Display · Peter Wiegel
Border Control
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CSSfont-family: 'Border Control', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Border Control is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Border Control has an x-height taller than 95%, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.0 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Monoton
Border Control on one light table with its two closest fonts, Monoton (80 out of 100) and Plaster (75). Monoton is 21% narrower and 26% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter; Plaster is 48% heavier and 23% narrower, with an x-height 35% shorter.
Border Control and Monoton laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Border ControlMonoton…
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 Border Control 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Styles
Border Control, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Border Control, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- 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, under another name. Not as “Border Control”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Border Control 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 Border Control 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 Border Control, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Border Control under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Border Control, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 76.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 96.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.00 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 95% of display faces
WidthWider than 98% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 77% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Border Control
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Monoton8021% narrower · 26% lighter · x-height 8% shorter
- Plaster75x-height 35% shorter · 48% heavier · 23% narrower
- Blackout Two AM6634% narrower · 50% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Train One6639% narrower · x-height 27% shorter · 20% lighter
- Zen Tokyo Zoo6257% narrower · x-height 47% shorter · 32% lighter
- Black Ops One6236% narrower · x-height 32% shorter · 45% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Border Control →Compare side by side →Get Border Control on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Border Control without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Border Control sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Border Control loads, this sets Arial in its place at 193.1% of its size, so running text keeps Border Control’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Border Control Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 193.10%;
ascent-override: 38.84%;
descent-override: 12.95%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Border Control', 'Border Control Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Border Control
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Border Control free for commercial use?
Yes. Border Control 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 “Border Control”.
How do I download and install Border Control?
Border Control 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 Border Control in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Border Control 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 Border Control have?
Border Control 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 Border Control?
Border Control was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Border Control?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Monoton (80), Plaster (75) and Blackout Two AM (66), out of 100. Next to Border Control, Monoton is 21% narrower and 26% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Border Control.