Monospace · Kasper Nordkvist
Uncut Plan8
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CSSfont-family: 'Uncut Plan8', monospace; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Uncut Plan8 is a free monospace font by Kasper Nordkvist, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind, Uncut Plan8 has an x-height shorter than 61%, is wider than 89% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 72%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Commit Mono
Uncut Plan8 on one light table with its two closest fonts, Commit Mono (85 out of 100) and Azeret Mono (84). Commit Mono is 9% narrower and 12% lighter, with an x-height 8% taller; Azeret Mono has an x-height 10% taller.
Uncut Plan8 and Commit Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Uncut Plan8Commit 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 Uncut Plan8 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 / Styles
Uncut Plan8, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Uncut Plan8, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Kasper Nordkvist
- Kind
- Monospace
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), with italics
- 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.
Uncut Plan8 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 Uncut Plan8 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 Uncut Plan8, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Uncut Plan8 under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Uncut Plan8, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 66.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.25 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among monospaced fonts
Ranked against all 99 monospaced fonts on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 61% of monospaced fonts
WidthWider than 89% of monospaced fonts
InkDarker than 72% of monospaced fonts
ContrastMore contrast than 79% of monospaced fonts
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Uncut Plan8
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Commit Mono859% narrower · x-height 8% taller · 12% lighter
- Azeret Mono84x-height 10% taller
- Geist Mono849% narrower · x-height 6% taller · 6% lighter
- Fragment Mono826% narrower · 10% lighter · x-height 5% taller
- Accent Mono819% narrower · 8% lighter
- Martian Mono81x-height 20% taller · 14% wider · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Uncut Plan8 →Compare side by side →Get Uncut Plan8 on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Uncut Plan8 without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Uncut Plan8 sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Uncut Plan8 loads, this sets Courier New in its place at 110% of its size, so running text keeps Uncut Plan8’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Uncut Plan8 Fallback';
src: local('Courier New');
size-adjust: 109.98%;
ascent-override: 86.38%;
descent-override: 22.73%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Uncut Plan8', 'Uncut Plan8 Fallback', monospace;08 / Questions
Questions about Uncut Plan8
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Uncut Plan8 free for commercial use?
Yes. Uncut Plan8 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 Uncut Plan8?
Uncut Plan8 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 Static 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 Uncut Plan8 in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Uncut Plan8 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 Uncut Plan8 have?
Uncut Plan8 comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Uncut Plan8?
Uncut Plan8 was designed by Kasper Nordkvist. Kasper Nordkvist also made Uncut Sans.
What fonts are similar to Uncut Plan8?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Commit Mono (85), Azeret Mono (84) and Geist Mono (84), out of 100. Next to Uncut Plan8, Commit Mono is 9% narrower and 12% lighter, with an x-height 8% taller. See all 100 fonts like Uncut Plan8.