Display · Peter Wiegel
Harry Piel
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CSSfont-family: 'Harry Piel', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Harry Piel is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Harry Piel has an x-height taller than 90%, is wider than 97% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 92%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Rye
Harry Piel on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rye (100 out of 100) and Ewert (79). Rye is 121% heavier and 34% narrower, with an x-height 19% shorter; Ewert is 70% heavier and 19% narrower.
Harry Piel and Rye laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Harry PielRye…
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 Harry Piel 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
Harry Piel 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 Harry Piel, 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 “Harry Piel”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Harry Piel 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 Harry Piel 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 Harry Piel, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Harry Piel under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Harry Piel, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.01lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 90.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 25%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 90% of display faces
WidthWider than 97% of display faces
InkLighter than 92% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Harry Piel
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Rye100121% heavier · 34% narrower · x-height 19% shorter
- Ewert7970% heavier · 19% narrower
- Miltonian78x-height 40% shorter · 76% heavier · 36% narrower
- CAT Engravers7654% narrower · 93% heavier · x-height 27% shorter
- Agu Display71101% heavier · 41% narrower · x-height 29% shorter
- CAT Altgotisch6669% narrower · 87% heavier · x-height 41% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Harry Piel →Compare side by side →Get Harry Piel on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Harry Piel without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Harry Piel loads, this sets Arial in its place at 173.6% of its size, so running text keeps Harry Piel’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Harry Piel Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 173.63%;
ascent-override: 49.82%;
descent-override: 10.19%;
line-gap-override: 1.50%;
}
font-family: 'Harry Piel', 'Harry Piel Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Harry Piel
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Harry Piel free for commercial use?
Yes. Harry Piel 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 “Harry Piel”.
How do I download and install Harry Piel?
Harry Piel 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 Harry Piel in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Harry Piel 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 Harry Piel have?
Harry Piel 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 Harry Piel?
Harry Piel was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Harry Piel?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rye (100), Ewert (79) and Miltonian (78), out of 100. Next to Harry Piel, Rye is 121% heavier and 34% narrower, with an x-height 19% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Harry Piel.