Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Eirik Raude
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CSSfont-family: 'Eirik Raude', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Eirik Raude is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Eirik Raude has an x-height shorter than 92%, is narrower than 88% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 83%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fantasma
Eirik Raude on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fantasma (72 out of 100) and Gidugu (68). Fantasma is 16% narrower and 7% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter; Gidugu is 23% narrower, with an x-height 28% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Eirik Raude and Fantasma laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Eirik RaudeFantasma…
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 Eirik Raude 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
Eirik Raude 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 Eirik Raude, 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 “Eirik Raude”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Eirik Raude 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 Eirik Raude 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 Eirik Raude, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Eirik Raude under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Eirik Raude, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 59.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 42.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.34 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 92% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 88% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 83% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 83% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Eirik Raude
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fantasma7216% narrower · x-height 7% shorter · 7% lighter
- Gidugu68x-height 28% shorter · 23% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Ropa Sans66x-height 10% taller · 10% lighter
- Mozilla Headline6428% wider · x-height 20% taller · 15% lighter
- Anaheim6333% lighter · x-height 9% taller · 4% wider
- Carrois Gothic SC6227% wider · x-height 26% taller · 34% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Eirik Raude →Compare side by side →Get Eirik Raude on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Eirik Raude without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Eirik Raude sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Eirik Raude loads, this sets Arial in its place at 85.5% of its size, so running text keeps Eirik Raude’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Eirik Raude Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 85.52%;
ascent-override: 95.70%;
descent-override: 22.56%;
line-gap-override: 2.79%;
}
font-family: 'Eirik Raude', 'Eirik Raude Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Eirik Raude
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Eirik Raude free for commercial use?
Yes. Eirik Raude 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 “Eirik Raude”.
How do I download and install Eirik Raude?
Eirik Raude 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 Eirik Raude in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Eirik Raude 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 Eirik Raude have?
Eirik Raude 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 Eirik Raude?
Eirik Raude was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Eirik Raude?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fantasma (72), Gidugu (68) and Ropa Sans (66), out of 100. Next to Eirik Raude, Fantasma is 16% narrower and 7% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Eirik Raude.