Display · Peter Wiegel
CAT Arena
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Arena', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Arena is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT Arena has an x-height shorter than 80%, is narrower than 75% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 89%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Rubik 80s Fade
CAT Arena on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rubik 80s Fade (81 out of 100) and Flor de Ruina (80). Rubik 80s Fade is 39% wider, with an x-height 7% taller; Flor de Ruina is 30% wider, with an x-height 18% taller.
CAT Arena and Rubik 80s Fade laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT ArenaRubik 80s Fade…
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 CAT Arena 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
CAT Arena 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 CAT Arena, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Peter Wiegel
- 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 “CAT-Arena”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Arena 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 CAT Arena 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 CAT Arena, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Arena under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Arena, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 59.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 29%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 80% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 75% of display faces
InkLighter than 89% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Arena
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Rubik 80s Fade8139% wider · x-height 7% taller
- Flor de Ruina8030% wider · x-height 18% taller
- Array7970% heavier · 10% wider · x-height 5% taller
- Nose Transport7917% wider · x-height 11% taller
- Rubik Lines7039% wider · x-height 12% taller
- Rubik Pixels6739% wider · 11% lighter · x-height 5% taller
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Arena →Compare side by side →Get CAT Arena on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Arena without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Arena loads, this sets Arial in its place at 89.6% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Arena’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Arena Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 89.59%;
ascent-override: 83.71%;
descent-override: 27.90%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Arena', 'CAT Arena Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Arena
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Arena free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Arena 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 “CAT-Arena”.
How do I download and install CAT Arena?
CAT Arena 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 CAT Arena in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Arena 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 CAT Arena have?
CAT Arena 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 CAT Arena?
CAT Arena was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Arena?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rubik 80s Fade (81), Flor de Ruina (80) and Array (79), out of 100. Next to CAT Arena, Rubik 80s Fade is 39% wider, with an x-height 7% taller. See all 100 fonts like CAT Arena.