Fonts similar to Lilex
The fonts most like Lilex are SUSE Mono (80 out of 100), Cousine (79) and JuliaMono (79), then 97 more free fonts, compared letter by letter. Measured, the twelve closest have x-heights of 48–55% of the em (Lilex’s is 52%) and lowercase letters 60–71% of the em wide (60%), and eleven of them are monospaced fonts too.
Matched by the letters themselves · early version
The original · Lilex
Find the font. Find its kind.Lilex's letters under another nameIBM Plex MonoDatatype
Like Lilex, but…
80match · #1
79match · #2
79match · #3
77match · #4
77match · #5
Monaspace Neon
Find the font. Find its kind.13% heavier · 3% wider
Differs most from Lilex in g, 6, and 9
76match · #6
Spline Sans Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.14% heavier · x-height 6% taller
Differs most from Lilex in 4, M, and Z
75match · #7
Overpass Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.Nearly identical proportions
Differs most from Lilex in g, 7, and p
74match · #8
League Mono
Find the font. Find its kind.18% wider · 9% heavier · x-height 3% shorter
Differs most from Lilex in M, 3, and G
73match · #9
73match · #10
72match · #11
72match · #12
The 100 fonts like Lilex, measured
Lilex is lighter than most fonts like it: 62 of the 100 are heavier and 4 lighter. What they keep most is Lilex’s x-height: 43 are within 3% of it, Cousine the closest of them. 55 are monospaced fonts like Lilex, and 42 sans serifs, 2 display faces and 1 handwriting font come close too, SUSE Mono the closest of them. They part from Lilex most often in r (27 of the 100), g (24) and i (17).
WidthLilex: 60% of the em
x-heightLilex: 52% of the em
InkLilex: 35% ink
ContrastLilex: 1.23 : 1
StylesLilex: 7 weights with italics
LettersWhere they differ most
- r27 of 100
- g24 of 100
- i17 of 100
Questions about fonts like Lilex
What is the closest font to Lilex?
SUSE Mono, at 80 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match: next to Lilex, it has an x-height 7% shorter. After it come Cousine (79) and JuliaMono (79).
Is there a free alternative to Lilex?
Lilex is free itself, under the SIL Open Font License. For another font with its feel, every font on this page is free too, and SUSE Mono, Cousine and JuliaMono come closest. To change fonts without moving your lines much, Cousine sets running text to the same width, with an x-height 2.4% taller.