Monospace · Juliette Pluto
Iosevka Charon
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CSSfont-family: 'Iosevka Charon', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Iosevka Charon is a free monospace font by Juliette Pluto, on Google Fonts since 2026. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Iosevka Charon has an average x-height, is narrower than 82% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 62%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of JetBrains Mono
Iosevka Charon on one light table with its two closest fonts, JetBrains Mono (67 out of 100) and Datatype (64). JetBrains Mono is 19% wider, with an x-height 6% taller; Datatype is 9% lighter.
Iosevka Charon and JetBrains Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Iosevka CharonJetBrains 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 Iosevka Charon 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
Iosevka Charon in 4 weights
4 weights, 300–700, with italics
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Iosevka Charon, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Juliette Pluto
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 4 weights, 300–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2026
- Character sets
- armenian, braille, cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, math, symbols, symbols2, vietnamese
- 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.
Iosevka Charon 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
- 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 Iosevka Charon, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Iosevka Charon under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Iosevka Charon, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 73.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 82% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 62% of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Iosevka Charon
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Iosevka Charon's own familyIosevka Charon MonoIosevka Curly SlabIosevka AileIosevka Etoile
- JetBrains Mono6719% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Datatype649% lighter
- M PLUS Code Latin60Nearly identical proportions
- Fliege Mono5719% wider
- BIZ UDGothic56x-height 9% taller
- Opus One5619% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Iosevka Charon →Compare side by side →Get Iosevka Charon on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Iosevka Charon without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Iosevka Charon loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 76.8% of its size, so running text keeps Iosevka Charon’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Iosevka Charon Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 76.80%;
ascent-override: 132.15%;
descent-override: 34.50%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Iosevka Charon', 'Iosevka Charon Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Iosevka Charon
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Iosevka Charon free for commercial use?
Yes. Iosevka Charon 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 Iosevka Charon?
FontKind doesn’t host Iosevka Charon’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds eight font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Iosevka Charon in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Iosevka Charon isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Iosevka Charon Light and Iosevka Charon Medium. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Iosevka Charon in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Iosevka Charon under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Iosevka Charon in Figma?
Yes: Iosevka Charon is in Figma’s font menu with all four weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Iosevka Charon have?
Iosevka Charon comes in four weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Iosevka Charon?
Iosevka Charon was designed by Juliette Pluto. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2026.
What fonts are similar to Iosevka Charon?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are JetBrains Mono (67), Datatype (64) and M PLUS Code Latin (60), out of 100. Next to Iosevka Charon, JetBrains Mono is 19% wider, with an x-height 6% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Iosevka Charon Mono, Iosevka Curly Slab, Iosevka Aile and one more. See all 100 fonts like Iosevka Charon.