Serif · Nathanael Bonnell
Walleye
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CSSfont-family: 'Walleye', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Walleye is a free serif by Nathanael Bonnell, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Walleye has an x-height shorter than 81%, is narrower than 73% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 1.7 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Average
Walleye on one light table with its two closest fonts, Average (79 out of 100) and Alegreya (78). Average is 10% heavier, with an x-height 5% taller; Alegreya is 8% heavier, with an x-height 5% taller.
Walleye and Average laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with WalleyeAverage…
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 Walleye 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 / Weights
Walleye in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Walleye, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Nathanael Bonnell
- Kind
- 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, under another name. Not as “Walleye”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Walleye 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 Walleye 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 Walleye, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Walleye under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Walleye, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 63.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.68lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.71 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 81% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 73% of serifs
InkLighter than 73% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 66% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Walleye
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Average7910% heavier · x-height 5% taller
- Alegreya78x-height 5% taller · 8% heavier
- Buenard7415% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Quattrocento747% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Rosarivo74x-height 17% taller · 10% wider · more stroke contrast
- Ruwudu7327% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 3% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Walleye →Compare side by side →Get Walleye on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Walleye without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Average79text 1.4% wider · x-height 4.8% taller
- Alegreya78text 2.0% narrower · x-height 4.8% taller
- Buenard74same text width · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Ruwudu73same text width · x-height 3.5% shorter
- Lusitana71same text width · same x-height
- Libertinus Serif69text 0.8% narrower · x-height 0.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Walleye loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 103.6% of its size, so running text keeps Walleye’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Walleye Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 103.58%;
ascent-override: 84.47%;
descent-override: 31.38%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Walleye', 'Walleye Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Walleye
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Walleye free for commercial use?
Yes. Walleye 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 “Walleye”.
How do I download and install Walleye?
Walleye 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 usable-otf-files 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 load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Walleye in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Walleye 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 Walleye have?
Walleye comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Walleye?
Walleye was designed by Nathanael Bonnell.
What fonts are similar to Walleye?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Average (79), Alegreya (78) and Buenard (74), out of 100. Next to Walleye, Average is 10% heavier, with an x-height 5% taller. See all 100 fonts like Walleye.