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Blankenburg, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.67lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 34.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 63%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.09 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 82% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 94% of display faces
InkDarker than 76% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 73% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Blankenburg
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Autobahn100x-height 18% taller · 17% wider · 7% heavier
- Grobe Deutschmeister98x-height 33% taller · 20% wider · 10% heavier
- Blaka8822% wider · 15% heavier · x-height 6% taller
- Blaka Hollow8522% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Pirata One84x-height 21% taller · 17% wider · more stroke contrast
- Nabla7850% wider · x-height 49% taller · 9% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Blankenburg →Compare side by side →Get Blankenburg on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Blankenburg without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Blankenburg loads, this sets Arial in its place at 71.3% of its size, so running text keeps Blankenburg’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Blankenburg Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 71.30%;
ascent-override: 117.67%;
descent-override: 36.04%;
line-gap-override: 3.09%;
}
font-family: 'Blankenburg', 'Blankenburg Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Blankenburg
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Blankenburg free for commercial use?
Yes. Blankenburg 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 “Blankenburg”.
How do I download and install Blankenburg?
Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg have?
Blankenburg 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 Blankenburg?
Blankenburg was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Blankenburg?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Autobahn (100), Grobe Deutschmeister (98) and Blaka (88), out of 100. Next to Blankenburg, Autobahn is 17% wider and 7% heavier, with an x-height 18% taller. See all 100 fonts like Blankenburg.