Monospace · Stefan Peev
Terminalia
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CSSfont-family: 'Terminalia', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Terminalia is a free monospace font by Stefan Peev, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Terminalia has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 83% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 64%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Home Video
Terminalia on one light table with its two closest fonts, Home Video (84 out of 100) and Jgs (83). Home Video is 20% wider and 9% heavier, with an x-height 61% taller; Jgs is 63% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter.
Terminalia and Home Video laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with TerminaliaHome Video…
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 Terminalia 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
Terminalia in 3 weights
3 weights, 300–700
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Terminalia, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Stefan Peev
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 3 weights, 300–700
- 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.
Terminalia 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 Terminalia 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 Terminalia, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Terminalia under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Terminalia, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 62.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 91% of monospaced fonts
WidthNarrower than 83% of monospaced fonts
InkLighter than 64% of monospaced fonts
ContrastNear the middle of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Terminalia
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Home Video84x-height 61% taller · 20% wider · 9% heavier
- Jgs8363% lighter · x-height 10% shorter
- TDAText7820% wider · x-height 15% taller · 20% heavier
- VT3237320% narrower · 34% heavier · x-height 8% shorter
- DotGothic1670x-height 24% taller
- Departure Mono6827% wider · x-height 26% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Terminalia →Compare side by side →Get Terminalia on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Terminalia without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Fairfax63same text width · x-height 4.0% shorter
- Pixelify Sans46text 2.6% wider · x-height 3.7% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Terminalia loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 83.3% of its size, so running text keeps Terminalia’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Terminalia Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 83.32%;
ascent-override: 96.02%;
descent-override: 24.00%;
line-gap-override: 10.80%;
}
font-family: 'Terminalia', 'Terminalia Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Terminalia
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Terminalia free for commercial use?
Yes. Terminalia 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 Terminalia?
Terminalia 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/Terminalia_v.1.020/web 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 Terminalia in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Terminalia 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 Terminalia have?
Terminalia comes in three weights: Light (300), Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Terminalia?
Terminalia was designed by Stefan Peev. Stefan Peev also made Bertioga Sans Condensed and Involve.
What fonts are similar to Terminalia?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Home Video (84), Jgs (83) and TDAText (78), out of 100. Next to Terminalia, Home Video is 20% wider and 9% heavier, with an x-height 61% taller. See all 100 fonts like Terminalia.