Sans serif · Peter Wiegel nach alter Vorlage
CAT Rhythmus
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Rhythmus', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Rhythmus is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel nach alter Vorlage, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, CAT Rhythmus has an x-height shorter than 98%, is narrower than 73% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.6 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Wendy One
CAT Rhythmus on one light table with its two closest fonts, Wendy One (73 out of 100) and Acme (71). Wendy One is 18% wider, with an x-height 26% taller and more stroke contrast; Acme is 29% lighter, with an x-height 36% taller and less stroke contrast.
CAT Rhythmus and Wendy One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT RhythmusWendy One…
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 Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel nach alter Vorlage
- 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 Rhythmus”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Rhythmus under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Rhythmus, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 37.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.53lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 82%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.59 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 98% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 73% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 99% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 93% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Rhythmus
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Wendy One73x-height 26% taller · 18% wider · more stroke contrast
- Acme71x-height 36% taller · 29% lighter · less stroke contrast
- OpenDyslexic6570% wider · x-height 49% taller · 58% lighter
- Peace Sans65x-height 41% taller · 28% wider · less stroke contrast
- Belanosima64x-height 18% taller · 28% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Ranchers63x-height 59% taller · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Rhythmus →Compare side by side →Get CAT Rhythmus on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Rhythmus without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like CAT Rhythmus sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Rhythmus loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.7% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Rhythmus’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Rhythmus Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 96.71%;
ascent-override: 77.55%;
descent-override: 25.85%;
line-gap-override: 0.93%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Rhythmus', 'CAT Rhythmus Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Rhythmus
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Rhythmus free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus”.
How do I download and install CAT Rhythmus?
CAT Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus have?
CAT Rhythmus 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 Rhythmus?
CAT Rhythmus was designed by Peter Wiegel nach alter Vorlage.
What fonts are similar to CAT Rhythmus?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Wendy One (73), Acme (71) and OpenDyslexic (65), out of 100. Next to CAT Rhythmus, Wendy One is 18% wider, with an x-height 26% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like CAT Rhythmus.