Monospace · Mike Abbink
Lilex
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CSSfont-family: 'Lilex', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lilex is a free monospace font by Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen and Mikhael Khrustik, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Lilex has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 77%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of SUSE Mono
Lilex on one light table with its two closest fonts, SUSE Mono (80 out of 100) and Cousine (79). SUSE Mono has an x-height 7% shorter; Cousine has more stroke contrast.
Lilex and SUSE Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with LilexSUSE 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 Lilex 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
Lilex in 7 weights
7 weights, 100–700, with italics · variable from 100 to 700
Variable weight, 100 to 700
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Lilex, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen, Mikhael Khrustik
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 7 weights, 100–700, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, 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.
Lilex 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 Lilex, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lilex under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Lilex, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 35%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.23 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of monospaced fonts
WidthNear the middle of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 77% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore contrast than 75% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lilex
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Lilex's letters under another nameIBM Plex MonoDatatype
- SUSE Mono80x-height 7% shorter
- Cousine79more stroke contrast
- JuliaMono79x-height 7% taller
- Google Sans Code7714% heavier
- Monaspace Neon7713% heavier · 3% wider
- Spline Sans Mono7614% heavier · x-height 6% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Lilex →Compare side by side →Get Lilex on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Lilex without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Cousine79same text width · x-height 2.4% taller
- Google Sans Code77same text width · x-height 1.5% taller
- Overpass Mono75text 2.7% wider · x-height 1.0% shorter
- Roboto Mono73same text width · x-height 2.4% taller
- Opus One72same text width · x-height 2.7% taller
- Geist Mono71same text width · x-height 2.7% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Lilex loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 100% of its size, so running text keeps Lilex’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lilex Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 99.98%;
ascent-override: 99.92%;
descent-override: 30.11%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Lilex', 'Lilex Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Lilex
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Lilex free for commercial use?
Yes. Lilex 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 Lilex?
FontKind doesn’t host Lilex’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Lilex in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Lilex 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 Lilex Thin and Lilex SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Lilex in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Lilex under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Lilex in Figma?
Yes: Lilex is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Lilex have?
Lilex comes in seven weights, from Thin (100) to Bold (700), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 700.
Who designed Lilex?
Lilex was designed by Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen and Mikhael Khrustik. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2025. Mike Abbink also made IBM Plex Sans, IBM Plex Serif and IBM Plex Sans Condensed.
What fonts are similar to Lilex?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are SUSE Mono (80), Cousine (79) and JuliaMono (79), out of 100. Next to Lilex, SUSE Mono has an x-height 7% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Lilex.