Monospace · Ben Busby
Anomaly Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Anomaly Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Anomaly Mono is a free monospace font by Ben Busby, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Anomaly Mono has an x-height shorter than 74%, is narrower than 96% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of WDXL Lubrifont JP N
Anomaly Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, WDXL Lubrifont JP N (76 out of 100) and Cute Font (68). WDXL Lubrifont JP N is 48% heavier and 18% narrower; Cute Font is 34% narrower, with an x-height 34% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Anomaly Mono and WDXL Lubrifont JP N laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Anomaly MonoWDXL Lubrifont JP N…
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 Anomaly Mono 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
Anomaly Mono 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 Anomaly Mono, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ben Busby
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Anomaly Mono 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 Anomaly Mono 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 Anomaly Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Anomaly Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Anomaly Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.14 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 74% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 96% of monospaced fonts
InkNear the middle of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Anomaly Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- WDXL Lubrifont JP N7648% heavier · 18% narrower
- Cute Font68x-height 34% shorter · 34% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Monomaniac One6668% heavier · 12% narrower · x-height 6% taller
- Kola6322% heavier · x-height 11% taller · 8% wider
- Mononoki6118% wider
- Bevellier5317% narrower · 31% heavier · x-height 11% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Anomaly Mono →Compare side by side →Get Anomaly Mono on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Anomaly Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Anomaly Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 79.3% of its size, so running text keeps Anomaly Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Anomaly Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 79.32%;
ascent-override: 107.41%;
descent-override: 34.04%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Anomaly Mono', 'Anomaly Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Anomaly Mono
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Anomaly Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Anomaly Mono 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 Anomaly Mono?
Anomaly Mono comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, 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 load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Anomaly Mono in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Anomaly Mono 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 Anomaly Mono have?
Anomaly Mono 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 Anomaly Mono?
Anomaly Mono was designed by Ben Busby.
What fonts are similar to Anomaly Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are WDXL Lubrifont JP N (76), Cute Font (68) and Monomaniac One (66), out of 100. Next to Anomaly Mono, WDXL Lubrifont JP N is 48% heavier and 18% narrower. See all 100 fonts like Anomaly Mono.