Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Gruenewald VA
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CSSfont-family: 'Gruenewald VA', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Gruenewald VA is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Gruenewald VA has an x-height shorter than 89%, is narrower than 75% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 3.2 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Bienchen SAS
Gruenewald VA on one light table with its two closest fonts, Bienchen SAS (100 out of 100) and Imrans School (99). Bienchen SAS is 21% wider and 10% lighter; Imrans School is 8% narrower and 14% lighter, with an x-height 16% shorter.
Gruenewald VA and Bienchen SAS laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Gruenewald VABienchen SAS…
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 Gruenewald VA 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
Gruenewald VA 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 Gruenewald VA, 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 “Gruenewals VE”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Gruenewald VA 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 Gruenewald VA 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 Gruenewald VA, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Gruenewald VA under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Gruenewald VA, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 29.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 55.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.54lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 32.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 3.22 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 89% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 75% of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 92% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Gruenewald VA
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Bienchen SAS10021% wider · 10% lighter
- Imrans School99x-height 16% shorter · 8% narrower · 14% lighter
- Helvetia Verbundene8652% wider · x-height 31% taller · 8% lighter
- Square Peg78less stroke contrast · 16% narrower · x-height 9% shorter
- Erratic Cursive7220% wider · x-height 11% taller · 21% lighter
- Grape Nuts7124% wider · x-height 16% taller · 18% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Gruenewald VA →Compare side by side →Get Gruenewald VA on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Gruenewald VA without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Gruenewald VA loads, this sets Arial in its place at 66.9% of its size, so running text keeps Gruenewald VA’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Gruenewald VA Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 66.87%;
ascent-override: 110.22%;
descent-override: 37.99%;
line-gap-override: 2.69%;
}
font-family: 'Gruenewald VA', 'Gruenewald VA Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Gruenewald VA
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Gruenewald VA free for commercial use?
Yes. Gruenewald VA 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 “Gruenewals VE”.
How do I download and install Gruenewald VA?
Gruenewald VA 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 Gruenewald VA in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Gruenewald VA 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 Gruenewald VA have?
Gruenewald VA 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 Gruenewald VA?
Gruenewald VA was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Gruenewald VA?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Bienchen SAS (100), Imrans School (99) and Helvetia Verbundene (86), out of 100. Next to Gruenewald VA, Bienchen SAS is 21% wider and 10% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Gruenewald VA.