Display · Peter Wiegel
Flubby
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CSSfont-family: 'Flubby', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Flubby is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Flubby has an x-height taller than 83%, is narrower than 66% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.9 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lobster
Flubby on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lobster (89 out of 100) and Lily Script One (77). Lobster is 23% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 13% shorter; Lily Script One is 38% heavier, with an x-height 23% shorter and less stroke contrast.
Flubby and Lobster laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FlubbyLobster…
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 Flubby 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
Flubby 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 Flubby, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- 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 “Flubby”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Flubby 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 Flubby 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 Flubby, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Flubby under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Flubby, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 64.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.79lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 50%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.89 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 83% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 66% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 88% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Flubby
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Lobster89x-height 13% shorter · 23% heavier · 6% narrower
- Lily Script One77x-height 23% shorter · 38% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Sansita Swashed75x-height 17% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Shrikhand7331% wider · 58% heavier · x-height 17% shorter
- Oleo Script Swash Caps69x-height 31% shorter · 40% heavier · 9% narrower
- Knewave6770% heavier · x-height 21% shorter · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Flubby →Compare side by side →Get Flubby on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Flubby without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Sedgwick Ave44text 1.1% wider · x-height 4.5% taller
- Sedgwick Ave Display35text 0.8% narrower · x-height 0.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Flubby loads, this sets Arial in its place at 93.8% of its size, so running text keeps Flubby’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Flubby Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 93.78%;
ascent-override: 108.34%;
descent-override: 30.18%;
line-gap-override: 2.99%;
}
font-family: 'Flubby', 'Flubby Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Flubby
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Flubby free for commercial use?
Yes. Flubby 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 “Flubby”.
How do I download and install Flubby?
Flubby 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 Flubby in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Flubby 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 Flubby have?
Flubby 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 Flubby?
Flubby was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Flubby?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lobster (89), Lily Script One (77) and Sansita Swashed (75), out of 100. Next to Flubby, Lobster is 23% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 13% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Flubby.