Display · Peter Wiegel
Herkules
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CSSfont-family: 'Herkules', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Herkules is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Herkules has an x-height shorter than 73%, is narrower than 68% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Chicle
Herkules on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chicle (89 out of 100) and Bagel Fat One (82). Chicle is 16% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Bagel Fat One is 15% wider, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 7% taller.
Herkules and Chicle laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with HerkulesChicle…
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 Herkules 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
Herkules 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 Herkules, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- 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 “Herkules”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Herkules 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 Herkules 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 Herkules, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Herkules under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Herkules, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.69lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 78%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.07 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 73% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 68% of display faces
InkDarker than 94% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 74% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Herkules
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Chicle8916% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Bagel Fat One8215% wider · less stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller
- Cherry Bomb One7914% wider · x-height 4% shorter
- Chela One789% narrower · x-height 8% taller · 9% lighter
- Agbalumo78more stroke contrast · 15% wider · 15% lighter
- Kavoon7722% wider · x-height 18% taller · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Herkules →Compare side by side →Get Herkules on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Herkules without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Herkules loads, this sets Arial in its place at 89.2% of its size, so running text keeps Herkules’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Herkules Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 89.23%;
ascent-override: 82.08%;
descent-override: 27.36%;
line-gap-override: 0.99%;
}
font-family: 'Herkules', 'Herkules Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Herkules
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Herkules free for commercial use?
Yes. Herkules 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 “Herkules”.
How do I download and install Herkules?
Herkules 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 Herkules in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Herkules 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 Herkules have?
Herkules 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 Herkules?
Herkules was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Herkules?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chicle (89), Bagel Fat One (82) and Cherry Bomb One (79), out of 100. Next to Herkules, Chicle is 16% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Herkules.