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DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 is a free sans serif, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 has an x-height shorter than 91%, is wider than 95% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 70%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Zalando Sans Expanded

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 on one light table with its two closest fonts, Zalando Sans Expanded (79 out of 100) and Syncopate (74). Zalando Sans Expanded is 7% narrower, with an x-height 13% taller and more stroke contrast; Syncopate is 26% wider and 48% lighter, with an x-height 48% taller.

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02 / Letters

The DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Sizes

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 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

Can you use DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936?

Designer: Not listed
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 “Gruenewals VE”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

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Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 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 DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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05 / Measurements

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 45.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 63.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 67.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 39%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes

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Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 91% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 95% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 70% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 →Compare side by side →Get DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

None of the fonts that look most like DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 loads, this sets Arial in its place at 141.7% of its size, so running text keeps DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 141.66%;
  ascent-override: 58.60%;
  descent-override: 11.55%;
  line-gap-override: 1.79%;
}

font-family: 'DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936', 'DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936

Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list

Is DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 free for commercial use?

Yes. DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 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 “Gruenewals VE”.

How do I download and install DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936?

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 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 DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 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 DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 have?

DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936 comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Zalando Sans Expanded (79), Syncopate (74) and REM (73), out of 100. Next to DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936, Zalando Sans Expanded is 7% narrower, with an x-height 13% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like DIN 1451 fette Breitschrift 1936.