Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Doergon
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CSSfont-family: 'Doergon', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Doergon is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Doergon has an x-height taller than 99%, is wider than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 87%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Chunk Five
Doergon on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chunk Five (81 out of 100) and Bevan (67). Chunk Five is 48% heavier and 15% narrower, with an x-height 35% shorter; Bevan is 46% heavier, with an x-height 32% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Doergon and Chunk Five laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with DoergonChunk Five…
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 Doergon 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Doergon 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 Doergon, 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 “Doergon”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Doergon 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 Doergon 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 Doergon, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Doergon under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Doergon, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 76.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 67.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 54%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 95% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 87% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Doergon
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Chunk Five81x-height 35% shorter · 48% heavier · 15% narrower
- Bevan67x-height 32% shorter · 46% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Alfa Slab One6359% heavier · x-height 27% shorter · 10% narrower
- Glyphs Sapperlot5926% narrower · 20% lighter · x-height 9% shorter
- Immermann57more stroke contrast · 32% narrower · x-height 28% shorter
- BioRhyme57x-height 39% shorter · 10% narrower · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Doergon →Compare side by side →Get Doergon on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Doergon without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Doergon loads, this sets Arial in its place at 134.4% of its size, so running text keeps Doergon’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Doergon Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 134.36%;
ascent-override: 57.05%;
descent-override: -0.18%;
line-gap-override: 17.55%;
}
font-family: 'Doergon', 'Doergon Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Doergon
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Doergon free for commercial use?
Yes. Doergon 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 “Doergon”.
How do I download and install Doergon?
Doergon 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 Doergon in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Doergon 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 Doergon have?
Doergon 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 Doergon?
Doergon was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Doergon?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chunk Five (81), Bevan (67) and Alfa Slab One (63), out of 100. Next to Doergon, Chunk Five is 48% heavier and 15% narrower, with an x-height 35% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Doergon.