Sans serif · Peter Wiegel
CatShop
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CSSfont-family: 'CatShop', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CatShop is a free sans serif by Peter Wiegel, from the designer’s own site. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, CatShop has an average x-height, is wider than 86% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 82%. Its thickest strokes are 5.2 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Nuosu SIL
CatShop on one light table with its two closest fonts, Nuosu SIL (60 out of 100) and Fette Bauersche Antiqua UNZ Pro (58). Nuosu SIL is 16% narrower and 18% lighter, with less stroke contrast; Fette Bauersche Antiqua UNZ Pro is 19% wider and 24% heavier, with more stroke contrast.
CatShop and Nuosu SIL laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CatShopNuosu SIL…
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 CatShop 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
CatShop 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 CatShop, 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 “CatShop”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CatShop 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 CatShop 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 CatShop, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CatShop under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CatShop, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 57.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 50%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 5.20 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 86% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 82% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 100% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CatShop
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Nuosu SIL6016% narrower · less stroke contrast · 18% lighter
- Fette Bauersche Antiqua UNZ Pro58more stroke contrast · 19% wider · 24% heavier
- Career57more stroke contrast
- Gambarino5215% narrower · 19% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Basteleur52less stroke contrast · 21% lighter · x-height 10% taller
- Gloock51more stroke contrast · 8% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to CatShop →Compare side by side →Get CatShop on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap CatShop without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Career57text 1.1% wider · x-height 0.6% taller
- Ortica48text 1.5% wider · same x-height
- Isenheim46text 2.4% narrower · same x-height
- Prata45text 2.1% narrower · x-height 3.4% taller
- Libre Caslon Text45text 2.6% narrower · x-height 4.7% taller
- Modern Antiqua44text 1.7% wider · x-height 5.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until CatShop loads, this sets Arial in its place at 110.7% of its size, so running text keeps CatShop’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CatShop Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 110.72%;
ascent-override: 91.85%;
descent-override: 27.73%;
line-gap-override: 2.44%;
}
font-family: 'CatShop', 'CatShop Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about CatShop
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is CatShop free for commercial use?
Yes. CatShop 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 “CatShop”.
How do I download and install CatShop?
CatShop 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 CatShop in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CatShop 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 CatShop have?
CatShop 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 CatShop?
CatShop was designed by Peter Wiegel. Peter Wiegel also made 18th Century, 5by7, 5by7light and 81 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to CatShop?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Nuosu SIL (60), Fette Bauersche Antiqua UNZ Pro (58) and Career (57), out of 100. Next to CatShop, Nuosu SIL is 16% narrower and 18% lighter, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like CatShop.