Sans serif · Peter Wiegel

Googee

Q: Is Googee free for commercial use?

Yes. Googee 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 “Googee”.

Q: How do I download and install Googee?

Googee 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Googee', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Googee is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Googee has an x-height shorter than 99%, is narrower than 90% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 79%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Logotype →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Logotype

Googee on one light table with its two closest fonts, Logotype (67 out of 100) and Centre Claws (64). Logotype is 11% narrower, with an x-height 52% taller; Centre Claws is 19% wider and 6% lighter, with an x-height 23% taller.

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Ink shared with GoogeeLogotype…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Googee 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

Googee 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 Googee, and can you use it?

Designer: Peter Wiegel
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
From: Peter Wiegel
Character sets: latin, latin-ext
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 “Googee”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Googee is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Googee 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 Googee, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Googee under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Googee on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Googee, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Googee. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 35.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 57.9% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.61lowercase against capitals
Width: 40.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 49%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 99% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 90% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 79% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Googee

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Googee →Compare side by side →Get Googee on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap Googee without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Googee loads, this sets Arial in its place at 81.5% of its size, so running text keeps Googee’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Googee Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 81.49%;
  ascent-override: 71.05%;
  descent-override: 27.49%;
  line-gap-override: 5.77%;
}

font-family: 'Googee', 'Googee Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Googee

Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list

Is Googee free for commercial use?

Yes. Googee 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 “Googee”.

How do I download and install Googee?

Googee 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 Googee in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Googee 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 Googee have?

Googee 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 Googee?

Googee was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Googee?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Logotype (67), Centre Claws (64) and Gulax (63), out of 100. Next to Googee, Logotype is 11% narrower, with an x-height 52% taller. See all 100 fonts like Googee.