Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Gondrin
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CSSfont-family: 'Gondrin', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gondrin is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Gondrin has an x-height taller than 77%, is wider than 89% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 83%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Stack
Gondrin on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Stack (100 out of 100) and Lment (82). CAT Stack is 34% lighter and 13% wider, with an x-height 42% taller; Lment is 18% wider and 31% lighter, with an x-height 11% taller.
Gondrin and CAT Stack laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GondrinCAT Stack…
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 Gondrin 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.
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- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Gondrin 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 Gondrin, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- 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 “Gondrini”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gondrin 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 Gondrin 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 Gondrin, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gondrin under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gondrin, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 77% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 89% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 83% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gondrin
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Stack100x-height 42% taller · 34% lighter · 13% wider
- Lment8218% wider · 31% lighter · x-height 11% taller
- Rampart One7122% lighter · x-height 7% taller
- Vast Shadow6635% wider · x-height 12% shorter
- Ewert64x-height 31% taller · 24% wider · 17% lighter
- Tilt Prism6354% lighter · x-height 10% taller · 4% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Gondrin →Compare side by side →Get Gondrin on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Gondrin without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Train One56text 2.8% wider · x-height 4.3% taller
- Rubik Iso50text 1.5% wider · x-height 1.1% taller
- Tourney48text 2.5% wider · x-height 1.1% taller
- Rubik Moonrocks29text 1.5% wider · x-height 2.7% shorter
- Rubik Wet Paint23text 1.5% wider · x-height 2.4% shorter
- Rubik Doodle Shadow14text 1.5% wider · x-height 1.1% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Gondrin loads, this sets Arial in its place at 117.8% of its size, so running text keeps Gondrin’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gondrin Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 117.84%;
ascent-override: 60.66%;
descent-override: 22.45%;
line-gap-override: 1.45%;
}
font-family: 'Gondrin', 'Gondrin Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gondrin
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Gondrin free for commercial use?
Yes. Gondrin 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 “Gondrini”.
How do I download and install Gondrin?
Gondrin 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 Gondrin in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gondrin 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 Gondrin have?
Gondrin 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 Gondrin?
Gondrin was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Gondrin?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Stack (100), Lment (82) and Rampart One (71), out of 100. Next to Gondrin, CAT Stack is 34% lighter and 13% wider, with an x-height 42% taller. See all 100 fonts like Gondrin.