Lucida Console font
Lucida Console is a monospaced sans serif by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes, from Bigelow & Holmes. It comes with Windows: use it on that computer, in documents and pictures, but its licence doesn’t let you put the font file on a website or pass it on. These 24 free monospaced fonts come closest to it, measured letter by letter, closest first.
Lucida Console itself comes from your device, if it is installed
01 / Free alternatives to Lucida Console — compared by measurements
The original · Lucida Console, from your device
88match · #1
DejaVu Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in 8, K, and 0
75match · #2
75match · #3
Noto Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in g, J, and C
74match · #4
Codetta
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Differs most from Lucida Console in 0, g, and c
73match · #5
73match · #6
Monaspace Neon
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Differs most from Lucida Console in G, C, and 5
70match · #7
Azeret Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in C, 8, and M
70match · #8
Intel One Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 12% shorter · less stroke contrast
Differs most from Lucida Console in 0, J, and 5
70match · #9
Roboto Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in C, G, and J
68match · #10
PT Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in 0, u, and T
68match · #11
Fragment Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in C, 0, and J
68match · #12
Source Code Pro
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Differs most from Lucida Console in o, 0, and g
68match · #13
Monaspace Argon
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Differs most from Lucida Console in g, V, and 5
68match · #14
68match · #15
66match · #16
Sometype Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 11% shorter · less stroke contrast · 10% lighter
Differs most from Lucida Console in 0, 5, and o
66match · #17
Agave
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Differs most from Lucida Console in y, p, and d
64match · #18
Commit Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in 0, g, and 8
64match · #19
League Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in g, t, and 8
64match · #20
Buena Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in C, J, and 0
63match · #21
Overpass Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in S, 8, and c
62match · #22
Geist Mono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in 0, C, and J
62match · #23
Opus One
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Differs most from Lucida Console in G, C, and 8
62match · #24
JuliaMono
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Differs most from Lucida Console in C, G, and g
About Lucida Console
- Designed by
- Charles Bigelow and Kris HolmesSource: Wikipedia: Lucida , Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- Bigelow & HolmesSource: Wikipedia: Lucida , Microsoft: font list
- Class
- Monospaced sans serifSource: Wikipedia: Lucida , Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Windows 11: Lucida ConsoleSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list
- Trademark
- Lucida is a registered trademark of Bigelow & Holmes.Source: Monotype: trademarks
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
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Questions about Lucida Console
Is Lucida Console free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Lucida Console comes with Windows, and its licence doesn’t let you put it on a website or pass the file on. The 24 fonts on this page are free to use, commercially and on websites too: all under the SIL Open Font License.
Which free font is closest to Lucida Console?
DejaVu Mono, at 88 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then Cousine (75) and Noto Mono (75). Next to Lucida Console, DejaVu Mono has an x-height 3% taller.
Can I use a free Lucida Console alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: Cousine, Oxygen Mono, Azeret Mono and ten more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts.
Who designed Lucida Console?
Lucida Console was designed by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes, and issued by Bigelow & Holmes.