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Buena Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Buena Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Buena Mono is a free monospace font by Buena, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Buena Mono has an average x-height, is wider than 77% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 67%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Geist Mono
Buena Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Geist Mono (87 out of 100) and Cousine (81). Geist Mono has nearly identical proportions; Cousine has more stroke contrast.
Buena Mono and Geist Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Buena MonoGeist Mono…
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 Buena 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 / Weights
Buena Mono in 8 weights
8 weights, 100–800
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
04 / Facts
Who made Buena Mono, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Buena
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 8 weights, 100–800
- 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, under another name. Not as “Plex” or “Cascadia Code”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Buena 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 Buena 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 Buena Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Buena Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Buena Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 61.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 77% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 67% of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Buena Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Buena Mono's letters under another nameFragment Mono
- Geist Mono87Nearly identical proportions
- Cousine81more stroke contrast
- Commit Mono78x-height 3% taller
- Necto Mono78x-height 10% shorter
- Roboto Mono77Nearly identical proportions
- DM Mono75x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Buena Mono →Compare side by side →Get Buena Mono on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Buena Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Geist Mono87text 2.9% narrower · x-height 1.1% taller
- Cousine81text 2.9% narrower · x-height 0.8% taller
- Commit Mono78text 2.9% narrower · x-height 3.0% taller
- Roboto Mono77text 2.9% narrower · x-height 0.8% taller
- Google Sans Code73text 2.9% narrower · same x-height
- Chivo Mono73text 2.9% narrower · x-height 2.5% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Buena Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 103% of its size, so running text keeps Buena Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Buena Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 102.98%;
ascent-override: 92.25%;
descent-override: 24.28%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Buena Mono', 'Buena Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Buena Mono
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Buena Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Buena Mono is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Plex” or “Cascadia Code”.
How do I download and install Buena Mono?
Buena Mono 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 fonts/variable 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 Buena Mono in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Buena 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 Buena Mono have?
Buena Mono comes in eight weights, from Thin (100) to ExtraBold (800).
Who designed Buena Mono?
Buena Mono was designed by Buena.
What fonts are similar to Buena Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Geist Mono (87), Cousine (81) and Commit Mono (78), out of 100. Next to Buena Mono, Geist Mono has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Buena Mono.