Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Gianna
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CSSfont-family: 'Gianna', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gianna is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Gianna has an x-height shorter than 79%, is narrower than 85% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Montez
Gianna on one light table with its two closest fonts, Montez (72 out of 100) and Joscelyn (69). Montez is 16% wider and 13% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter; Joscelyn is 106% wider and 51% heavier, with an x-height 17% taller.
Gianna and Montez laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GiannaMontez…
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 Gianna 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
Gianna 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 Gianna, 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 “Gianna”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gianna 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 Gianna 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 Gianna, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gianna under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gianna, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 33.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 63.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.53lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 29.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.30 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 79% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 85% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 66% of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gianna
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Montez7216% wider · x-height 15% shorter · 13% heavier
- Joscelyn69106% wider · 51% heavier · x-height 17% taller
- Mr Bedfort6842% wider · 59% heavier · x-height 22% shorter
- Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift6840% wider · x-height 20% taller · 10% lighter
- Kanzler68x-height 27% taller · less stroke contrast · 12% lighter
- Tangerine67x-height 24% shorter · 17% narrower · 20% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Gianna →Compare side by side →Get Gianna on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Gianna without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- CAT Flamme63text 2.1% wider · x-height 2.3% taller
- Beau Rivage51same text width · x-height 2.7% taller
- Mea Culpa42text 2.5% wider · x-height 4.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Gianna loads, this sets Arial in its place at 58.2% of its size, so running text keeps Gianna’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gianna Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 58.23%;
ascent-override: 128.81%;
descent-override: 42.94%;
line-gap-override: 1.55%;
}
font-family: 'Gianna', 'Gianna Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gianna
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Gianna free for commercial use?
Yes. Gianna 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 “Gianna”.
How do I download and install Gianna?
Gianna 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 Gianna in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gianna 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 Gianna have?
Gianna 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 Gianna?
Gianna was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Gianna?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Montez (72), Joscelyn (69) and Mr Bedfort (68), out of 100. Next to Gianna, Montez is 16% wider and 13% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Gianna.