Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
Kanalisirung
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CSSfont-family: 'Kanalisirung', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Kanalisirung is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Kanalisirung has an x-height taller than 99%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 70%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Simplex Sans
Kanalisirung on one light table with its two closest fonts, Simplex Sans (85 out of 100) and Norwester (83). Simplex Sans is 11% narrower and 18% heavier, with an x-height 34% shorter; Norwester is 37% heavier and 4% wider, with an x-height 10% shorter.
Kanalisirung and Simplex Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with KanalisirungSimplex Sans…
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 Kanalisirung alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500
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
Kanalisirung at every size
1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Kanalisirung, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (500)
- 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 “Kanalisirung”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Kanalisirung 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 Kanalisirung 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 Kanalisirung, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Kanalisirung under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Kanalisirung, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 77.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 77.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 70% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 88% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Kanalisirung
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Simplex Sans85x-height 34% shorter · 11% narrower · 18% heavier
- Norwester8337% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · 4% wider
- Berliner Wand8036% narrower · x-height 31% shorter · 53% heavier
- Barlow Condensed72x-height 35% shorter · 23% narrower · 9% heavier
- Barlow Semi Condensed71x-height 35% shorter · 12% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Bebas Neue7121% narrower · 39% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Kanalisirung →Compare side by side →Get Kanalisirung on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Kanalisirung without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Kanalisirung sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Kanalisirung loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.4% of its size, so running text keeps Kanalisirung’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Kanalisirung Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 96.40%;
ascent-override: 77.80%;
descent-override: 25.93%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Kanalisirung', 'Kanalisirung Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Kanalisirung
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Kanalisirung free for commercial use?
Yes. Kanalisirung 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 “Kanalisirung”.
How do I download and install Kanalisirung?
Kanalisirung 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 Kanalisirung in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Kanalisirung 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 Kanalisirung have?
Kanalisirung comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Kanalisirung?
Kanalisirung was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Kanalisirung?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Simplex Sans (85), Norwester (83) and Berliner Wand (80), out of 100. Next to Kanalisirung, Simplex Sans is 11% narrower and 18% heavier, with an x-height 34% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Kanalisirung.