Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Hardman
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CSSfont-family: 'Hardman', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Hardman is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Hardman has an x-height shorter than 95%, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 4.5 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Faster One
Hardman on one light table with its two closest fonts, Faster One (81 out of 100) and Racing Sans One (73). Faster One is 17% narrower, with an x-height 22% taller; Racing Sans One is 37% narrower and 21% heavier, with less stroke contrast.
Hardman and Faster One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with HardmanFaster One…
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 Hardman 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
Hardman 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 Hardman, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
Hardman 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 Hardman 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 Hardman, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Hardman under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Hardman, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 58.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 84.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 63%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 4.46 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 95% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 98% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 95% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 99% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Hardman
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Faster One81x-height 22% taller · 17% narrower
- Racing Sans One7337% narrower · 21% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Fugaz One7033% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller
- Timmana6148% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller
- Ravkan48x-height 50% taller · 12% narrower · 16% lighter
- GB Sans4745% narrower · x-height 40% taller · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Hardman →Compare side by side →Get Hardman on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Hardman without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Hardman sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Hardman loads, this sets Arial in its place at 169.1% of its size, so running text keeps Hardman’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Hardman Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 169.11%;
ascent-override: 43.49%;
descent-override: 8.57%;
line-gap-override: 1.33%;
}
font-family: 'Hardman', 'Hardman Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Hardman
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Hardman free for commercial use?
Yes. Hardman 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 Hardman?
Hardman 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 Hardman in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Hardman 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 Hardman have?
Hardman 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 Hardman?
Hardman was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Hardman?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Faster One (81), Racing Sans One (73) and Fugaz One (70), out of 100. Next to Hardman, Faster One is 17% narrower, with an x-height 22% taller. See all 100 fonts like Hardman.