Serif · Peter Wiegel
CAT Childs
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Childs', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Childs is a free serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, CAT Childs has an x-height taller than 80%, is narrower than 88% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.6 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Germanica
CAT Childs on one light table with its two closest fonts, Germanica (81 out of 100) and Augsburger Schrift CAT (77). Germanica is 19% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 8% shorter; Augsburger Schrift CAT is 13% narrower and 17% heavier, with more stroke contrast.
CAT Childs and Germanica laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT ChildsGermanica…
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 Childs 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
CAT Childs 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 Childs, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Serif
- 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 “CAT Childs”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Childs 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 Childs 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 Childs, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Childs under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Childs, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.62 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 80% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 88% of serifs
InkNear the middle of serifs
ContrastMore even than 100% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Childs
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Germanica8119% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter
- Augsburger Schrift CAT77more stroke contrast · 13% narrower · 17% heavier
- CAT Constantia6953% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter
- Almendra SC69more stroke contrast · 13% wider · 19% lighter
- Siren and Sailor67more stroke contrast · 52% lighter
- Indira K65more stroke contrast · x-height 17% shorter · 15% wider
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Childs →Compare side by side →Get CAT Childs on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Childs without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Siren and Sailor67text 0.7% narrower · x-height 2.4% shorter
- Paquito60same text width · x-height 1.0% shorter
- Eureka54text 2.0% narrower · x-height 2.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Childs loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 100.6% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Childs’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Childs Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 100.59%;
ascent-override: 97.82%;
descent-override: 23.46%;
line-gap-override: 2.78%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Childs', 'CAT Childs Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Childs
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Childs free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Childs 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 Childs”.
How do I download and install CAT Childs?
CAT Childs 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 Childs in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Childs 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 Childs have?
CAT Childs 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 Childs?
CAT Childs was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Childs?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Germanica (81), Augsburger Schrift CAT (77) and CAT Constantia (69), out of 100. Next to CAT Childs, Germanica is 19% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like CAT Childs.