Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Espresso Dolce
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CSSfont-family: 'Espresso Dolce', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Espresso Dolce is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Espresso Dolce has an x-height shorter than 92%, is narrower than 84% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 88%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lavasciuga
Espresso Dolce on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lavasciuga (86 out of 100) and Amazonas (82). Lavasciuga is 38% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 52% taller; Amazonas is 34% lighter and 13% wider, with an x-height 21% taller.
Espresso Dolce and Lavasciuga laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Espresso DolceLavasciuga…
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 Espresso Dolce 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
Espresso Dolce 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 Espresso Dolce, 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 “Espresso Dolce”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Espresso Dolce 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 Espresso Dolce 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 Espresso Dolce, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Espresso Dolce under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Espresso Dolce, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 64.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 43.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 55%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 92% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 84% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 88% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Espresso Dolce
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Lavasciuga86x-height 52% taller · 38% wider · 9% lighter
- Amazonas82x-height 21% taller · 34% lighter · 13% wider
- Fredoka7916% wider · 17% lighter · x-height 7% taller
- Jua769% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Dongle73x-height 34% shorter · 28% narrower
- National Park71x-height 17% taller · 25% lighter · 12% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Espresso Dolce →Compare side by side →Get Espresso Dolce on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Espresso Dolce without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Espresso Dolce sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Espresso Dolce loads, this sets Arial in its place at 88.1% of its size, so running text keeps Espresso Dolce’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Espresso Dolce Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 88.14%;
ascent-override: 85.10%;
descent-override: 28.37%;
line-gap-override: 1.02%;
}
font-family: 'Espresso Dolce', 'Espresso Dolce Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Espresso Dolce
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Espresso Dolce free for commercial use?
Yes. Espresso Dolce 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 “Espresso Dolce”.
How do I download and install Espresso Dolce?
Espresso Dolce 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 Espresso Dolce in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Espresso Dolce 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 Espresso Dolce have?
Espresso Dolce 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 Espresso Dolce?
Espresso Dolce was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Espresso Dolce?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lavasciuga (86), Amazonas (82) and Fredoka (79), out of 100. Next to Espresso Dolce, Lavasciuga is 38% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 52% taller. See all 100 fonts like Espresso Dolce.