Catich Color
Catich Color is a color font developed as an educational and exploratory tool for understanding Roman Capitalsthrough stroke construction.
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✑ About Catich Color
Catich Color is a color font developed as an educational and exploratory tool for understanding Roman Capitals through stroke construction. The letterforms are generated from Gen Ramírez’s brush strokes, executed according to the method established by Edward Catich.
Catich’s investigations into classical Roman inscriptions revealed that their forms were first shaped through brush strokes, not carving. By carefully studying enlarged photographs and physical impressions of the capitals on Trajan’s Column, he exposed the calligraphic decisions embedded in what had long been considered purely sculptural work. His findings continue to influence how designers read proportion, rhythm, and contrast in the Roman alphabet.
The family includes solid and grayscale versions, along with stylistic sets that display outlines and proportional guides.
The typeface is closely tied to a teaching environment, shaped through years of instructing Roman Capitals at Type@Cooper, where historical inquiry meets a hands-on approach. By translating brush strokes into layered color forms, this project seeks to make Catich’s method visible and tangible for students, foregrounding process, movement, and construction over idealized letterform outcomes.
Play and Learn Roman Capitals
Catich Color Puzzle
This project includes
2 Color fonts + 1 font
Designer
Gen Ramírez
Version
1.0, February 2026
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Character Set
Language Coverage
With diacritics: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, German, Italian, Javanese, French, Filipino, Polish, Indonesian, Sundanese, Northern Uzbek, Romanian, West Central Oromo, Malagasy, Dutch, Tagalog, Northern Kurdish, Haitian, Hungarian, Czech, Uighur, Quechua, Swedish, Serbian, Umbundu, Iloko, Central Kurdish, Afrikaans, Tiv , Low German, Turkmen, Makhuwa, Danish, Neapolitan, Croatian, Southern Sotho, Finnish, Slovak, Tswana, Swiss German, Pedi, Sicilian, Eastern Oromo, Norwegian, Catalan, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Kamba (Kenya), Lombard, Venetian, Achinese, Gheg Albanian, Balinese, Yao, Bosnian, Lithuanian, Waray (Philippines), Slovenian, K'iche', Goan Konkani, Northern Qiandong Miao, Soninke, Southern Qiandong Miao, Meru, Tosk Albanian, Standard Latvian, Central Aymara, Southern Aymara, Galician, Tonga (Zambia), Anaang, Sardinian, Guadeloupean Creole French, Standard Estonian, Khasi, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Kabuverdianu, Kekchí, Occitan, Uab Meto, Yucateco, Pontic Greek, Basque, Picard, Piemontese, Welsh, Chavacano, Konzo, Friulian, Ossetian, Walloon, Maltese, Samoan, Silesian, Ligurian, Western Frisian, Sango, Zapotec, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Luxembourgish, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Papiamento, Icelandic, Embu, Wayuu, Mapudungun, Kölsch, Macedo-Romanian, Kaonde, Montenegrin, Breton, Latgalian, Garifuna, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Huastec, Mískito, Irish, Mezquital Otomi, Sranan Tongo, Corsican, Purepecha, Kashubian, Arbëreshë Albanian, Saramaccan, Võro, Papantla Totonac, Sangu (Tanzania), Blin, Faroese, Tahitian, Orma, Páez, Chamorro, Scottish Gaelic, Marshallese, Aguaruna, Tojolabal, Chuukese, Arvanitika Albanian, Maori, Romansh, Ladin, Ojitlán Chinantec, Karelian, Asháninka, Shuar, Pijin, Walser, Rarotongan, Acheron, Northwestern Ojibwa, Kaingang, Palauan, Mirandese, Dehu, Upper Sorbian, Aragonese . Show more
ASCII-only: English, Swahili (individual language), Malay (individual language), Amahuaca, Gan Chinese, Cebuano, Somali, Zulu, Shona, Kinyarwanda, Hiligaynon, Rundi, Kalenjin, Xhosa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Luba-Lulua, Kongo, Minangkabau, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo), Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Bemba (Zambia), Buginese, Tsonga, Banjar, Soga, Nyankole, Jamaican Creole English, Swati, Gusii, Kimbundu , Afar, Pampanga, Hani, Batak Toba, Chiga, North Ndebele, Sena, Tumbuka, Makonde, Batak Dairi, Batak Simalungun, Batak Mandailing, Ngazidja Comorian, South Ndebele, Morisyen, Chokwe, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Ndonga, Bena (Tanzania), Kuanyama, Nobiin, Shambala, Asu (Tanzania), Batak Karo, Ladino, Taita, Tedim Chin, Fijian, Samburu, Amis, Caribbean Hindustani, Maore Comorian, Gilbertese, Tok Pisin, Makwe, Mwani, Bikol, Seselwa Creole French, Andaandi, Kenzi, Naga Pidgin, Pohnpeian, Shipibo-Conibo, Alekano . Show more
Data from: Hyperglot by RosettaType