Monospace · Sergio García Mondaray
Sergamon
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CSSfont-family: 'Sergamon', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Sergamon is a free monospace font by Sergio García Mondaray, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Sergamon has an x-height shorter than 90%, is narrower than 83% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 98%.
Compare with Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP →Compare with another font
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP
Sergamon on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP (84 out of 100) and Bytesized (83). Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP has an x-height 14% taller; Bytesized is 44% heavier, with an x-height 43% shorter.
Sergamon and Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SergamonFusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP…
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 Sergamon 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 / Sizes
Sergamon 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 Sergamon, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sergio García Mondaray
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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.
Sergamon 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 Sergamon 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 Sergamon, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Sergamon under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Sergamon, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 62.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 55%letter box filled
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 90% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 83% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 98% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Sergamon
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP84x-height 14% taller
- Bytesized83x-height 43% shorter · 44% heavier
- Unifont8044% lighter · x-height 14% taller
- TeraFont79x-height 29% shorter · 25% narrower · 20% lighter
- kirsch79x-height 29% shorter · 25% narrower · 20% lighter
- Public Pixel78100% wider · x-height 43% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Sergamon →Compare side by side →Get Sergamon on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Sergamon without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Sergamon loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 83.3% of its size, so running text keeps Sergamon’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Sergamon Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 83.32%;
ascent-override: 97.52%;
descent-override: 22.50%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Sergamon', 'Sergamon Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Sergamon
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Sergamon free for commercial use?
Yes. Sergamon 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 Sergamon?
Sergamon 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 site/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 Sergamon in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Sergamon 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 Sergamon have?
Sergamon 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 Sergamon?
Sergamon was designed by Sergio García Mondaray.
What fonts are similar to Sergamon?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP (84), Bytesized (83) and Unifont (80), out of 100. Next to Sergamon, Fusion Pixel 8px Monospaced JP has an x-height 14% taller. See all 100 fonts like Sergamon.