Typecase

Open licence · Monospace

Space Mono

Free · open licenceGet it from Google Fonts →

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Space 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 Space 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 Space Mono, in words, never a percentage.

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

Source Code Proslightly rounder bowls · slightly larger x-height · slightly lighter

Quiet luxury, approachable

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

DM Monoslightly rounder bowls · slightly lighter

Quiet luxury, approachable

The Google Sans Code webfont did not load here — this is a fallback face, not Google Sans Code.

Google Sans Codeslightly larger x-height · slightly lighter serifs · slightly higher contrast

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 →

Space Mono as a free alternative to

Space Mono is suggested on 3 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.