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Snap-it Mono
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CSSfont-family: 'Snap-it Mono', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Snap-it Mono is a free monospace font, from its maker’s repository on GitLab. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Snap-it Mono has an average x-height, is narrower than 81% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Alpha Prota
Snap-it Mono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Alpha Prota (61 out of 100) and Gap Sans (59). Alpha Prota is 44% wider and 67% lighter, with an x-height 46% taller; Gap Sans is 56% heavier and 14% narrower, with an x-height 18% taller.
Snap-it Mono and Alpha Prota laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Snap-it MonoAlpha Prota…
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 Snap-it 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 / Sizes
Snap-it Mono 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
Can you use Snap-it Mono?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitLab
- Character sets
- latin
- 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, under another name. Not as “Snap-it”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Snap-it 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 Snap-it Mono comes from its maker’s repository on GitLab. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitLab 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 Snap-it Mono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Snap-it Mono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Snap-it 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
- 52.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 26%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.96 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 81% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 95% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore even than 98% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Snap-it Mono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Alpha Prota61x-height 46% taller · 44% wider · 67% lighter
- Gap Sans5956% heavier · x-height 18% taller · 14% narrower
- Yomogi5710% lighter · 4% narrower · x-height 3% shorter
- Lekton52x-height 7% shorter · 9% heavier · 4% narrower
- Nanum Gothic Coding5146% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Red Hat Mono5015% wider · 23% heavier · x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Snap-it Mono →Compare side by side →Get Snap-it Mono on GitLab
07 / Swap
Swap Snap-it Mono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Snap-it Mono sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Snap-it Mono loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 86.8% of its size, so running text keeps Snap-it Mono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Snap-it Mono Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 86.82%;
ascent-override: 115.18%;
descent-override: 23.04%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Snap-it Mono', 'Snap-it Mono Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Snap-it Mono
Answered from its licence, GitLab and each app’s own font list
Is Snap-it Mono free for commercial use?
Yes. Snap-it Mono is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Snap-it”.
How do I download and install Snap-it Mono?
Snap-it Mono comes free from its maker’s repository on GitLab . On its repository there, download the files as a ZIP and unzip it: the fonts are in its font-files 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Snap-it Mono in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Snap-it Mono comes from its maker’s repository on GitLab. 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 Snap-it Mono have?
Snap-it Mono comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Snap-it Mono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Alpha Prota (61), Gap Sans (59) and Yomogi (57), out of 100. Next to Snap-it Mono, Alpha Prota is 44% wider and 67% lighter, with an x-height 46% taller. See all 100 fonts like Snap-it Mono.