Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Fibel Nord
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CSSfont-family: 'Fibel Nord', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fibel Nord is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Fibel Nord has an x-height shorter than 62%, is narrower than 62% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 60%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fibel Vienna
Fibel Nord on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fibel Vienna (100 out of 100) and Phlatt Grotesk (57). Fibel Vienna has an x-height 10% shorter; Phlatt Grotesk is 32% wider and 21% lighter, with an x-height 21% taller.
Fibel Nord and Fibel Vienna laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Fibel NordFibel Vienna…
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 Fibel Nord 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 / Weights
Fibel Nord in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Fibel Nord, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 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 “Gruenewals VE”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fibel Nord 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 Fibel Nord 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 Fibel Nord, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fibel Nord under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Fibel Nord, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 39.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 63.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.62lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 37.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 46%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 62% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 60% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 73% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fibel Nord
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fibel Vienna100x-height 10% shorter
- Phlatt Grotesk5732% wider · x-height 21% taller · 21% lighter
- Aeronef57x-height 11% taller · 10% narrower
- Jupiteroid5421% wider · x-height 19% taller · more stroke contrast
- Simple Print53x-height 37% shorter · 35% narrower · 36% lighter
- Darker Grotesque5135% lighter · 7% wider · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Fibel Nord →Compare side by side →Get Fibel Nord on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Fibel Nord without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Fibel Nord sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Fibel Nord loads, this sets Arial in its place at 76.8% of its size, so running text keeps Fibel Nord’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fibel Nord Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 76.79%;
ascent-override: 105.94%;
descent-override: 30.71%;
line-gap-override: 2.87%;
}
font-family: 'Fibel Nord', 'Fibel Nord Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fibel Nord
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Fibel Nord free for commercial use?
Yes. Fibel Nord 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 “Gruenewals VE”.
How do I download and install Fibel Nord?
Fibel Nord 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 Fibel Nord in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fibel Nord 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 Fibel Nord have?
Fibel Nord comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Fibel Nord?
Fibel Nord was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fibel Nord?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fibel Vienna (100), Phlatt Grotesk (57) and Aeronef (57), out of 100. Next to Fibel Nord, Fibel Vienna has an x-height 10% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Fibel Nord.