Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Eureka
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CSSfont-family: 'Eureka', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Eureka is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Eureka has an x-height taller than 65%, is narrower than 84% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Boecklins Universe
Eureka on one light table with its two closest fonts, Boecklins Universe (68 out of 100) and Germanica (65). Boecklins Universe is 93% heavier and 23% wider; Germanica is 49% heavier and 18% narrower, with an x-height 10% shorter.
Eureka and Boecklins Universe laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with EurekaBoecklins Universe…
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 Eureka 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.
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- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Eureka 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 Eureka, 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 “Eureka Krebs”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Eureka 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 Eureka 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 Eureka, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Eureka under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Eureka, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 43.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 29%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 65% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 84% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 96% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Eureka
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Boecklins Universe6893% heavier · 23% wider
- Germanica6549% heavier · 18% narrower · x-height 10% shorter
- Snowburst One5837% wider · x-height 34% taller · 30% lighter
- Apollo ASM54149% heavier · x-height 14% shorter · 8% wider
- CAT Childs5443% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Miltonian5132% wider · 50% heavier · x-height 19% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Eureka →Compare side by side →Get Eureka on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Eureka without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- CAT Childs54text 2.0% wider · x-height 2.0% shorter
- Siren and Sailor46text 1.3% wider · x-height 4.4% shorter
- Kuenstler Gotisch38same text width · x-height 4.1% taller
- Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh33text 2.8% wider · x-height 3.4% taller
- Paquito26text 2.5% wider · x-height 2.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Eureka loads, this sets Arial in its place at 89.4% of its size, so running text keeps Eureka’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Eureka Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 89.37%;
ascent-override: 98.35%;
descent-override: 21.69%;
line-gap-override: 2.90%;
}
font-family: 'Eureka', 'Eureka Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Eureka
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Eureka free for commercial use?
Yes. Eureka 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 “Eureka Krebs”.
How do I download and install Eureka?
Eureka 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 Eureka in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Eureka 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 Eureka have?
Eureka 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 Eureka?
Eureka was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Eureka?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Boecklins Universe (68), Germanica (65) and Snowburst One (58), out of 100. Next to Eureka, Boecklins Universe is 93% heavier and 23% wider. See all 100 fonts like Eureka.