Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Engelsgold
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CSSfont-family: 'Engelsgold', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Engelsgold is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Engelsgold has an x-height taller than 96%, is wider than 89% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 88%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Aoboshi One
Engelsgold on one light table with its two closest fonts, Aoboshi One (66 out of 100) and Hammersmith One (64). Aoboshi One is 70% heavier and 9% narrower, with an x-height 33% shorter; Hammersmith One is 60% heavier and 13% narrower, with an x-height 26% shorter.
Engelsgold and Aoboshi One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with EngelsgoldAoboshi One…
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 Engelsgold 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
Engelsgold 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 Engelsgold, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- 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 “Engelsgold”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Engelsgold 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 Engelsgold 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 Engelsgold, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Engelsgold under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Engelsgold, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 69.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 35%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 96% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 89% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 88% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Engelsgold
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Aoboshi One6670% heavier · x-height 33% shorter · 9% narrower
- Hammersmith One6460% heavier · x-height 26% shorter · 13% narrower
- GFS Neohellenic59x-height 44% shorter · 33% narrower · 14% heavier
- Andika58x-height 28% shorter · 28% heavier · 13% narrower
- Montenegrin Gothic One56x-height 29% shorter · 21% heavier · more stroke contrast
- AR One Sans55x-height 26% shorter · 10% narrower · 14% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Engelsgold →Compare side by side →Get Engelsgold on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Engelsgold without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Engelsgold sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Engelsgold loads, this sets Arial in its place at 115.3% of its size, so running text keeps Engelsgold’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Engelsgold Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 115.29%;
ascent-override: 65.04%;
descent-override: 21.69%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Engelsgold', 'Engelsgold Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Engelsgold
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Engelsgold free for commercial use?
Yes. Engelsgold 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 “Engelsgold”.
How do I download and install Engelsgold?
Engelsgold 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 Engelsgold in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Engelsgold 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 Engelsgold have?
Engelsgold 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 Engelsgold?
Engelsgold was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Engelsgold?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Aoboshi One (66), Hammersmith One (64) and GFS Neohellenic (59), out of 100. Next to Engelsgold, Aoboshi One is 70% heavier and 9% narrower, with an x-height 33% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Engelsgold.