Monospace · Designer not listed

Monocraft

Q: Is Monocraft free for commercial use?

Yes. Monocraft is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Monocraft?

Monocraft comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its dist/Monocraft-ttf folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Monocraft', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Monocraft is a free monospace font, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Monocraft has an x-height taller than 87%, is wider than 90% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 82%.

Compare with Pixel Code →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Pixel Code

Monocraft on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pixel Code (100 out of 100) and Departure Mono (87). Pixel Code has nearly identical proportions; Departure Mono is 13% lighter and 5% narrower.

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Ink shared with MonocraftPixel Code…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Monocraft 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.

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03 / Weights

Monocraft in 5 weights

5 weights, 200–900, with italics

200 Extra light, with its italic
400 Regular, with its italic
600 Semibold, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic
900 Black, with its italic

04 / Facts

Can you use Monocraft?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 5 weights, 200–900, with italics
From: GitHub
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.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Monocraft is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Monocraft comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Monocraft, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Monocraft under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Monocraft on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Monocraft, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Monocraft. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 55.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 77.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 66.7% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 41%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 87% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 90% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 82% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Monocraft

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Monocraft →Compare side by side →Get Monocraft on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Monocraft without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Pixel Code100same text width · same x-height

Fallback while it loads

Until Monocraft loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 111.1% of its size, so running text keeps Monocraft’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Monocraft Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 111.10%;
  ascent-override: 100.01%;
  descent-override: 20.00%;
  line-gap-override: 8.08%;
}

font-family: 'Monocraft', 'Monocraft Fallback', monospace;

08 / Questions

Questions about Monocraft

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Monocraft free for commercial use?

Yes. Monocraft 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 Monocraft?

Monocraft comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its dist/Monocraft-ttf folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is Monocraft in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Monocraft comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.

How many weights does Monocraft have?

Monocraft comes in five weights: ExtraLight (200), Regular (400), SemiBold (600), Bold (700) and Black (900), each with an italic.

What fonts are similar to Monocraft?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pixel Code (100), Departure Mono (87) and Undefined Medium (85), out of 100. Next to Monocraft, Pixel Code has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Monocraft.