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Dynamo

Q: Is Dynamo free for commercial use?

Yes. Dynamo 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 “Dynamo”.

Q: How do I download and install Dynamo?

Dynamo 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.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Dynamo', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Dynamo is a free display font, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Dynamo has an average x-height, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 7.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

Compare with Asset →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Asset

Dynamo on one light table with its two closest fonts, Asset (91 out of 100) and Gravitas One (84). Asset is 35% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter; Gravitas One is 14% narrower, with more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with DynamoAsset…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Dynamo 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.

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03 / Sizes

Dynamo 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 Dynamo?

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

Dynamo is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

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

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Dynamo on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Dynamo, measured

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

Hxgp in Dynamo. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 53.4% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.76lowercase against capitals
Width: 95.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 68%letter box filled
Contrast: 7.32 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthWider than 98% of display faces
InkDarker than 84% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 98% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Dynamo

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Dynamo →Compare side by side →Get Dynamo on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap Dynamo without a jump

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

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Dynamo loads, this sets Arial in its place at 192.8% of its size, so running text keeps Dynamo’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Dynamo Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 192.84%;
  ascent-override: 38.89%;
  descent-override: 12.96%;
  line-gap-override: 0.47%;
}

font-family: 'Dynamo', 'Dynamo Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Dynamo

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

Is Dynamo free for commercial use?

Yes. Dynamo 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 “Dynamo”.

How do I download and install Dynamo?

Dynamo 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 Dynamo in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Dynamo 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 Dynamo have?

Dynamo 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 Dynamo?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Asset (91), Gravitas One (84) and Shrikhand (79), out of 100. Next to Dynamo, Asset is 35% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Dynamo.