Display · Peter Wiegel
Bombe CAT
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CSSfont-family: 'Bombe CAT', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Bombe CAT is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Bombe CAT has an x-height taller than 73%, is narrower than 83% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 81%. Its thickest strokes are 2.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Federant
Bombe CAT on one light table with its two closest fonts, Federant (100 out of 100) and Pirata One (100). Federant is 25% wider and 27% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter; Pirata One is 11% lighter, with less stroke contrast.
Bombe CAT and Federant laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Bombe CATFederant…
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 Bombe CAT 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
Bombe CAT 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 Bombe CAT, 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 “Bombe CAT”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Bombe CAT 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 Bombe CAT 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 Bombe CAT, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Bombe CAT under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Bombe CAT, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 57.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.79lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 41.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 66%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.33 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 73% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 83% of display faces
InkDarker than 81% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 82% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Bombe CAT
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Federant10025% wider · 27% lighter · x-height 10% shorter
- Pirata One100less stroke contrast · 11% lighter
- Grobe Deutschmeister85less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 6% heavier
- CAT Hohenzollern7212% narrower · 16% lighter
- Medula One7030% narrower · x-height 14% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Grenze Gotisch67x-height 21% shorter · 25% lighter · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Bombe CAT →Compare side by side →Get Bombe CAT on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Bombe CAT without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Autobahn57text 2.0% narrower · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Lobster Two26text 2.8% narrower · x-height 3.2% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Bombe CAT loads, this sets Arial in its place at 83.1% of its size, so running text keeps Bombe CAT’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Bombe CAT Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 83.05%;
ascent-override: 119.12%;
descent-override: 28.39%;
line-gap-override: 3.47%;
}
font-family: 'Bombe CAT', 'Bombe CAT Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Bombe CAT
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Bombe CAT free for commercial use?
Yes. Bombe CAT 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 “Bombe CAT”.
How do I download and install Bombe CAT?
Bombe CAT 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 Bombe CAT in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Bombe CAT 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 Bombe CAT have?
Bombe CAT 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 Bombe CAT?
Bombe CAT was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Bombe CAT?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Federant (100), Pirata One (100) and Grobe Deutschmeister (85), out of 100. Next to Bombe CAT, Federant is 25% wider and 27% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Bombe CAT.