Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Dante
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CSSfont-family: 'Dante', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Dante is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Dante has an x-height shorter than 89%, is narrower than 94% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.6 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Port Lligat Sans
Dante on one light table with its two closest fonts, Port Lligat Sans (67 out of 100) and Libertinus Sans (66). Port Lligat Sans is 21% wider, with less stroke contrast; Libertinus Sans is 26% wider, with an x-height 6% shorter and less stroke contrast.
Dante and Port Lligat Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with DantePort Lligat Sans…
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 Dante 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
Dante 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 Dante, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans 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 “Dante”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Dante 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 Dante 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 Dante, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Dante under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Dante, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.68lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 37.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.58 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 89% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 94% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 98% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Dante
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Port Lligat Sans6721% wider · less stroke contrast
- Libertinus Sans6626% wider · x-height 6% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Kuenstler Grotesk6342% wider · x-height 35% taller · less stroke contrast
- Gotu6351% wider · x-height 13% taller · 21% lighter
- Truculenta63less stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller · 7% wider
- Atma60x-height 20% taller · 16% wider · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Dante →Compare side by side →Get Dante on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Dante without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Berner Basisschrift45text 0.9% wider · x-height 3.5% shorter
- Aladin42text 2.0% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Dante loads, this sets Arial in its place at 76% of its size, so running text keeps Dante’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Dante Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 75.98%;
ascent-override: 98.71%;
descent-override: 32.90%;
line-gap-override: 1.18%;
}
font-family: 'Dante', 'Dante Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Dante
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Dante free for commercial use?
Yes. Dante 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 “Dante”.
How do I download and install Dante?
Dante 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 Dante in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Dante 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 Dante have?
Dante 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 Dante?
Dante was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Dante?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Port Lligat Sans (67), Libertinus Sans (66) and Kuenstler Grotesk (63), out of 100. Next to Dante, Port Lligat Sans is 21% wider, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Dante.