Sans serif · Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany
Fehmarn Belt
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CSSfont-family: 'Fehmarn Belt', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fehmarn Belt is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Fehmarn Belt has an x-height taller than 96%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 90%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Braah One
Fehmarn Belt on one light table with its two closest fonts, Braah One (86 out of 100) and Candal (84). Braah One is 11% narrower and 11% heavier, with an x-height 27% shorter; Candal is 21% heavier, with an x-height 25% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Fehmarn Belt and Braah One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Fehmarn BeltBraah 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 Fehmarn Belt 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
Fehmarn Belt 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 Fehmarn Belt, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany
- 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 “Baltic”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fehmarn Belt 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 Fehmarn Belt 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 Fehmarn Belt, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fehmarn Belt under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Fehmarn Belt, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 62.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 57%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.14 : 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 93% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 90% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 62% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fehmarn Belt
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Braah One86x-height 27% shorter · 11% narrower · 11% heavier
- Candal84x-height 25% shorter · 21% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Archivo Black83x-height 25% shorter · 25% heavier · more stroke contrast
- BoonTook83x-height 29% shorter · 39% heavier · 5% narrower
- Saman Dere83x-height 30% shorter · 26% narrower · 10% heavier
- Perun81x-height 29% shorter · 14% narrower · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Fehmarn Belt →Compare side by side →Get Fehmarn Belt on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Fehmarn Belt without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Fehmarn Belt loads, this sets Arial in its place at 120.9% of its size, so running text keeps Fehmarn Belt’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fehmarn Belt Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 120.89%;
ascent-override: 62.04%;
descent-override: 20.68%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Fehmarn Belt', 'Fehmarn Belt Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fehmarn Belt
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Fehmarn Belt free for commercial use?
Yes. Fehmarn Belt 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 “Baltic”.
How do I download and install Fehmarn Belt?
Fehmarn Belt 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 Fehmarn Belt in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fehmarn Belt 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 Fehmarn Belt have?
Fehmarn Belt 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 Fehmarn Belt?
Fehmarn Belt was designed by Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany. Peter Wiegel - CAT-Fonts Germany also made Aeronef, Baltic, CAT Eckmann and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fehmarn Belt?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Braah One (86), Candal (84) and Archivo Black (83), out of 100. Next to Fehmarn Belt, Braah One is 11% narrower and 11% heavier, with an x-height 27% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Fehmarn Belt.