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Wittgenstein Font

Designed by Jörg Drees

Free Serif FontsFree Elegant Fonts #editorial#italic#latin#latin extended#serif#ttf#variable font#woff2

Preview

A thoughtful line of text

Character set

Wittgenstein character set: letters, numbers and symbols, drawn in the font itself

Styles and files

  • Variable

    Weight 400 TTF103.4 KB

    A thoughtful line of text

  • Variable

    Weight 400 WOFF242 KB

    A thoughtful line of text

  • Italic Variable

    Weight 400 · Italic TTF95.4 KB

    A thoughtful line of text

  • Italic Variable

    Weight 400 · Italic WOFF240 KB

    A thoughtful line of text

About Wittgenstein

Wittgenstein is a serif typeface designed by Jörg Drees. Serif fonts feature small finishing strokes on letterforms, making them a useful choice for editorial layouts, book pages, articles, headings, and other designs that benefit from traditional typography. Its serif classification makes it suitable for projects that call for a text-focused type style.

This release includes a Variable style and an Italic Variable style, both listed at weight 400. The italic option provides an alternative presentation for emphasis, quotations, or visual contrast. The typeface supports Latin and Latin Extended scripts and contains 570 glyphs in its largest file.

Wittgenstein font files are available in TTF and WOFF2 formats. TTF is designed for use with compatible desktop applications, while WOFF2 supports web typography in compatible browsers. Preview your own text on Fonts1 to compare the regular and italic appearances before choosing a file.

The typeface is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits commercial use subject to its terms. Check the license conditions when using or redistributing the font.

License

Commercial use allowed under SIL Open Font License 1.1

SIL Open Font License 1.1 · Official license text

Free to use, including commercially, study, modify and redistribute. The fonts may not be sold on their own and reserved font names must not be reused for modified versions.

Wittgenstein is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits commercial use subject to its terms. Follow the license conditions when using or redistributing the font.

Read the original license file (OFL.txt)

Copyright notice

Copyright 2024 The Wittgenstein Project Authors (https://github.com/jrgdrs/Wittgenstein)

This is a summary, not legal advice. Always read the full license before using a font commercially. See the font licensing guide.

Use Wittgenstein on your website

Copy the CSS below. Option B needs the font files uploaded to a fonts/ folder on your own server first.

Option A: use the font directly from Fonts1 (no upload needed)

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Wittgenstein';
  src: url('https://files.fonts1.com/fonts1/fonts/3058/c19b34b736-wittgenstein-wght.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Wittgenstein';
  src: url('https://files.fonts1.com/fonts1/fonts/3058/872bcc6569-wittgenstein-italic-wght.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

Quickest way to try it. For a busy production site, Option B (your own server) is more reliable.

Option B: self-host (download, then upload to your server)

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Wittgenstein';
  src: url('fonts/Wittgenstein-wght-.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Wittgenstein';
  src: url('fonts/Wittgenstein-Italic-wght-.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
  font-display: swap;
}

2. Apply it

body {
  font-family: 'Wittgenstein', serif;
}

How to install Wittgenstein

  1. Download the font family (ZIP) and extract it.
  2. Windows: right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install. macOS: double-click the file and choose Install Font.
  3. Restart your design or office program, then pick Wittgenstein from the font list.

Need more detail? Read the full installation guide.

Fonts that pair well with Wittgenstein

Good design mixes two or three fonts. These are picked from a different style (a clean sans next to a script, a serif next to a sans) so they stay easy to tell apart and cover the same language.

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