Monospace · Peter Wiegel
Erica Type
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CSSfont-family: 'Erica Type', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Erica Type is a free monospace font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Erica Type has an x-height shorter than 93%, is wider than 70% 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 CMU Typewriter Text
Erica Type on one light table with its two closest fonts, CMU Typewriter Text (100 out of 100) and Courier Prime (97). CMU Typewriter Text is 13% narrower, with more stroke contrast; Courier Prime has an x-height 7% taller.
Erica Type and CMU Typewriter Text laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Erica TypeCMU Typewriter Text…
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 Erica Type 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 / Weights
Erica Type in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Erica Type, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 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 “Erika Type”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Erica Type 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 Erica Type 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 Erica Type, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Erica Type under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Erica Type, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 42.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 61.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.68lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 93% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 70% of monospaced fonts
InkNear the middle of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 87% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Erica Type
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CMU Typewriter Text10013% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Courier Prime97x-height 7% taller
- Cutive Mono9733% lighter · x-height 10% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Photonico Code74x-height 17% taller
- Compagnon6948% lighter · x-height 5% taller
- Drafting Mono63x-height 9% taller · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Erica Type →Compare side by side →Get Erica Type on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Erica Type without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Erica Type sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Erica Type loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 100.3% of its size, so running text keeps Erica Type’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Erica Type Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 100.33%;
ascent-override: 89.10%;
descent-override: 22.63%;
line-gap-override: 2.53%;
}
font-family: 'Erica Type', 'Erica Type Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Erica Type
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Erica Type free for commercial use?
Yes. Erica Type 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 “Erika Type”.
How do I download and install Erica Type?
Erica Type 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 Erica Type in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Erica Type 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 Erica Type have?
Erica Type comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Erica Type?
Erica Type was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Erica Type?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CMU Typewriter Text (100), Courier Prime (97) and Cutive Mono (97), out of 100. Next to Erica Type, CMU Typewriter Text is 13% narrower, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Erica Type.