Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Feronia
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CSSfont-family: 'Feronia', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Feronia is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Feronia has an x-height taller than 60%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
Compare with Yuji Hentaigana Akari →Compare with another font
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Yuji Hentaigana Akari
Feronia on one light table with its two closest fonts, Yuji Hentaigana Akari (84 out of 100) and Admiral CAT (78). Yuji Hentaigana Akari is 62% wider and 36% lighter, with an x-height 31% taller; Admiral CAT is 53% heavier and 11% wider, with more stroke contrast.
Feronia and Yuji Hentaigana Akari laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FeroniaYuji Hentaigana Akari…
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 Feronia 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
Feronia 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 Feronia, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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 “Feronia”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Feronia 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 Feronia 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 Feronia, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Feronia under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Feronia, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 67.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.08 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 60% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 73% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 62% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Feronia
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Yuji Hentaigana Akari8462% wider · x-height 31% taller · 36% lighter
- Admiral CAT7853% heavier · 11% wider · more stroke contrast
- Bonbon7529% wider
- Calligraffitti7410% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
- Grape Nuts73x-height 29% shorter · 9% narrower · 6% lighter
- Send Flowers7314% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · 12% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Feronia →Compare side by side →Get Feronia on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Feronia without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Charm59text 2.3% narrower · x-height 2.7% shorter
- Kaushan Script46text 0.8% wider · x-height 2.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Feronia loads, this sets Arial in its place at 88% of its size, so running text keeps Feronia’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Feronia Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 87.98%;
ascent-override: 85.25%;
descent-override: 28.42%;
line-gap-override: 1.02%;
}
font-family: 'Feronia', 'Feronia Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Feronia
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Feronia free for commercial use?
Yes. Feronia 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 “Feronia”.
How do I download and install Feronia?
Feronia 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 Feronia in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Feronia 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 Feronia have?
Feronia 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 Feronia?
Feronia was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Feronia?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Yuji Hentaigana Akari (84), Admiral CAT (78) and Bonbon (75), out of 100. Next to Feronia, Yuji Hentaigana Akari is 62% wider and 36% lighter, with an x-height 31% taller. See all 100 fonts like Feronia.