Monospace · MCKL
Red Hat Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Red Hat Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Red Hat Mono is a free monospace font by MCKL, on Google Fonts since 2021. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Red Hat Mono has an x-height shorter than 73%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 90%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
Compare with Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono →Compare with another font
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono
Red Hat Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono (80 out of 100) and Lab Mono (79). Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono is 5% wider and 7% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Lab Mono is 7% wider and 8% heavier, with an x-height 8% taller.
Red Hat Mono and Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Red Hat MonoAtkinson Hyperlegible 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 Red Hat 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
Red Hat Mono in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–700, with italics · variable from 300 to 700
Variable weight, 300 to 700
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Red Hat Mono, and can you use it?
- Designer
- MCKL
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–700, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2021
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Red Hat 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 Red Hat Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Red Hat Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Red Hat Mono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 32%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 73% of monospaced fonts
WidthNear the middle of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 90% of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Red Hat Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Red Hat Mono's own familyRed Hat TextRed Hat Display
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono805% wider · 7% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Lab Mono79x-height 8% taller · 7% wider · 8% heavier
- Overpass Mono78x-height 5% taller · 6% heavier
- Illinois Mono7812% heavier · x-height 4% taller
- DM Mono7818% heavier
- Intel One Mono7717% heavier · x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Red Hat Mono →Compare side by side →Get Red Hat Mono on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Red Hat Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Overpass Mono78text 2.7% wider · x-height 4.7% taller
- Illinois Mono78same text width · x-height 3.7% taller
- DM Mono78same text width · x-height 1.6% taller
- Intel One Mono77text 2.3% wider · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Accent Mono74same text width · x-height 2.5% taller
- Source Code Pro72same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Red Hat Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 100% of its size, so running text keeps Red Hat Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Red Hat Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 99.98%;
ascent-override: 101.82%;
descent-override: 30.51%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Red Hat Mono', 'Red Hat Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Red Hat Mono
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Red Hat Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Red Hat 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 Red Hat Mono?
FontKind doesn’t host Red Hat 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 two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, 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 Red Hat Mono in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Red Hat 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 Red Hat Mono Light and Red Hat 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 Red Hat Mono in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Red Hat Mono under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Red Hat Mono in Figma?
Yes: Red Hat Mono is in Figma’s font menu with all five weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Red Hat Mono have?
Red Hat Mono comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 700.
Who designed Red Hat Mono?
Red Hat Mono was designed by MCKL. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2021.
What fonts are similar to Red Hat Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono (80), Lab Mono (79) and Overpass Mono (78), out of 100. Next to Red Hat Mono, Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono is 5% wider and 7% heavier, with more stroke contrast. Its own family, listed apart, adds Red Hat Text and Red Hat Display. See all 100 fonts like Red Hat Mono.