Sans serif · Designer not listed

Miedinger

Q: Is Miedinger free for commercial use?

Yes. Miedinger is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Miedinger?

Miedinger comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Finished folder. 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Miedinger is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Miedinger has an x-height taller than 66%, is narrower than 64% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 64%.

Compare with Opening Hours Sans →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Opening Hours Sans

Miedinger on one light table with its two closest fonts, Opening Hours Sans (84 out of 100) and Inter Tight (81). Opening Hours Sans has nearly identical proportions; Inter Tight has an x-height 4% taller.

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Ink shared with MiedingerOpening Hours 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.

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02 / Letters

The Miedinger 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.

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03 / Weights

Miedinger in 2 weights

2 weights, 400–700, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Can you use Miedinger?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
From: GitHub
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.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Miedinger 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 Miedinger comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Miedinger, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Miedinger under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Miedinger on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Miedinger, measured

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

Hxgp in Miedinger. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 52.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 73.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.72lowercase against capitals
Width: 48.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 66% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 64% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 64% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Miedinger

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Miedinger's letters under another nameAlmaraiInter

All 100 fonts similar to Miedinger →Compare side by side →Get Miedinger on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Miedinger without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Miedinger loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.6% of its size, so running text keeps Miedinger’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Miedinger Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 97.58%;
  ascent-override: 92.23%;
  descent-override: 20.50%;
  line-gap-override: 10.25%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Miedinger

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

Is Miedinger free for commercial use?

Yes. Miedinger is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Miedinger?

Miedinger comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Finished folder. 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 Miedinger in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Miedinger comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. 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 Miedinger have?

Miedinger comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.

What fonts are similar to Miedinger?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Opening Hours Sans (84), Inter Tight (81) and Aspekta (80), out of 100. Next to Miedinger, Opening Hours Sans has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Miedinger.