Monospace · Designer not listed

Rec Mono

Q: Is Rec Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Rec 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 Rec Mono?

Rec Mono 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 fonts/RecMonoCasual 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: 'Rec Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Rec Mono is a free monospace font, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Rec Mono has an x-height taller than 74%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 70%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Mononoki →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Mononoki

Rec Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mononoki (73 out of 100) and Maple Mono (67). Mononoki is 6% narrower, with an x-height 9% shorter; Maple Mono has an x-height 4% taller.

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Ink shared with Rec MonoMononoki…

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 Rec 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 / Weights

Rec Mono in 2 weights

2 weights, 400–700, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Can you use Rec Mono?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 2 weights, 400–700, 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.

Rec 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 Rec 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 Rec Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Rec Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Rec Mono on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Rec Mono, measured

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

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

x-height: 53.9% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.6% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.76lowercase against capitals
Width: 60.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 40%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.01 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 74% of monospaced fonts
WidthNear the middle of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 70% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 86% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Rec Mono

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Rec Mono without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Rec Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 100% of its size, so running text keeps Rec Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Rec Mono Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 99.98%;
  ascent-override: 95.02%;
  descent-override: 25.00%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Rec Mono

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

Is Rec Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Rec 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 Rec Mono?

Rec Mono 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 fonts/RecMonoCasual 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 Rec Mono in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Rec 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 Rec Mono have?

Rec Mono comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.

What fonts are similar to Rec Mono?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mononoki (73), Maple Mono (67) and Annotation Mono (67), out of 100. Next to Rec Mono, Mononoki is 6% narrower, with an x-height 9% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Rec Mono.