Monospace · Delve Withrington
Overpass Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Overpass Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Overpass Mono is a free monospace font by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey and Thomas Jockin, on Google Fonts since 2016. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Overpass Mono has an average x-height, is wider than 76% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 87%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Roboto Mono
Overpass Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Roboto Mono (80 out of 100) and Red Hat Mono (78). Roboto Mono is 10% heavier, with an x-height 3% taller; Red Hat Mono is 6% lighter, with an x-height 5% shorter.
Overpass Mono and Roboto Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Overpass MonoRoboto 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.
02 / Letters
The Overpass 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
Overpass Mono in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–700 · variable from 300 to 700
Variable weight, 300 to 700
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Overpass Mono, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–700
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2016
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, 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.
Overpass 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 Overpass Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Overpass Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Overpass Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 61.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 34%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.12 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 76% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 87% of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Overpass Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Overpass Mono's own familyOverpass
- Roboto Mono8010% heavier · x-height 3% taller
- Red Hat Mono78x-height 5% shorter · 6% lighter
- Necto Mono78x-height 8% shorter · 8% heavier
- Google Sans Code7717% heavier
- Lab Mono764% wider
- IBM Plex Mono75Nearly identical proportions
All 100 fonts similar to Overpass Mono →Compare side by side →Get Overpass Mono on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Overpass Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Roboto Mono80text 2.6% narrower · x-height 3.4% taller
- Red Hat Mono78text 2.6% narrower · x-height 4.5% shorter
- Google Sans Code77text 2.6% narrower · x-height 2.5% taller
- IBM Plex Mono75text 2.6% narrower · x-height 1.0% taller
- Lilex75text 2.6% narrower · x-height 1.0% taller
- Fragment Mono74same text width · x-height 2.5% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Overpass Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 102.6% of its size, so running text keeps Overpass Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Overpass Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 102.65%;
ascent-override: 86.02%;
descent-override: 37.31%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Overpass Mono', 'Overpass Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Overpass Mono
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Overpass Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Overpass 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 Overpass Mono?
FontKind doesn’t host Overpass 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 Overpass Mono in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Overpass 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 Overpass Mono Light and Overpass Mono SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Overpass Mono in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Overpass Mono under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Overpass Mono in Figma?
Yes: Overpass Mono is in Figma’s font menu with all five weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Overpass Mono have?
Overpass Mono comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 700.
Who designed Overpass Mono?
Overpass Mono was designed by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey and Thomas Jockin. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2016. Thomas Jockin also made Lexend, Lexend Deca, Amatic SC and six more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Overpass Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Roboto Mono (80), Red Hat Mono (78) and Necto Mono (78), out of 100. Next to Overpass Mono, Roboto Mono is 10% heavier, with an x-height 3% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Overpass. See all 100 fonts like Overpass Mono.