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CAT FrankenDeutsch
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT FrankenDeutsch', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT FrankenDeutsch is a free display font by Peter Wiegel nach Alfons Schneider and 1936, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT FrankenDeutsch has an x-height shorter than 88%, is narrower than 93% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 68%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
Compare with CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser →Compare with another font
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser
CAT FrankenDeutsch on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (93 out of 100) and CAT Liebing Gotisch (87). CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is 12% wider and 10% heavier, with an x-height 28% taller; CAT Liebing Gotisch is 18% wider and 24% lighter, with more stroke contrast.
CAT FrankenDeutsch and CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT FrankenDeutschCAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser…
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 FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel nach Alfons Schneider, 1936
- 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 Frankendeutsch”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT FrankenDeutsch under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT FrankenDeutsch, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.66lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 35.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 59%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 88% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 93% of display faces
InkDarker than 68% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 72% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT FrankenDeutsch
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser93x-height 28% taller · 12% wider · 10% heavier
- CAT Liebing Gotisch8718% wider · 24% lighter · more stroke contrast
- CAT Professor Krause Fraktur86x-height 13% taller · more stroke contrast · 5% wider
- Hentimps Circlet7722% wider · more stroke contrast · 26% lighter
- Kuenstler Gotisch7626% wider · x-height 20% taller · more stroke contrast
- Goeschen Fraktur75x-height 27% taller · 17% wider · 21% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to CAT FrankenDeutsch →Compare side by side →Get CAT FrankenDeutsch on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT FrankenDeutsch without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT FrankenDeutsch loads, this sets Arial in its place at 72.3% of its size, so running text keeps CAT FrankenDeutsch’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT FrankenDeutsch Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 72.31%;
ascent-override: 103.72%;
descent-override: 34.57%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'CAT FrankenDeutsch', 'CAT FrankenDeutsch Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT FrankenDeutsch
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT FrankenDeutsch free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT FrankenDeutsch 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 Frankendeutsch”.
How do I download and install CAT FrankenDeutsch?
CAT FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch have?
CAT FrankenDeutsch 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 FrankenDeutsch?
CAT FrankenDeutsch was designed by Peter Wiegel nach Alfons Schneider and 1936. 1936 also made Junior CAT.
What fonts are similar to CAT FrankenDeutsch?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser (93), CAT Liebing Gotisch (87) and CAT Professor Krause Fraktur (86), out of 100. Next to CAT FrankenDeutsch, CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is 12% wider and 10% heavier, with an x-height 28% taller. See all 100 fonts like CAT FrankenDeutsch.