Monospace · Emre Parlak
Major Mono Display
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CSSfont-family: 'Major Mono Display', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Major Mono Display is a free monospace font by Emre Parlak, on Google Fonts since 2018. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Major Mono Display has an x-height taller than 99%, is wider than 94% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Orbit
Major Mono Display on one light table with its two closest fonts, Orbit (55 out of 100) and Alpha Prota (53). Orbit is 165% heavier and 19% narrower, with an x-height 28% shorter; Alpha Prota is 35% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller.
Major Mono Display and Orbit laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Major Mono DisplayOrbit…
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 Major Mono Display 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
Major Mono Display 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
Who made Major Mono Display, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Emre Parlak
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2018
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, 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.
Major Mono Display 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 Major Mono Display, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Major Mono Display under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Major Mono Display, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 69.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 74.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 13%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 94% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 99% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 87% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Major Mono Display
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Orbit55165% heavier · x-height 28% shorter · 19% narrower
- Alpha Prota5335% lighter · x-height 7% taller
- Snap-it Mono4896% heavier · 30% narrower · x-height 27% shorter
- Megrim4827% narrower · x-height 17% shorter · 8% heavier
- Agave46195% heavier · 32% narrower · x-height 28% shorter
- PT Mono43170% heavier · x-height 28% shorter · 19% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Major Mono Display →Compare side by side →Get Major Mono Display on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Major Mono Display without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Major Mono Display sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Major Mono Display loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 123.3% of its size, so running text keeps Major Mono Display’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Major Mono Display Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 123.31%;
ascent-override: 72.99%;
descent-override: 8.11%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Major Mono Display', 'Major Mono Display Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Major Mono Display
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Major Mono Display free for commercial use?
Yes. Major Mono Display 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 Major Mono Display?
FontKind doesn’t host Major Mono Display’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Major Mono Display in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Major Mono Display 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 Major Mono Display in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Major Mono Display under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Major Mono Display in Figma?
Yes: Major Mono Display is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Major Mono Display have?
Major Mono Display comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Major Mono Display?
Major Mono Display was designed by Emre Parlak. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2018.
What fonts are similar to Major Mono Display?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Orbit (55), Alpha Prota (53) and Snap-it Mono (48), out of 100. Next to Major Mono Display, Orbit is 165% heavier and 19% narrower, with an x-height 28% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Major Mono Display.