Monospace · type agaric

Agave

Q: Is Agave free for commercial use?

Yes. Agave is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Agave?

Agave comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its dist folder. 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 load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Agave', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Agave is a free monospace font by type agaric, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Agave has an x-height shorter than 61%, is narrower than 83% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 65%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with M PLUS Code Latin →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of M PLUS Code Latin

Agave on one light table with its two closest fonts, M PLUS Code Latin (79 out of 100) and RX100 (72). M PLUS Code Latin has an x-height 4% taller; RX100 is 10% narrower and 17% heavier.

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Ink shared with AgaveM PLUS Code Latin…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Agave 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.

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03 / Weights

Agave in 2 weights

2 weights, 400–700, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Agave, and can you use it?

Designer: type agaric
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin, latin-ext
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.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Agave is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Agave comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Agave, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Agave under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Agave on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Agave, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Agave. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 62.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.80lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 39%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.08 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 61% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 83% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 65% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 72% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Agave

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Agave →Compare side by side →Get Agave on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Agave without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Agave loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 83.3% of its size, so running text keeps Agave’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Agave Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 83.32%;
  ascent-override: 90.01%;
  descent-override: 30.00%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Agave', 'Agave Fallback', monospace;

08 / Questions

Questions about Agave

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Agave free for commercial use?

Yes. Agave is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Agave?

Agave comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its dist folder. 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 load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is Agave in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Agave comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. 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 Agave have?

Agave comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.

Who designed Agave?

Agave was designed by type agaric.

What fonts are similar to Agave?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are M PLUS Code Latin (79), RX100 (72) and Ubuntu Mono (68), out of 100. Next to Agave, M PLUS Code Latin has an x-height 4% taller. See all 100 fonts like Agave.