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CMU Typewriter Text
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CSSfont-family: 'CMU Typewriter Text', monospace; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
CMU Typewriter Text is a free monospace font, from CTAN. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, CMU Typewriter Text has an x-height shorter than 92%, is narrower than 80% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 67%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Erica Type
CMU Typewriter Text on one light table with its two closest fonts, Erica Type (100 out of 100) and Courier Prime (100). Erica Type is 15% wider; Courier Prime is 14% wider, with an x-height 5% taller.
CMU Typewriter Text and Erica Type laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CMU Typewriter TextErica Type…
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 CMU Typewriter Text 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 / Weights
CMU Typewriter Text in 3 weights
3 weights, 200–700, with italics
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Can you use CMU Typewriter Text?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 3 weights, 200–700, with italics
- From
- CTAN
- 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 “Computer Modern Unicode fonts”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
CMU Typewriter Text 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 CMU Typewriter Text comes from CTAN. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from CTAN 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 CMU Typewriter Text, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists CMU Typewriter Text under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
CMU Typewriter Text, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 61.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 92% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 80% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 67% of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to CMU Typewriter Text
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Erica Type10015% wider
- Courier Prime10014% wider · x-height 5% taller
- Cutive Mono9535% lighter · 15% wider · x-height 12% shorter
- Photonico Code8117% wider · x-height 14% taller · 7% lighter
- Glass Antiqua6220% narrower · x-height 11% taller · 10% lighter
- Drafting Mono5914% wider · x-height 7% taller
All 100 fonts similar to CMU Typewriter Text →Compare side by side →Get CMU Typewriter Text on CTAN
07 / Swap
Swap CMU Typewriter Text without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like CMU Typewriter Text sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until CMU Typewriter Text loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 87.5% of its size, so running text keeps CMU Typewriter Text’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'CMU Typewriter Text Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 87.49%;
ascent-override: 94.53%;
descent-override: 26.63%;
line-gap-override: 22.86%;
}
font-family: 'CMU Typewriter Text', 'CMU Typewriter Text Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about CMU Typewriter Text
Answered from its licence, CTAN and each app’s own font list
Is CMU Typewriter Text free for commercial use?
Yes. CMU Typewriter Text 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 “Computer Modern Unicode fonts”.
How do I download and install CMU Typewriter Text?
CMU Typewriter Text comes free from CTAN . Download it from its page there 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is CMU Typewriter Text in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and CMU Typewriter Text comes from CTAN. 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 CMU Typewriter Text have?
CMU Typewriter Text comes in three weights: ExtraLight (200), Medium (500) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
What fonts are similar to CMU Typewriter Text?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Erica Type (100), Courier Prime (100) and Cutive Mono (95), out of 100. Next to CMU Typewriter Text, Erica Type is 15% wider. See all 100 fonts like CMU Typewriter Text.