Monospace · Designer not listed

TeraFont

Q: Is TeraFont free for commercial use?

Yes. TeraFont 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 “TeraFont”.

Q: How do I download and install TeraFont?

TeraFont comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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

Weight500 MediumThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

CSSfont-family: 'TeraFont', monospace; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

TeraFont is a free monospace font, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, TeraFont has an x-height shorter than 98%, is narrower than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 92%.

Compare with kirsch →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of kirsch

TeraFont on one light table with its two closest fonts, kirsch (86 out of 100) and Unifont (85). kirsch has nearly identical proportions; Unifont is 33% wider and 29% lighter, with an x-height 60% taller.

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Ink shared with TeraFontkirsch…

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.

Open in the compare tool →

02 / Letters

The TeraFont alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500

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 / Sizes

TeraFont at every size

1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Can you use TeraFont?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Monospace
Styles: 1 weight (500)
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, under another name. Not as “TeraFont”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get TeraFont on GitHub

05 / Measurements

TeraFont, measured

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

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

x-height: 31.3% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 50.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.63lowercase against capitals
Width: 37.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among monospaced fonts

Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 98% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 98% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 92% of monospaced fonts

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to TeraFont

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap TeraFont without a jump

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

kirsch86same text width · same x-height

Fallback while it loads

Until TeraFont loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 62.5% of its size, so running text keeps TeraFont’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'TeraFont Fallback';
  src: local('Courier New');
  size-adjust: 62.49%;
  ascent-override: 120.02%;
  descent-override: 40.01%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'TeraFont', 'TeraFont Fallback', monospace;

08 / Questions

Questions about TeraFont

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

Is TeraFont free for commercial use?

Yes. TeraFont 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 “TeraFont”.

How do I download and install TeraFont?

TeraFont comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 TeraFont in Google Docs?

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

TeraFont comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to TeraFont?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are kirsch (86), Unifont (85) and Bytesized (80), out of 100. Next to TeraFont, kirsch has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like TeraFont.