Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Discipuli Britannica
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CSSfont-family: 'Discipuli Britannica', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Discipuli Britannica is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Discipuli Britannica has an x-height shorter than 61%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 95%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Beth Ellen
Discipuli Britannica on one light table with its two closest fonts, Beth Ellen (83 out of 100) and EuroScript (79). Beth Ellen has an x-height 26% taller; EuroScript is 9% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 6% taller.
Discipuli Britannica and Beth Ellen laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Discipuli BritannicaBeth Ellen…
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 Discipuli Britannica 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
Discipuli Britannica 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 Discipuli Britannica, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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 “Discipuli Britannica”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Discipuli Britannica 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 Discipuli Britannica 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 Discipuli Britannica, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Discipuli Britannica under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Discipuli Britannica, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 39.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.53lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 67%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 61% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 93% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 95% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Discipuli Britannica
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Beth Ellen83x-height 26% taller
- EuroScript799% narrower · 18% lighter · x-height 6% taller
- Helvetia Verbundene7840% lighter · 16% narrower
- Leckerli One75x-height 24% taller · 16% narrower · 6% heavier
- Damion7432% narrower · x-height 12% shorter · 8% heavier
- Norican7433% narrower · x-height 4% taller · 6% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Discipuli Britannica →Compare side by side →Get Discipuli Britannica on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Discipuli Britannica without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Discipuli Britannica sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Discipuli Britannica loads, this sets Arial in its place at 117.3% of its size, so running text keeps Discipuli Britannica’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Discipuli Britannica Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 117.28%;
ascent-override: 82.71%;
descent-override: 33.59%;
line-gap-override: 1.88%;
}
font-family: 'Discipuli Britannica', 'Discipuli Britannica Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Discipuli Britannica
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Discipuli Britannica free for commercial use?
Yes. Discipuli Britannica 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 “Discipuli Britannica”.
How do I download and install Discipuli Britannica?
Discipuli Britannica 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 Discipuli Britannica in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Discipuli Britannica 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 Discipuli Britannica have?
Discipuli Britannica 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 Discipuli Britannica?
Discipuli Britannica was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Discipuli Britannica?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Beth Ellen (83), EuroScript (79) and Helvetia Verbundene (78), out of 100. Next to Discipuli Britannica, Beth Ellen has an x-height 26% taller. See all 100 fonts like Discipuli Britannica.