Handwriting · Digitized and Redrawn by Peter Wiegel
CAT Flamme
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Flamme', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Flamme is a free handwriting font by Digitized and Redrawn by Peter Wiegel and Catfonts.de, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, CAT Flamme has an x-height shorter than 76%, is narrower than 87% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Devonshire
CAT Flamme on one light table with its two closest fonts, Devonshire (83 out of 100) and CAT Reporter (82). Devonshire is 13% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 38% taller; CAT Reporter is 8% wider, with an x-height 20% taller.
CAT Flamme and Devonshire laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT FlammeDevonshire…
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 Flamme 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 Flamme 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 Flamme, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Digitized and Redrawn by Peter Wiegel, Catfonts.de
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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 “Postamt”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Flamme 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 Flamme 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 Flamme, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Flamme under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Flamme, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 34.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.50lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 29.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 73%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.86 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 76% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 87% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 97% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 92% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Flamme
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Devonshire83x-height 38% taller · 13% wider · 13% lighter
- CAT Reporter82x-height 20% taller · 8% wider
- Krugmann Brush79x-height 33% taller · 20% lighter · 7% wider
- Junior CAT7630% lighter · 8% wider
- Engagement75more stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter · 8% narrower
- Dr Sugiyama74x-height 22% shorter · 11% wider · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Flamme →Compare side by side →Get CAT Flamme on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Flamme without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Flamme loads, this sets Arial in its place at 59.5% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Flamme’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Flamme Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 59.48%;
ascent-override: 126.09%;
descent-override: 42.03%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Flamme', 'CAT Flamme Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Flamme
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Flamme free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Flamme 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 “Postamt”.
How do I download and install CAT Flamme?
CAT Flamme 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 Flamme in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Flamme 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 Flamme have?
CAT Flamme 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 Flamme?
CAT Flamme was designed by Digitized and Redrawn by Peter Wiegel and Catfonts.de.
What fonts are similar to CAT Flamme?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Devonshire (83), CAT Reporter (82) and Krugmann Brush (79), out of 100. Next to CAT Flamme, Devonshire is 13% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 38% taller. See all 100 fonts like CAT Flamme.