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New Heterodox Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'New Heterodox Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
New Heterodox Mono is a free monospace font, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, New Heterodox Mono has an x-height shorter than 86%, is narrower than 68% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.7 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Old Standard TT
New Heterodox Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Old Standard TT (75 out of 100) and Xanh Mono (72). Old Standard TT is 14% narrower and 8% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Xanh Mono is 11% narrower and 19% lighter, with an x-height 18% taller.
New Heterodox Mono and Old Standard TT laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with New Heterodox MonoOld Standard TT…
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 New Heterodox 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
New Heterodox Mono in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Can you use New Heterodox Mono?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700
- 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.
New Heterodox 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
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and New Heterodox Mono 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 New Heterodox Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists New Heterodox Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
New Heterodox Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.64lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 56.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.68 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 86% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 68% of monospaced fonts
InkNear the middle of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore contrast than 99% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to New Heterodox Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Old Standard TT7514% narrower · more stroke contrast · 8% lighter
- Xanh Mono72x-height 18% taller · 11% narrower · 19% lighter
- BIZ UDMincho69x-height 18% taller · 11% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Toren618% wider · x-height 5% taller · less stroke contrast
- Hausschrift5914% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Zodiak59x-height 9% taller
All 100 fonts similar to New Heterodox Mono →Compare side by side →Get New Heterodox Mono on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap New Heterodox Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like New Heterodox Mono sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until New Heterodox Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 94.3% of its size, so running text keeps New Heterodox Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'New Heterodox Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 94.27%;
ascent-override: 86.99%;
descent-override: 32.25%;
line-gap-override: 26.10%;
}
font-family: 'New Heterodox Mono', 'New Heterodox Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about New Heterodox Mono
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is New Heterodox Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. New Heterodox 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 New Heterodox Mono?
New Heterodox Mono comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 New Heterodox Mono in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and New Heterodox Mono 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 New Heterodox Mono have?
New Heterodox Mono comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
What fonts are similar to New Heterodox Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Old Standard TT (75), Xanh Mono (72) and BIZ UDMincho (69), out of 100. Next to New Heterodox Mono, Old Standard TT is 14% narrower and 8% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like New Heterodox Mono.