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CAT Walzhari
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CSSfont-family: 'CAT Walzhari', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CAT Walzhari is a free display font by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, CAT Walzhari has an x-height shorter than 86%, is narrower than 75% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.7 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of CAT Eckmann
CAT Walzhari on one light table with its two closest fonts, CAT Eckmann (87 out of 100) and CAT Liebing Gotisch (82). CAT Eckmann is 15% narrower and 16% heavier, with more stroke contrast; CAT Liebing Gotisch is 14% lighter and 6% narrower, with more stroke contrast.
CAT Walzhari and CAT Eckmann laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CAT WalzhariCAT Eckmann…
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 Walzhari 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 Walzhari 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 Walzhari, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel
- 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 Walthari”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CAT Walzhari 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 Walzhari 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 Walzhari, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CAT Walzhari under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CAT Walzhari, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.66lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 52%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.71 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 86% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 75% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 98% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CAT Walzhari
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- CAT Eckmann8715% narrower · 16% heavier · more stroke contrast
- CAT Liebing Gotisch82more stroke contrast · 14% lighter · 6% narrower
- Goeschen Fraktur78x-height 25% taller · 7% narrower · 10% lighter
- Hamburger Schwabacher Druckrauh78x-height 17% taller · 12% lighter
- CAT Altenglisch77more stroke contrast · 12% wider · x-height 10% shorter
- Hentimps Circlet76more stroke contrast · 16% lighter · x-height 6% taller
All 100 fonts similar to CAT Walzhari →Compare side by side →Get CAT Walzhari on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CAT Walzhari without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until CAT Walzhari loads, this sets Arial in its place at 88.1% of its size, so running text keeps CAT Walzhari’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CAT Walzhari Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 88.11%;
ascent-override: 85.12%;
descent-override: 28.37%;
line-gap-override: 1.02%;
}
font-family: 'CAT Walzhari', 'CAT Walzhari Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CAT Walzhari
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CAT Walzhari free for commercial use?
Yes. CAT Walzhari 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 Walthari”.
How do I download and install CAT Walzhari?
CAT Walzhari 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 Walzhari in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CAT Walzhari 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 Walzhari have?
CAT Walzhari 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 Walzhari?
CAT Walzhari was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CAT Walzhari?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are CAT Eckmann (87), CAT Liebing Gotisch (82) and Goeschen Fraktur (78), out of 100. Next to CAT Walzhari, CAT Eckmann is 15% narrower and 16% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like CAT Walzhari.