Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Fibel Vienna
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CSSfont-family: 'Fibel Vienna', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Fibel Vienna is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Fibel Vienna has an x-height shorter than 73%, is narrower than 63% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 68%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fibel Nord
Fibel Vienna on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fibel Nord (100 out of 100) and Aeronef (61). Fibel Nord has an x-height 11% taller; Aeronef is 10% narrower, with an x-height 24% taller.
Fibel Vienna and Fibel Nord laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Fibel ViennaFibel Nord…
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 Vienna 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
Fibel Vienna 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 Fibel Vienna, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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 “Fibel Vienna”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Fibel Vienna 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 Vienna 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 Vienna, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Fibel Vienna under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Fibel Vienna, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 35.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 63.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.56lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 37.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 49%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 73% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 63% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 68% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 73% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Fibel Vienna
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fibel Nord100x-height 11% taller
- Aeronef61x-height 24% taller · 10% narrower
- Googee559% wider
- Simple Print5435% narrower · x-height 30% shorter · 39% lighter
- Jupiteroid52x-height 32% taller · 21% wider · more stroke contrast
- Ostrich Sans49x-height 90% taller · 61% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Fibel Vienna →Compare side by side →Get Fibel Vienna on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Fibel Vienna without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Fibel Vienna sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Fibel Vienna loads, this sets Arial in its place at 76.8% of its size, so running text keeps Fibel Vienna’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Fibel Vienna Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 76.83%;
ascent-override: 105.88%;
descent-override: 30.69%;
line-gap-override: 2.86%;
}
font-family: 'Fibel Vienna', 'Fibel Vienna Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Fibel Vienna
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Fibel Vienna free for commercial use?
Yes. Fibel Vienna 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 “Fibel Vienna”.
How do I download and install Fibel Vienna?
Fibel Vienna 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 Vienna in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Fibel Vienna 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 Vienna have?
Fibel Vienna 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 Fibel Vienna?
Fibel Vienna was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Fibel Vienna?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fibel Nord (100), Aeronef (61) and Googee (55), out of 100. Next to Fibel Vienna, Fibel Nord has an x-height 11% taller. See all 100 fonts like Fibel Vienna.