Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Covid19
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CSSfont-family: 'Covid19', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Covid19 is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Covid19 has an x-height taller than 93%, is wider than 88% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 90%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Kdam Thmor Pro
Covid19 on one light table with its two closest fonts, Kdam Thmor Pro (87 out of 100) and Asimovian (74). Kdam Thmor Pro is 12% narrower and 7% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Asimovian is 12% narrower and 10% lighter, with an x-height 13% shorter.
Covid19 and Kdam Thmor Pro laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Covid19Kdam Thmor Pro…
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 Covid19 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
Covid19 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 Covid19, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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 “Covid19”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Covid19 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 Covid19 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 Covid19, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Covid19 under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Covid19, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 61.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 86.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 58.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 57%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.03 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 93% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 88% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 90% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 86% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Covid19
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Kdam Thmor Pro8712% narrower · more stroke contrast · 7% lighter
- Asimovian74x-height 13% shorter · 12% narrower · 10% lighter
- Unitblock6729% narrower · x-height 14% shorter · 12% lighter
- Unsightly6443% wider · x-height 20% taller · 29% lighter
- Norwester60x-height 14% taller · 13% narrower · 8% lighter
- Goiters5933% wider · x-height 19% taller · 8% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Covid19 →Compare side by side →Get Covid19 on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Covid19 without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Covid19 loads, this sets Arial in its place at 120.5% of its size, so running text keeps Covid19’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Covid19 Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 120.46%;
ascent-override: 77.87%;
descent-override: 16.19%;
line-gap-override: 2.32%;
}
font-family: 'Covid19', 'Covid19 Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Covid19
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Covid19 free for commercial use?
Yes. Covid19 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 “Covid19”.
How do I download and install Covid19?
Covid19 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 Covid19 in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Covid19 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 Covid19 have?
Covid19 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 Covid19?
Covid19 was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Covid19?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Kdam Thmor Pro (87), Asimovian (74) and Unitblock (67), out of 100. Next to Covid19, Kdam Thmor Pro is 12% narrower and 7% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Covid19.