Monospace · Juliette Duhe
Compagnon
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CSSfont-family: 'Compagnon', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Compagnon is a free monospace font by Juliette Duhe and Lea Pradine, from Velvetyne. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Compagnon has an x-height shorter than 89%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Cutive Mono
Compagnon on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cutive Mono (84 out of 100) and Grandiflora One (77). Cutive Mono is 29% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter and more stroke contrast; Grandiflora One is 18% narrower and 31% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter.
Compagnon and Cutive Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with CompagnonCutive 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 Compagnon 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
Compagnon in 3 weights
3 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Compagnon, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Juliette Duhe, Lea Pradine
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 3 weights, 400–700, with italics
- From
- Velvetyne
- 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.
Compagnon 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 Compagnon comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 Compagnon, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Compagnon under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Compagnon, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 59.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 20%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 89% of monospaced fonts
WidthNear the middle of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 97% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 87% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Compagnon
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Cutive Mono84x-height 15% shorter · 29% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Grandiflora One7718% narrower · 31% lighter · x-height 8% shorter
- Erica Type6992% heavier · x-height 5% shorter
- Nixie One63x-height 13% taller · 5% narrower
- BhuTuka Expanded One6131% wider · x-height 19% shorter · 21% lighter
- Courrrier57more stroke contrast · x-height 13% taller · 4% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Compagnon →Compare side by side →Get Compagnon on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Compagnon without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Erica Type69same text width · x-height 4.9% shorter
- Drafting Mono54same text width · x-height 3.8% taller
- Courier Prime48same text width · x-height 1.8% taller
- Stint Ultra Expanded28same text width · x-height 4.9% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Compagnon loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 100% of its size, so running text keeps Compagnon’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Compagnon Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 99.98%;
ascent-override: 59.01%;
descent-override: 16.00%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Compagnon', 'Compagnon Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Compagnon
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Compagnon free for commercial use?
Yes. Compagnon 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 Compagnon?
Compagnon comes free from Velvetyne . On its repository there, download the files as a ZIP and unzip it: the fonts are in its fonts 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Compagnon in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Compagnon comes from Velvetyne. 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 Compagnon have?
Compagnon comes in three weights: Regular (400), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), and an italic at 400.
Who designed Compagnon?
Compagnon was designed by Juliette Duhe and Lea Pradine.
What fonts are similar to Compagnon?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cutive Mono (84), Grandiflora One (77) and Erica Type (69), out of 100. Next to Compagnon, Cutive Mono is 29% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Compagnon.