Monospace · Helena Zhang

Departure Mono

Q: Is Departure Mono free for commercial use?

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

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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: 'Departure Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Departure Mono is a free monospace font by Helena Zhang, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Departure Mono has an x-height taller than 78%, is wider than 84% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 66%.

Compare with Pixel Code →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Pixel Code

Departure Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pixel Code (89 out of 100) and Monocraft (87). Pixel Code is 16% heavier and 5% wider; Monocraft is 15% heavier and 5% wider.

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Ink shared with Departure MonoPixel Code…

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 Departure 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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03 / Sizes

Departure 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 Departure Mono, and can you use it?

Designer: Helena Zhang
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 1 weight (400)
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.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Departure 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

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Departure 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 Departure Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Departure Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Departure Mono on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Departure Mono, measured

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

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

x-height: 54.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 72.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.75lowercase against capitals
Width: 63.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 36%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 78% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 84% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 66% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Departure Mono

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Departure Mono →Compare side by side →Get Departure Mono on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Departure Mono without a jump

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

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Departure Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 106% of its size, so running text keeps Departure Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Departure Mono Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 106.05%;
  ascent-override: 94.30%;
  descent-override: 25.71%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Departure Mono

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

Is Departure Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Departure 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 Departure Mono?

Departure 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 public/assets 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 Departure Mono in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Departure 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 Departure Mono have?

Departure 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 Departure Mono?

Departure Mono was designed by Helena Zhang.

What fonts are similar to Departure Mono?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pixel Code (89), Monocraft (87) and TDAText (84), out of 100. Next to Departure Mono, Pixel Code is 16% heavier and 5% wider. See all 100 fonts like Departure Mono.