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CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is a free display font, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser has an x-height taller than 75%, is narrower than 88% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 79%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with CAT FrankenDeutsch →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of CAT FrankenDeutsch

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT FrankenDeutsch (93 out of 100) and Grobe Plakat Fraktur (92). CAT FrankenDeutsch is 11% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 22% shorter; Grobe Plakat Fraktur is 21% wider, with an x-height 22% shorter and more stroke contrast.

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CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser and CAT FrankenDeutsch laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with CAT Schmalfette ThannhaeuserCAT FrankenDeutsch…

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.

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02 / Letters

The CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 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.

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03 / Sizes

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 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

Can you use CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser?

Designer
Not listed
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 Schmalfette Thannhaeuser”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 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 Schmalfette Thannhaeuser, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser on Peter Wiegel

05 / Measurements

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
58.2% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
69.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.84lowercase against capitals
Width
39.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
65%letter box filled
Contrast
1.09 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 75% of display faces

  • WidthNarrower than 88% of display faces

  • InkDarker than 79% of display faces

  • ContrastMore even than 73% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser →Compare side by side →Get CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser on Peter Wiegel

07 / Swap

Swap CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser loads, this sets Arial in its place at 78% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 77.97%;
  ascent-override: 96.19%;
  descent-override: 32.06%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser', 'CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser

Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list

Is CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser free for commercial use?

Yes. CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 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 Schmalfette Thannhaeuser”.

How do I download and install CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser?

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 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 Schmalfette Thannhaeuser in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser 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 Schmalfette Thannhaeuser have?

CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT FrankenDeutsch (93), Grobe Plakat Fraktur (92) and CAT Professor Krause Fraktur (85), out of 100. Next to CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser, CAT FrankenDeutsch is 11% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 22% shorter. See all 100 fonts like CAT Schmalfette Thannhaeuser.