Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
CAT North
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT North', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT North is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, CAT North has an x-height taller than 94%, is wider than 86% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 88%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Alfphabet
CAT North on one light table with its two closest fonts, Alfphabet (92 out of 100) and Russo One (82). Alfphabet is 40% wider and 20% lighter, with an x-height 13% taller; Russo One is 26% heavier, with an x-height 16% shorter and more stroke contrast.
CAT North and Alfphabet laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT NorthAlfphabet…
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 North 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 North 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 North, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans 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 “CAT North”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT North 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 North 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 North, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT North under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT North, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 62.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.90lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 56.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 56%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 94% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 86% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 88% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT North
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Alfphabet9240% wider · x-height 13% taller · 20% lighter
- Russo One82x-height 16% shorter · 26% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Anta81x-height 19% shorter · 8% narrower · 12% lighter
- Orbitron7631% lighter · 12% wider · x-height 8% shorter
- Science Gothic75x-height 20% shorter · 9% wider
- Aldrich72x-height 17% shorter · 20% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to CAT North →Compare side by side →Get CAT North on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT North without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT North loads, this sets Arial in its place at 120% of its size, so running text keeps CAT North’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT North Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 119.97%;
ascent-override: 71.94%;
descent-override: 16.67%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'CAT North', 'CAT North Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT North
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT North free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT North 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 North”.
How do I download and install CAT North?
CAT North 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 North in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT North 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 North have?
CAT North 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 North?
CAT North was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT North?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Alfphabet (92), Russo One (82) and Anta (81), out of 100. Next to CAT North, Alfphabet is 40% wider and 20% lighter, with an x-height 13% taller. See all 100 fonts like CAT North.