Monospace · Marco Condello

Necto Mono

Q: Is Necto Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Necto Mono 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 Necto Mono?

Necto Mono comes free from Collletttivo. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts 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 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Necto Mono is a free monospace font by Marco Condello, from Collletttivo. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Necto Mono has an x-height shorter than 80%, is wider than 73% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Geist Mono →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Geist Mono

Necto Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Geist Mono (81 out of 100) and DM Mono (79). Geist Mono has an x-height 13% taller; DM Mono has an x-height 6% taller.

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Ink shared with Necto MonoGeist 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.

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02 / Letters

The Necto 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.

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03 / Sizes

Necto Mono 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 Necto Mono, and can you use it?

Designer: Marco Condello
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 1 weight (400)
From: Collletttivo
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.

Necto Mono 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 Necto Mono comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo 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 Necto Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Necto Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Necto Mono on Collletttivo

05 / Measurements

Necto Mono, measured

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

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

x-height: 47.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.67lowercase against capitals
Width: 61.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 37%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 80% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 73% of monospaced fonts
InkNear the middle of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 61% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Necto Mono

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Necto Mono →Compare side by side →Get Necto Mono on Collletttivo

07 / Swap

Swap Necto Mono without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Necto Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 101.6% of its size, so running text keeps Necto Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Necto Mono Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 101.65%;
  ascent-override: 95.43%;
  descent-override: 26.56%;
  line-gap-override: 5.90%;
}

font-family: 'Necto Mono', 'Necto Mono Fallback', monospace;

08 / Questions

Questions about Necto Mono

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

Is Necto Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Necto 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 Necto Mono?

Necto Mono comes free from Collletttivo . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts 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 Necto Mono in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Necto Mono comes from Collletttivo. 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 Necto Mono have?

Necto Mono 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 Necto Mono?

Necto Mono was designed by Marco Condello.

What fonts are similar to Necto Mono?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Geist Mono (81), DM Mono (79) and Fragment Mono (79), out of 100. Next to Necto Mono, Geist Mono has an x-height 13% taller. See all 100 fonts like Necto Mono.