Handwriting · Peter Wiegel nach Hans Heimbeck
Junior CAT
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CSSfont-family: 'Junior CAT', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Junior CAT is a free handwriting font by Peter Wiegel nach Hans Heimbeck and 1936, from Peter Wiegel. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Junior CAT has an x-height shorter than 78%, is narrower than 81% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 73%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Cookie
Junior CAT on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cookie (84 out of 100) and Niconne (79). Cookie is 14% heavier, with an x-height 10% taller; Niconne is 17% wider and 13% heavier, with an x-height 12% shorter.
Junior CAT and Cookie laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Junior CATCookie…
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 Junior CAT 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
Junior CAT 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 Junior CAT, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter Wiegel nach Hans Heimbeck, 1936
- Kind
- Handwriting
- 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 “Junior CAT”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Junior CAT 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 Junior CAT 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 Junior CAT, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Junior CAT under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Junior CAT, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 33.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.47lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 31.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 78% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 81% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 73% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Junior CAT
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Cookie84x-height 10% taller · 14% heavier
- Niconne7917% wider · x-height 12% shorter · 13% heavier
- Romanesco7917% narrower · x-height 13% taller · 19% heavier
- Euphoria Script77x-height 15% taller · 25% lighter · 7% wider
- CAT Flamme7642% heavier · 7% narrower
- Dr Sugiyama7142% heavier · x-height 20% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Junior CAT →Compare side by side →Get Junior CAT on Peter Wiegel
07 / Swap
Swap Junior CAT without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Junior CAT loads, this sets Arial in its place at 62.6% of its size, so running text keeps Junior CAT’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Junior CAT Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 62.64%;
ascent-override: 119.74%;
descent-override: 39.91%;
line-gap-override: 1.44%;
}
font-family: 'Junior CAT', 'Junior CAT Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Junior CAT
Answered from its licence, Peter Wiegel and each app’s own font list
Is Junior CAT free for commercial use?
Yes. Junior CAT 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 “Junior CAT”.
How do I download and install Junior CAT?
Junior CAT 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 Junior CAT in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Junior CAT 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 Junior CAT have?
Junior CAT 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 Junior CAT?
Junior CAT was designed by Peter Wiegel nach Hans Heimbeck and 1936. 1936 also made CAT FrankenDeutsch.
What fonts are similar to Junior CAT?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cookie (84), Niconne (79) and Romanesco (79), out of 100. Next to Junior CAT, Cookie is 14% heavier, with an x-height 10% taller. See all 100 fonts like Junior CAT.