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Monospace · Benjamin Pang

ANAKRON

Case
72 px
Weight500 MediumThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'ANAKRON', monospace; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

ANAKRON is a free monospace font by Benjamin Pang, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, ANAKRON has an x-height shorter than 94%, is wider than 90% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 2.0 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

Compare with Fairfax →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Fairfax

ANAKRON on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fairfax (83 out of 100) and TDAText (76). Fairfax is 25% narrower and 18% lighter; TDAText is 10% narrower, with an x-height 20% taller and less stroke contrast.

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ANAKRON and Fairfax laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with ANAKRONFairfax…

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 ANAKRON alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

03 / Sizes

ANAKRON at every size

1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words

  • 12 px
  • 16 px
  • 24 px
  • 36 px
  • 48 px
  • 72 px

04 / Facts

Who made ANAKRON, and can you use it?

Designer
Benjamin Pang
Kind
Monospace
Styles
1 weight (500)
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.

ANAKRON 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, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and ANAKRON 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 ANAKRON, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists ANAKRON under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get ANAKRON on GitHub

05 / Measurements

ANAKRON, measured

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

Hxgp in ANAKRON. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
41.7% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
58.3% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.71lowercase against capitals
Width
66.7% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
52%letter box filled
Contrast
2.00 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 94% of monospaced fonts

  • WidthWider than 90% of monospaced fonts

  • InkDarker than 97% of monospaced fonts

  • ContrastMore contrast than 95% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to ANAKRON

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap ANAKRON without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like ANAKRON sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until ANAKRON loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 111.1% of its size, so running text keeps ANAKRON’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'ANAKRON Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 111.10%;
  ascent-override: 75.01%;
  descent-override: 15.00%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about ANAKRON

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

Is ANAKRON free for commercial use?

Yes. ANAKRON 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 ANAKRON?

ANAKRON comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, open its latest release and download the font files from it. 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 ANAKRON in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and ANAKRON 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 ANAKRON have?

ANAKRON comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed ANAKRON?

ANAKRON was designed by Benjamin Pang. Benjamin Pang also made kirsch.

What fonts are similar to ANAKRON?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fairfax (83), TDAText (76) and Fusion Pixel 10px Monospaced JP (72), out of 100. Next to ANAKRON, Fairfax is 25% narrower and 18% lighter. See all 100 fonts like ANAKRON.