Display · Peter Wiegel
Edison
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CSSfont-family: 'Edison', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Edison is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Edison has an x-height shorter than 89%, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Jena Gotisch
Edison on one light table with its two closest fonts, Jena Gotisch (83 out of 100) and Aktura (73). Jena Gotisch is 26% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Aktura is 23% heavier and 9% wider, with an x-height 13% taller.
Edison and Jena Gotisch laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with EdisonJena Gotisch…
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 Edison 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
Edison 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 Edison, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- 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 “Edison”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Edison 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 Edison 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 Edison, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Edison under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Edison, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 34.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.99 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 89% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 95% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 88% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Edison
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Jena Gotisch8326% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Aktura73x-height 13% taller · 23% heavier · 9% wider
- Kanzler7119% narrower · less stroke contrast · 10% lighter
- Malebolge Adversarial6975% wider · x-height 71% taller · 31% lighter
- Manufacturing Consent67more stroke contrast · 13% wider · 13% heavier
- UnifrakturCook6519% wider · x-height 17% taller · 21% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Edison →Compare side by side →Get Edison on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Edison without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Edison sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Edison loads, this sets Arial in its place at 66.9% of its size, so running text keeps Edison’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Edison Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 66.89%;
ascent-override: 112.12%;
descent-override: 37.37%;
line-gap-override: 1.35%;
}
font-family: 'Edison', 'Edison Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Edison
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Edison free for commercial use?
Yes. Edison 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 “Edison”.
How do I download and install Edison?
Edison 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 Edison in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Edison 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 Edison have?
Edison 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 Edison?
Edison was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Edison?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Jena Gotisch (83), Aktura (73) and Kanzler (71), out of 100. Next to Edison, Jena Gotisch is 26% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Edison.