Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
DiffiKult
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CSSfont-family: 'DiffiKult', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
DiffiKult is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel and original typeface by Arno Drescher 1935, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, DiffiKult has an x-height shorter than 92%, is wider than 66% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 96%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Centre Claws
DiffiKult on one light table with its two closest fonts, Centre Claws (88 out of 100) and Lment (80). Centre Claws is 58% heavier and 9% narrower; Lment is 33% wider and 21% heavier, with an x-height 32% taller.
DiffiKult and Centre Claws laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with DiffiKultCentre Claws…
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 DiffiKult 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
DiffiKult 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 DiffiKult, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel, original typeface by Arno Drescher 1935
- 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 “DiffiKult”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
DiffiKult 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 DiffiKult 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 DiffiKult, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists DiffiKult under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
DiffiKult, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.63lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 29%letter box filled
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 92% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 66% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 96% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to DiffiKult
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Centre Claws8858% heavier · 9% narrower
- Lment8033% wider · x-height 32% taller · 21% heavier
- Baltic79x-height 45% taller · 40% lighter · 18% wider
- Train One72x-height 24% taller · 35% heavier · 12% wider
- Monoton57x-height 57% taller · 44% wider · 24% heavier
- Gondrin5675% heavier · x-height 19% taller · 13% wider
All 100 fonts similar to DiffiKult →Compare side by side →Get DiffiKult on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap DiffiKult without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until DiffiKult loads, this sets Arial in its place at 106.9% of its size, so running text keeps DiffiKult’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'DiffiKult Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 106.94%;
ascent-override: 87.99%;
descent-override: 21.88%;
line-gap-override: 2.52%;
}
font-family: 'DiffiKult', 'DiffiKult Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about DiffiKult
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is DiffiKult free for commercial use?
Yes. DiffiKult 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 “DiffiKult”.
How do I download and install DiffiKult?
DiffiKult 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 DiffiKult in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and DiffiKult 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 DiffiKult have?
DiffiKult 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 DiffiKult?
DiffiKult was designed by Peter Wiegel and original typeface by Arno Drescher 1935. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to DiffiKult?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Centre Claws (88), Lment (80) and Baltic (79), out of 100. Next to DiffiKult, Centre Claws is 58% heavier and 9% narrower. See all 100 fonts like DiffiKult.