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Lab Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Lab Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lab Mono is a free monospace font, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Lab Mono has an x-height taller than 62%, is wider than 85% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Google Sans Code
Lab Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Google Sans Code (92 out of 100) and Reddit Mono (91). Google Sans Code is 16% heavier and 6% narrower; Reddit Mono is 12% narrower and 12% heavier.
Lab Mono and Google Sans Code laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Lab MonoGoogle Sans 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.
02 / Letters
The Lab 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.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Lab 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
Can you use Lab Mono?
- Designer
- Not listed
- 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, under another name. Not as “Lab Mono”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Lab Mono 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
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Lab 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 Lab Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lab Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Lab Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 64.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 34%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.06 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 62% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 85% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 85% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 79% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lab Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Google Sans Code9216% heavier · 6% narrower
- Reddit Mono9112% narrower · 12% heavier
- Commit Mono886% narrower
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono84x-height 6% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Illinois Mono806% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
- Red Hat Mono79x-height 7% shorter · 6% narrower · 7% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Lab Mono →Compare side by side →Get Lab Mono on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Lab Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Lab Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 106.6% of its size, so running text keeps Lab Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lab Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 106.65%;
ascent-override: 95.64%;
descent-override: 31.88%;
line-gap-override: 8.44%;
}
font-family: 'Lab Mono', 'Lab Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Lab Mono
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Lab Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Lab Mono 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 “Lab Mono”.
How do I download and install Lab Mono?
Lab Mono comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 Lab Mono in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Lab 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 Lab Mono have?
Lab Mono 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 Lab Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Google Sans Code (92), Reddit Mono (91) and Commit Mono (88), out of 100. Next to Lab Mono, Google Sans Code is 16% heavier and 6% narrower. See all 100 fonts like Lab Mono.