Monospace · Designer not listed

Jgs

Q: Is Jgs free for commercial use?

Yes. Jgs 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 “jgs5”, “jgs7” or “jgs9”.

Q: How do I download and install Jgs?

Jgs 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Jgs is a free monospace font, from Velvetyne. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Jgs has an x-height shorter than 96%, is narrower than 83% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 98%.

Compare with DotGothic16 →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of DotGothic16

Jgs on one light table with its two closest fonts, DotGothic16 (84 out of 100) and Terminalia (83). DotGothic16 is 172% heavier, with an x-height 39% taller; Terminalia is 167% heavier, with an x-height 12% taller.

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Size auto

Ink shared with JgsDotGothic16…

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 Jgs 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

Jgs 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

Can you use Jgs?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 1 weight (400)
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, under another name. Not as “jgs5”, “jgs7” or “jgs9”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Jgs 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, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Jgs on Velvetyne

05 / Measurements

Jgs, measured

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

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

x-height: 38.9% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 55.6% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.70lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 13%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 96% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 83% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 98% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Jgs

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Jgs →Compare side by side →Get Jgs on Velvetyne

07 / Swap

Swap Jgs without a jump

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

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Jgs loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 83.3% of its size, so running text keeps Jgs’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Jgs Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 83.32%;
  ascent-override: 93.35%;
  descent-override: 26.67%;
  line-gap-override: 13.33%;
}

font-family: 'Jgs', 'Jgs Fallback', monospace;

08 / Questions

Questions about Jgs

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

Is Jgs free for commercial use?

Yes. Jgs 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 “jgs5”, “jgs7” or “jgs9”.

How do I download and install Jgs?

Jgs 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 Jgs in Google Docs?

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

Jgs comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to Jgs?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are DotGothic16 (84), Terminalia (83) and Home Video (79), out of 100. Next to Jgs, DotGothic16 is 172% heavier, with an x-height 39% taller. See all 100 fonts like Jgs.