Serif · Peter Wiegel
CAT Constantia
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Constantia', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Constantia is a free serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, CAT Constantia has an x-height shorter than 61%, is narrower than 77% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Irish Grover
CAT Constantia on one light table with its two closest fonts, Irish Grover (75 out of 100) and Arbutus (71). Irish Grover is 29% lighter, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 20% taller; Arbutus is 50% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 12% taller.
CAT Constantia and Irish Grover laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT ConstantiaIrish Grover…
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 Constantia 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 Constantia 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 Constantia, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Serif
- 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 “Constantia”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Constantia 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 Constantia 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 Constantia, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Constantia under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Constantia, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.64lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 64%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 61% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 77% of serifs
InkDarker than 97% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 94% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Constantia
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Irish Grover75more stroke contrast · x-height 20% taller · 29% lighter
- Arbutus7150% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller
- CAT Childs6934% lighter · less stroke contrast · x-height 10% taller
- Germanica6624% narrower · 32% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Spicy Rice63x-height 22% taller · 25% heavier
- Knorke60more stroke contrast · 4% wider · 6% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Constantia →Compare side by side →Get CAT Constantia on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Constantia without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Apollo ASM48text 1.9% wider · x-height 3.6% shorter
- New Rocker46text 0.5% wider · x-height 3.9% taller
- Almendra37text 2.7% narrower · x-height 4.1% taller
- Average33text 0.6% wider · x-height 2.1% shorter
- Labrada30text 0.6% wider · x-height 2.6% shorter
- Kreon30text 2.2% narrower · x-height 4.1% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Constantia loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 104.4% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Constantia’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Constantia Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 104.45%;
ascent-override: 71.81%;
descent-override: 23.94%;
line-gap-override: 0.86%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Constantia', 'CAT Constantia Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Constantia
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Constantia free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Constantia 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 “Constantia”.
How do I download and install CAT Constantia?
CAT Constantia 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 Constantia in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Constantia 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 Constantia have?
CAT Constantia 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 Constantia?
CAT Constantia was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Constantia?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Irish Grover (75), Arbutus (71) and CAT Childs (69), out of 100. Next to CAT Constantia, Irish Grover is 29% lighter, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 20% taller. See all 100 fonts like CAT Constantia.