Monospace · ISIA Urbino
Lekton
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CSSfont-family: 'Lekton', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lekton is a free monospace font by ISIA Urbino, on Google Fonts since 2010. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Lekton has an x-height shorter than 79%, is narrower than 83% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Tabular
Lekton on one light table with its two closest fonts, Tabular (89 out of 100) and Anaheim (81). Tabular is 20% wider and 11% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller; Anaheim is 12% narrower and 19% heavier.
Lekton and Tabular laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with LektonTabular…
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 Lekton 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
Lekton in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Lekton, and can you use it?
- Designer
- ISIA Urbino
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2010
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Lekton 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 Lekton, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lekton under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Lekton, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 28%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 79% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 83% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 94% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 68% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lekton
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Tabular8920% wider · x-height 14% taller · 11% heavier
- Anaheim8112% narrower · 19% heavier
- Nanum Gothic Coding7634% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
- Sometype Mono7216% wider · 22% heavier
- Ubuntu Mono7042% heavier
- Inconsolata6927% heavier · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Lekton →Compare side by side →Get Lekton on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Lekton without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Nanum Gothic Coding76same text width · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Ubuntu Mono70same text width · x-height 2.3% shorter
- Inconsolata69same text width · x-height 3.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Lekton loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 83.3% of its size, so running text keeps Lekton’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lekton Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 83.32%;
ascent-override: 90.01%;
descent-override: 30.00%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Lekton', 'Lekton Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Lekton
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Lekton free for commercial use?
Yes. Lekton 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 Lekton?
FontKind doesn’t host Lekton’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds three 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 Lekton in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Lekton isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Lekton in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Lekton under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Lekton in Figma?
Yes: Lekton is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Lekton have?
Lekton comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), and an italic at 400.
Who designed Lekton?
Lekton was designed by ISIA Urbino. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2010.
What fonts are similar to Lekton?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Tabular (89), Anaheim (81) and Nanum Gothic Coding (76), out of 100. Next to Lekton, Tabular is 20% wider and 11% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller. See all 100 fonts like Lekton.