Typecase

Open licence · Monospace

IBM Plex Mono

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

IBM Plex Monothe specimen, from Google Fonts

Measured character

normal 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 IBM Plex 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 IBM Plex Mono, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Lilexslightly smaller x-height

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Kode Monoslightly narrower bowls · slightly larger x-height

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Geist Monoslightly rounder bowls · slightly heavier

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.

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IBM Plex Mono as a free alternative to

IBM Plex Mono is suggested on 5 licensed families’ profiles. 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.