Monospace · Vernon Adams

Cutive Mono

Q: Is Cutive Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Cutive Mono is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Your words – they follow you round the site

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Cutive Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Cutive Mono is a free monospace font by Vernon Adams, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Cutive Mono has an x-height shorter than 97%, is wider than 72% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

Compare with Erica Type →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Erica Type

Cutive Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Erica Type (97 out of 100) and CMU Typewriter Text (95). Erica Type is 49% heavier, with an x-height 12% taller and less stroke contrast; CMU Typewriter Text is 53% heavier and 13% narrower, with an x-height 14% taller.

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Ink shared with Cutive MonoErica 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.

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02 / Letters

The Cutive 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.

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With this font

Write your ownTypewriter font generator →Your words in Cutive Mono and 3 more typewriter fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Cutive 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 Cutive Mono, and can you use it?

Designer: Vernon Adams
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2012
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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Cutive Mono 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

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Cutive Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Cutive Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Cutive Mono on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Cutive Mono, measured

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

Hxgp in Cutive Mono. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 37.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 57.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.66lowercase against capitals
Width: 60.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 26%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.32 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 97% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 72% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 96% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore contrast than 91% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Cutive Mono

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Cutive Mono's own familyCutive

All 100 fonts similar to Cutive Mono →Compare side by side →Get Cutive Mono on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Cutive Mono without a jump

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

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Cutive Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 100.9% of its size, so running text keeps Cutive Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Cutive Mono Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 100.90%;
  ascent-override: 82.12%;
  descent-override: 27.01%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Cutive Mono', 'Cutive Mono Fallback', monospace;

08 / Questions

Questions about Cutive Mono

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

Is Cutive Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Cutive 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 Cutive Mono?

FontKind doesn’t host Cutive Mono’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Cutive Mono in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Cutive Mono isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Cutive Mono in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Cutive Mono under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Cutive Mono in Figma?

Yes: Cutive Mono is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Cutive Mono have?

Cutive 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 Cutive Mono?

Cutive Mono was designed by Vernon Adams. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Vernon Adams also made Bangers, Nunito, Oswald and 52 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Cutive Mono?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Erica Type (97), CMU Typewriter Text (95) and Courier Prime (94), out of 100. Next to Cutive Mono, Erica Type is 49% heavier, with an x-height 12% taller and less stroke contrast. Its own family, listed apart, adds Cutive. See all 100 fonts like Cutive Mono.