Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
CAT Robertson
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Robertson', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Robertson is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, CAT Robertson has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 76% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 82%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Zerove
CAT Robertson on one light table with its two closest fonts, Zerove (84 out of 100) and Grotesk (72). Zerove is 15% wider and 19% lighter, with an x-height 55% taller; Grotesk is 14% wider and 16% lighter, with an x-height 15% taller.
CAT Robertson and Zerove laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT RobertsonZerove…
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 Robertson 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 Robertson 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 Robertson, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- 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 Robertson”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Robertson 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 Robertson 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 Robertson, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Robertson under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Robertson, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 50%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.96 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 91% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 76% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 82% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 97% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Robertson
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Zerove84x-height 55% taller · 15% wider · 19% lighter
- Grotesk72x-height 15% taller · 14% wider · 16% lighter
- Palanquin Dark6711% wider · 17% heavier · x-height 7% taller
- Solitus6533% heavier · x-height 12% shorter · 4% narrower
- Saman Dere6225% heavier · x-height 8% taller
- Fehmarn Belt61x-height 55% taller · 36% wider · 14% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Robertson →Compare side by side →Get CAT Robertson on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Robertson without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Average Sans48text 2.4% narrower · x-height 0.9% taller
- Tajawal44same text width · same x-height
- Mukta39same text width · x-height 4.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Robertson loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.1% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Robertson’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Robertson Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.14%;
ascent-override: 78.83%;
descent-override: 26.28%;
line-gap-override: 0.95%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Robertson', 'CAT Robertson Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Robertson
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Robertson free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Robertson 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 Robertson”.
How do I download and install CAT Robertson?
CAT Robertson 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 Robertson in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Robertson 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 Robertson have?
CAT Robertson 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 Robertson?
CAT Robertson was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Robertson?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Zerove (84), Grotesk (72) and Palanquin Dark (67), out of 100. Next to CAT Robertson, Zerove is 15% wider and 19% lighter, with an x-height 55% taller. See all 100 fonts like CAT Robertson.