Handwriting · Peter Wiegel

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift

Q: How do I download and install Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift?

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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: 'Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift has an x-height shorter than 60%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Rosaline

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rosaline (76 out of 100) and 18th Century (75). Rosaline is 35% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 7% shorter; 18th Century is 257% lighter, with an x-height 137% shorter.

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Ink shared with Greifswaler Deutsche SchriftRosaline…

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 Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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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Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

03 / Sizes

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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 Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift, 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.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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 Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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 Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

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05 / Measurements

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift, measured

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

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

x-height: 40.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 64.3% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.62lowercase against capitals
Width: 41.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 43%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.26 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 60% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift →Compare side by side →Get Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift loads, this sets Arial in its place at 87.9% of its size, so running text keeps Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 87.89%;
  ascent-override: 74.28%;
  descent-override: 32.28%;
  line-gap-override: 1.62%;
}

font-family: 'Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift', 'Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift

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

Is Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift free for commercial use?

Yes. Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift?

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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 Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift in Google Docs?

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

Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift 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 Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift?

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

What fonts are similar to Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rosaline (76), 18th Century (75) and Romanesco (73), out of 100. Next to Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift, Rosaline is 35% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 7% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Greifswaler Deutsche Schrift.