Sans serif · Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik
GST Aero
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CSSfont-family: 'GST Aero', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
GST Aero is a free sans serif by Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, GST Aero has an x-height taller than 96%, is wider than 88% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 65%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Chakra Petch
GST Aero on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chakra Petch (100 out of 100) and Quantico (100). Chakra Petch is 13% narrower, with an x-height 29% shorter and more stroke contrast; Quantico is 11% narrower and 12% heavier, with an x-height 29% shorter.
GST Aero and Chakra Petch laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with GST AeroChakra Petch…
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 GST Aero 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
GST Aero 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 GST Aero, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik
- 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 “GST Aero”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
GST Aero 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 GST Aero 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 GST Aero, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists GST Aero under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
GST Aero, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 58.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 96% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 88% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 65% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to GST Aero
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Chakra Petch100x-height 29% shorter · 13% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Quantico100x-height 29% shorter · 11% narrower · 12% heavier
- Tomorrow98x-height 25% shorter · more stroke contrast · 6% narrower
- Electrolize83x-height 29% shorter · 14% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Manifont Grotesk76x-height 25% shorter · 16% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Delta Block7655% heavier · 12% narrower · x-height 11% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to GST Aero →Compare side by side →Get GST Aero on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap GST Aero without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like GST Aero sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until GST Aero loads, this sets Arial in its place at 116% of its size, so running text keeps GST Aero’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'GST Aero Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 116.03%;
ascent-override: 64.64%;
descent-override: 21.55%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'GST Aero', 'GST Aero Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about GST Aero
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is GST Aero free for commercial use?
Yes. GST Aero 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 “GST Aero”.
How do I download and install GST Aero?
GST Aero 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 GST Aero in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and GST Aero 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 GST Aero have?
GST Aero 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 GST Aero?
GST Aero was designed by Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik.
What fonts are similar to GST Aero?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chakra Petch (100), Quantico (100) and Tomorrow (98), out of 100. Next to GST Aero, Chakra Petch is 13% narrower, with an x-height 29% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like GST Aero.