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Kanzler

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Kanzler', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Kanzler is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Kanzler has an x-height shorter than 93%, is narrower than 98% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 0.7 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with CAT Altgotisch →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of CAT Altgotisch

Kanzler on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Altgotisch (95 out of 100) and Jena Gotisch (91). CAT Altgotisch is 10% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Jena Gotisch is 8% narrower, with an x-height 7% taller and more stroke contrast.

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Kanzler and CAT Altgotisch laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with KanzlerCAT Altgotisch…

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.

Open in the compare tool →

02 / Letters

The Kanzler 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

Kanzler 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 Kanzler, 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 “Kanzler”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Kanzler is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Kanzler 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 Kanzler, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Kanzler under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Kanzler on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

Kanzler, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Kanzler. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
42.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
74.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.57lowercase against capitals
Width
28.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
42%letter box filled
Contrast
0.72 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 93% of display faces

  • WidthNarrower than 98% of display faces

  • InkLighter than 66% of display faces

  • ContrastMore even than 97% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Kanzler

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Kanzler →Compare side by side →Get Kanzler on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap Kanzler without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

None of the fonts that look most like Kanzler sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Kanzler loads, this sets Arial in its place at 59.7% of its size, so running text keeps Kanzler’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Kanzler Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 59.70%;
  ascent-override: 154.93%;
  descent-override: 52.09%;
  line-gap-override: 3.85%;
}

font-family: 'Kanzler', 'Kanzler Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Kanzler

Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list

Is Kanzler free for commercial use?

Yes. Kanzler 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 “Kanzler”.

How do I download and install Kanzler?

Kanzler 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 Kanzler in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Kanzler 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 Kanzler have?

Kanzler 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 Kanzler?

Kanzler was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Kanzler?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Altgotisch (95), Jena Gotisch (91) and Kanzleyrath (86), out of 100. Next to Kanzler, CAT Altgotisch is 10% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Kanzler.