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Open licence · Monospace

Geist Mono

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Geist Mono webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Geist Mono.

Geist Monothe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

tall x-heightwideflat contrast

Measured from the outlines, not from a description. Each band is a third of the open catalogue: “tall x-height” means taller than two thirds of it, which is a fact about the measurement rather than an opinion.

Fonts similar to Geist Mono, measured

Ranked by the same engine the app uses, on the ten features it measures, within the monospace pool. The line under each names how it differs from Geist Mono, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

The IBM Plex Mono webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not IBM Plex Mono.

IBM Plex Monoslightly narrower bowls · slightly lighter

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Lilex webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Lilex.

Lilexslightly narrower bowls · slightly smaller x-height · slightly lighter

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Source Code Pro webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Source Code Pro.

Source Code Proslightly lighter serifs · slightly lighter · slightly rounder bowls

These are the first 3 of 49 ranked. The full list, and the same ranking against every font you own, is part of founding access.

What $39 buys →

Geist Mono as a free alternative to

Geist Mono is suggested on one licensed family’s profile. The basis is named on each: metric-compatible means the advance widths match, so a swap keeps the line breaks; derived means it was drawn from the same source; the rest are judgement, labelled as such.

In the app

Search the whole open catalogue by name, category and measured character, preview every result in your own words, and save it to a Board. Open the app — the shelf, search and the first three results of any search are free.