Display · Peter Wiegel
CAT Engravers
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Engravers', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Engravers is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT Engravers has an average x-height, is narrower than 81% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.0 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Aktura
CAT Engravers on one light table with its two closest fonts, Aktura (91 out of 100) and New Rocker (89). Aktura is 22% heavier and 10% narrower, with less stroke contrast; New Rocker is 15% wider and 29% heavier, with less stroke contrast.
CAT Engravers and Aktura laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT EngraversAktura…
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 Engravers 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 Engravers 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 Engravers, 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 “CAT Engravers”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Engravers 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 Engravers 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 Engravers, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Engravers under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Engravers, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.67lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 41.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.97 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 81% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 76% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Engravers
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Aktura9122% heavier · less stroke contrast · 10% narrower
- New Rocker8915% wider · 29% heavier · less stroke contrast
- CAT Altgotisch8733% narrower · x-height 19% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Manufacturing Consent87x-height 15% shorter · 7% narrower · 11% heavier
- Barloesius Schrift85x-height 25% taller · less stroke contrast · 14% heavier
- Jena Gotisch8039% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Engravers →Compare side by side →Get CAT Engravers on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Engravers without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- UnifrakturCook69same text width · x-height 3.0% taller
- Kenia24text 1.1% wider · x-height 0.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Engravers loads, this sets Arial in its place at 84% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Engravers’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Engravers Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 84.02%;
ascent-override: 89.27%;
descent-override: 29.76%;
line-gap-override: 1.07%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Engravers', 'CAT Engravers Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Engravers
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Engravers free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Engravers 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 Engravers”.
How do I download and install CAT Engravers?
CAT Engravers 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 Engravers in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Engravers 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 Engravers have?
CAT Engravers 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 Engravers?
CAT Engravers was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Engravers?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Aktura (91), New Rocker (89) and CAT Altgotisch (87), out of 100. Next to CAT Engravers, Aktura is 22% heavier and 10% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like CAT Engravers.