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Martian Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Martian Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Martian Mono is a free monospace font by Roman Shamin and Evil Martians, on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Martian Mono has an x-height taller than 92%, is wider than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 77%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Uncut Plan8
Martian Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Uncut Plan8 (81 out of 100) and Google Sans Code (80). Uncut Plan8 is 12% narrower, with an x-height 17% shorter and more stroke contrast; Google Sans Code is 20% narrower, with an x-height 13% shorter.
Martian Mono and Uncut Plan8 laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Martian MonoUncut Plan8…
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 Martian 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 / Weights
Martian Mono in 8 weights
8 weights, 100–800 · variable from 100 to 800
Variable weight, 100 to 800
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
04 / Facts
Who made Martian Mono, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Roman Shamin, Evil Martians
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 8 weights, 100–800
- Variable axes
- Width 75–112.5, Weight 100–800
- On Google Fonts since
- 2022
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, 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.
Martian 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
- 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 Martian Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Martian Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Martian Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 60.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 75.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%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 92% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 95% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 77% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 80% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Martian Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Uncut Plan881x-height 17% shorter · 12% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Google Sans Code8020% narrower · x-height 13% shorter
- Azeret Mono8013% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Space Mono7518% narrower · x-height 17% shorter · 10% lighter
- Monaspace Neon7517% narrower · x-height 14% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Spline Sans Mono7520% narrower · x-height 9% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Martian Mono →Compare side by side →Get Martian Mono on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Martian Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Martian Mono sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Martian Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 125% of its size, so running text keeps Martian Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Martian Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 124.98%;
ascent-override: 80.01%;
descent-override: 16.00%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Martian Mono', 'Martian Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Martian Mono
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Martian Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Martian Mono 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 Martian Mono?
FontKind doesn’t host Martian Mono’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, 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 Martian Mono in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Martian Mono 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 Martian Mono Thin and Martian Mono ExtraBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Martian Mono in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Martian Mono under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Martian Mono in Figma?
Yes: Martian Mono is in Figma’s font menu with all eight weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Martian Mono have?
Martian Mono comes in eight weights, from Thin (100) to ExtraBold (800). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 800 and widths from 75% to 112.5%.
Who designed Martian Mono?
Martian Mono was designed by Roman Shamin and Evil Martians. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2022.
What fonts are similar to Martian Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Uncut Plan8 (81), Google Sans Code (80) and Azeret Mono (80), out of 100. Next to Martian Mono, Uncut Plan8 is 12% narrower, with an x-height 17% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Martian Mono.