Display · Peter Wiegel nachLudwig

Halt

Q: Is Halt free for commercial use?

Yes. Halt 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 “Halt”.

Q: How do I download and install Halt?

Halt 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.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Halt is a free display font by Peter Wiegel nachLudwig and Maier "Stop!", from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Halt has an x-height shorter than 70%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 65%.

Compare with Protest Revolution →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Protest Revolution

Halt on one light table with its two closest fonts, Protest Revolution (97 out of 100) and Finger Paint (89). Protest Revolution is 23% lighter and 9% narrower, with an x-height 20% taller; Finger Paint is 12% wider and 20% lighter, with an x-height 22% taller.

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Ink shared with HaltProtest Revolution…

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 Halt 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

Halt 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 Halt, and can you use it?

Designer: Peter Wiegel nachLudwig, Maier "Stop!"
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 “Halt”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Halt on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Halt, measured

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

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

x-height: 49.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 71.9% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.69lowercase against capitals
Width: 53.1% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 56%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 70% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkDarker than 65% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Halt

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Halt without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Halt loads, this sets Arial in its place at 106.1% of its size, so running text keeps Halt’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Halt Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 106.09%;
  ascent-override: 70.70%;
  descent-override: 23.57%;
  line-gap-override: 0.85%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Halt

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

Is Halt free for commercial use?

Yes. Halt 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 “Halt”.

How do I download and install Halt?

Halt 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 Halt in Google Docs?

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

Halt 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 Halt?

Halt was designed by Peter Wiegel nachLudwig and Maier "Stop!".

What fonts are similar to Halt?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Protest Revolution (97), Finger Paint (89) and Love Ya Like A Sister (78), out of 100. Next to Halt, Protest Revolution is 23% lighter and 9% narrower, with an x-height 20% taller. See all 100 fonts like Halt.