Font family
Space Mono font
Space Mono is a monospace with a retro-futuristic character, drawn with geometric forms. It works well for code and for technical branding.
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- 700Hamburgevons
Font Details
- Designer
- Florian Karsten
- Foundry
- Florian Karsten
- Source
- Google Fonts
- License
- OFL-1.1
- Category
- monospace
- X-height
- high
- Styles
- normal, italic
- Subsets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Weights
- 400, 700
- Variable
- No
- Popularity
- 72/100
- Tags
- monospace, code, retro, geometric
Character and Use Cases
Space Mono , Space Mono is a monospace by Florian Karsten with a vintage, print-shop character. It keeps the mechanical regularity of mono while adding a slight quirk in its letterforms, which gives code and technical labels a personality most fixed-width faces avoid.
Use Space Mono for code, technical labels, data tables, and editorial accents where a fixed-width voice is wanted. It ships just regular and bold, which keeps the choice simple, and its characters differentiate lookalikes well enough for short code samples. The bold weight is strong enough to carry display-style headers when you want a terminal aesthetic.
Regular (400) for code and data; Bold (700) for emphasis, syntax highlights, and display headers. There are only two weights, so build hierarchy through size and color.
Production Code
Copy-paste into your project. No build step required.
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Space%20Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">Pairings using Space Mono
View allThe art of typography
Good typography is the visible voice of design, quiet when it should be, loud when it must.
PreviewSpace Mono + Inter
Space Mono headings over Inter body. A retro-futuristic monospace for titles and a clean UI sans for prose. Common in developer tools and tech brands.
The art of typography
Good typography is the visible voice of design, quiet when it should be, loud when it must.
PreviewSpace Mono + Space Grotesk
Space Mono headings over Space Grotesk body. A retro monospace and a geometric sans from the same designer. A go-to for tech brands and product sites that want a coherent technical system.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Space Mono have programming ligatures?
- It does not ship the arrow and operator ligatures of developer-first mono fonts, so for heavy code-editor use those faces serve better.
- Who is Space Mono for?
- Designers and brands that want the mono look with character. If your code blocks are excerpt-level and the interface is editorial, Space Mono outperforms the clinical coding faces.
Test Space Mono in the playground
Drop Space Mono into the typography playground, mix it with another family, and check contrast on real text.