Handwriting · P. Wiegel
CAT Reporter
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CAT Reporter is a free handwriting font by P. Wiegel, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, CAT Reporter has an average x-height, is narrower than 80% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 98%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Flamme
CAT Reporter on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Flamme (82 out of 100) and Devonshire (81). CAT Flamme is 8% narrower, with an x-height 17% shorter; Devonshire is 14% lighter and 4% wider, with an x-height 14% taller.
CAT Reporter and CAT Flamme laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT ReporterCAT Flamme…
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 Reporter 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 Reporter 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 Reporter, and can you use it?
- Designer
- P. Wiegel
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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 Reporter”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Reporter 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 Reporter 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 Reporter, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Reporter under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Reporter, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.61lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 31.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 74%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 80% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 98% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Reporter
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Flamme82x-height 17% shorter · 8% narrower
- Devonshire81x-height 14% taller · 14% lighter · 4% wider
- Krugmann Brush8022% lighter · x-height 11% taller
- East Sea Dokdo80x-height 28% shorter · 29% lighter · 11% wider
- CAT Kurier8046% wider · 10% lighter · x-height 3% taller
- Permanent Marker7376% wider · x-height 43% taller · 25% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Reporter →Compare side by side →Get CAT Reporter on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Reporter without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like CAT Reporter sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Reporter loads, this sets Arial in its place at 62.6% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Reporter’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Reporter Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 62.64%;
ascent-override: 119.74%;
descent-override: 39.91%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Reporter', 'CAT Reporter Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Reporter
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Reporter free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Reporter 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 Reporter”.
How do I download and install CAT Reporter?
CAT Reporter 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 Reporter in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Reporter 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 Reporter have?
CAT Reporter 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 Reporter?
CAT Reporter was designed by P. Wiegel. P. Wiegel also made Astrud and flottflott.
What fonts are similar to CAT Reporter?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Flamme (82), Devonshire (81) and Krugmann Brush (80), out of 100. Next to CAT Reporter, CAT Flamme is 8% narrower, with an x-height 17% shorter. See all 100 fonts like CAT Reporter.