Handwriting · Peter Wiegel
Helvetia Verbundene
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CSSfont-family: 'Helvetia Verbundene', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Helvetia Verbundene is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Helvetia Verbundene has an x-height shorter than 63%, is wider than 69% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 63%. Its thickest strokes are 3.0 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of EuroScript
Helvetia Verbundene on one light table with its two closest fonts, EuroScript (94 out of 100) and Bienchen SAS (88). EuroScript is 36% heavier and 8% wider, with an x-height 8% taller; Bienchen SAS is 20% narrower, with an x-height 23% shorter.
Helvetia Verbundene and EuroScript laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Helvetia VerbundeneEuroScript…
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 Helvetia Verbundene 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
Helvetia Verbundene 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 Helvetia Verbundene, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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, under another name. Not as “Helvetia Verbundene”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Helvetia Verbundene 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 Helvetia Verbundene 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 Helvetia Verbundene, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Helvetia Verbundene under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Helvetia Verbundene, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 39.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.54lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 3.03 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 63% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 69% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 63% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 90% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Helvetia Verbundene
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- EuroScript9436% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 8% wider
- Bienchen SAS88x-height 23% shorter · 20% narrower
- Gruenewald VA8634% narrower · x-height 24% shorter · 8% heavier
- Discipuli Britannica7866% heavier · 19% wider
- Imrans School7739% narrower · x-height 36% shorter · 7% lighter
- Meow Script7533% narrower · 12% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Helvetia Verbundene →Compare side by side →Get Helvetia Verbundene on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Helvetia Verbundene without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Helvetia Verbundene sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Helvetia Verbundene loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.7% of its size, so running text keeps Helvetia Verbundene’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Helvetia Verbundene Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 101.70%;
ascent-override: 72.21%;
descent-override: 37.11%;
line-gap-override: 4.03%;
}
font-family: 'Helvetia Verbundene', 'Helvetia Verbundene Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Helvetia Verbundene
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Helvetia Verbundene free for commercial use?
Yes. Helvetia Verbundene 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 “Helvetia Verbundene”.
How do I download and install Helvetia Verbundene?
Helvetia Verbundene 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 Helvetia Verbundene in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Helvetia Verbundene 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 Helvetia Verbundene have?
Helvetia Verbundene 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 Helvetia Verbundene?
Helvetia Verbundene was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Helvetia Verbundene?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are EuroScript (94), Bienchen SAS (88) and Gruenewald VA (86), out of 100. Next to Helvetia Verbundene, EuroScript is 36% heavier and 8% wider, with an x-height 8% taller. See all 100 fonts like Helvetia Verbundene.