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Grobe Deutschmeister
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CSSfont-family: 'Grobe Deutschmeister', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Grobe Deutschmeister is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Grobe Deutschmeister has an x-height taller than 82%, is narrower than 82% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 86%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Blankenburg
Grobe Deutschmeister on one light table with its two closest fonts, Blankenburg (98 out of 100) and Autobahn (91). Blankenburg is 17% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 25% shorter; Autobahn has an x-height 11% shorter.
Grobe Deutschmeister and Blankenburg laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Grobe DeutschmeisterBlankenburg…
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 Grobe Deutschmeister 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
Grobe Deutschmeister 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 Grobe Deutschmeister, 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 “Grobe Deutschmeister”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Grobe Deutschmeister 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 Grobe Deutschmeister 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 Grobe Deutschmeister, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Grobe Deutschmeister under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Grobe Deutschmeister, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 62.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 41.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 70%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.17 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 82% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 82% of display faces
InkDarker than 86% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 60% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Grobe Deutschmeister
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Blankenburg98x-height 25% shorter · 17% narrower · 9% lighter
- Autobahn91x-height 11% shorter
- Bombe CAT85more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter
- Pirata One85x-height 9% shorter · 16% lighter · 3% narrower
- Nabla8225% wider · x-height 12% taller
- Langar8023% wider · x-height 18% shorter · 15% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Grobe Deutschmeister →Compare side by side →Get Grobe Deutschmeister on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Grobe Deutschmeister without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Grobe Deutschmeister loads, this sets Arial in its place at 82.2% of its size, so running text keeps Grobe Deutschmeister’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Grobe Deutschmeister Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 82.18%;
ascent-override: 125.46%;
descent-override: 32.12%;
line-gap-override: 3.53%;
}
font-family: 'Grobe Deutschmeister', 'Grobe Deutschmeister Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Grobe Deutschmeister
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Grobe Deutschmeister free for commercial use?
Yes. Grobe Deutschmeister 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 “Grobe Deutschmeister”.
How do I download and install Grobe Deutschmeister?
Grobe Deutschmeister 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 Grobe Deutschmeister in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Grobe Deutschmeister 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 Grobe Deutschmeister have?
Grobe Deutschmeister 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 Grobe Deutschmeister?
Grobe Deutschmeister was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Grobe Deutschmeister?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Blankenburg (98), Autobahn (91) and Bombe CAT (85), out of 100. Next to Grobe Deutschmeister, Blankenburg is 17% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 25% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Grobe Deutschmeister.