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Monospace · Benjamin Pang

kirsch

Case
72 px
Weight500 MediumThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'kirsch', monospace; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

kirsch is a free monospace font by Benjamin Pang, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, kirsch has an x-height shorter than 98%, is narrower than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 90%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of TeraFont

kirsch on one light table with its two closest fonts, TeraFont (86 out of 100) and Unifont (85). TeraFont has nearly identical proportions; Unifont is 33% wider and 29% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller.

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kirsch and TeraFont laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with kirschTeraFont…

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 kirsch alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

03 / Sizes

kirsch at every size

1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words

  • 12 px
  • 16 px
  • 24 px
  • 36 px
  • 48 px
  • 72 px

04 / Facts

Who made kirsch, and can you use it?

Designer
Benjamin Pang
Kind
Monospace
Styles
1 weight (500)
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.

kirsch 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 kirsch 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 kirsch, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists kirsch under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get kirsch on GitHub

05 / Measurements

kirsch, measured

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

Hxgp in kirsch. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
31.3% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
56.3% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.56lowercase against capitals
Width
37.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
44%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 98% of monospaced fonts

  • WidthNarrower than 98% of monospaced fonts

  • InkDarker than 90% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to kirsch

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap kirsch without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until kirsch loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 62.5% of its size, so running text keeps kirsch’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'kirsch Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 62.49%;
  ascent-override: 120.02%;
  descent-override: 40.01%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about kirsch

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

Is kirsch free for commercial use?

Yes. kirsch 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 kirsch?

kirsch comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, open its latest release and download the font files from it. 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 kirsch in Google Docs?

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

kirsch comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed kirsch?

kirsch was designed by Benjamin Pang. Benjamin Pang also made ANAKRON.

What fonts are similar to kirsch?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are TeraFont (86), Unifont (85) and Bytesized (80), out of 100. Next to kirsch, TeraFont has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like kirsch.