Display · Ariel Martín Pérez
Tanklager
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CSSfont-family: 'Tanklager', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Tanklager is a free display font by Ariel Martín Pérez, from Tunera Type Foundry. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Tanklager has an x-height shorter than 82%, is narrower than 71% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 78%. Its thickest strokes are 1.7 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Staatliches
Tanklager on one light table with its two closest fonts, Staatliches (81 out of 100) and Sunday Masthead (80). Staatliches is 17% lighter, with an x-height 48% taller; Sunday Masthead is 10% wider, with an x-height 57% taller and less stroke contrast.
Tanklager and Staatliches laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with TanklagerStaatliches…
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 Tanklager 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
Tanklager 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 Tanklager, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ariel Martín Pérez
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Tunera Type Foundry
- 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 “Tanklager”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Tanklager 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 Tanklager comes from Tunera Type Foundry. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Tunera Type Foundry 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 Tanklager, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Tanklager under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Tanklager, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.67lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 45.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 64%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.68 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 82% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 71% of display faces
InkDarker than 78% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 70% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Tanklager
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Staatliches81x-height 48% taller · 17% lighter
- Sunday Masthead80x-height 57% taller · 10% wider · less stroke contrast
- Frick Condensed79x-height 49% taller · less stroke contrast · 7% wider
- California Gothic77x-height 45% taller · less stroke contrast · 17% lighter
- Frick74x-height 49% taller · 34% wider · less stroke contrast
- Squada One688% narrower · x-height 4% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Tanklager →Compare side by side →Get Tanklager on Tunera Type Foundry
07 / Swap
Swap Tanklager without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Tanklager loads, this sets Arial in its place at 91.2% of its size, so running text keeps Tanklager’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Tanklager Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 91.16%;
ascent-override: 105.31%;
descent-override: 26.33%;
line-gap-override: 26.33%;
}
font-family: 'Tanklager', 'Tanklager Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Tanklager
Answered from its licence, Tunera Type Foundry and each app’s own font list
Is Tanklager free for commercial use?
Yes. Tanklager 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 “Tanklager”.
How do I download and install Tanklager?
Tanklager comes free from Tunera Type Foundry . 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 Tanklager in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Tanklager comes from Tunera Type Foundry. 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 Tanklager have?
Tanklager 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 Tanklager?
Tanklager was designed by Ariel Martín Pérez. Ariel Martín Pérez also made Azabache, Brassia, Canarina and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Tanklager?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Staatliches (81), Sunday Masthead (80) and Frick Condensed (79), out of 100. Next to Tanklager, Staatliches is 17% lighter, with an x-height 48% taller. See all 100 fonts like Tanklager.