Serif · Peter Wiegel
Fette Globus
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CSSfont-family: 'Fette Globus', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fette Globus is a free serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Fette Globus has an average x-height, is narrower than 99% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Edison
Fette Globus on one light table with its two closest fonts, Edison (64 out of 100) and Grenze Gotisch (58). Edison is 22% lighter and 9% wider, with an x-height 7% shorter; Grenze Gotisch is 27% wider and 18% lighter, with more stroke contrast.
Fette Globus and Edison laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Fette GlobusEdison…
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 Fette Globus 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
Fette Globus 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 Fette Globus, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- 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 “Fette Globus”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fette Globus 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 Fette Globus 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 Fette Globus, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fette Globus under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Fette Globus, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 62.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 31.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 61%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.07 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of serifs
WidthNarrower than 99% of serifs
InkDarker than 95% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 95% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fette Globus
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Edison6422% lighter · 9% wider · x-height 7% shorter
- Grenze Gotisch5827% wider · more stroke contrast · 18% lighter
- Germania One5838% wider · x-height 12% taller
- Germanica5328% lighter · 14% wider · less stroke contrast
- UnifrakturCook5230% wider · x-height 9% taller
- Pirata One5127% wider · x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Fette Globus →Compare side by side →Get Fette Globus on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Fette Globus without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Fette Globus sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Fette Globus loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 68.9% of its size, so running text keeps Fette Globus’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fette Globus Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 68.91%;
ascent-override: 92.44%;
descent-override: 24.53%;
line-gap-override: 2.61%;
}
font-family: 'Fette Globus', 'Fette Globus Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fette Globus
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Fette Globus free for commercial use?
Yes. Fette Globus 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 “Fette Globus”.
How do I download and install Fette Globus?
Fette Globus 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 Fette Globus in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fette Globus 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 Fette Globus have?
Fette Globus 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 Fette Globus?
Fette Globus was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fette Globus?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Edison (64), Grenze Gotisch (58) and Germania One (58), out of 100. Next to Fette Globus, Edison is 22% lighter and 9% wider, with an x-height 7% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Fette Globus.