Source Code Pro
Paul D. Hunt, Adobe
Type specimen
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About this font
Adobe's monospace workhorse, designed by Paul D. Hunt: Source Code Pro is identification-first engineering - 0/O and 1/l/I strictly separated, tidy punctuation, legible italics - across nine weights plus variable. Sibling to Source Sans/Serif, also OFL: among the least controversial choices for cross-platform code and data display. As part of Adobe's Source family it shares weight numbering and script coverage with Source Sans and Serif, letting design and engineering teams rely on one naming convention across the whole stack.
Where it works best
Code editors, dev docs, terminal screenshots, data tables, metric dashboards. 400 for body, 600/700 for headings and emphasis; monospacing keeps alignment effortless. For code-facing content: editor themes, doc examples, API tables and terminal shots; italics for comments, 600/700 for code display headings.
| Weights | 9 |
|---|---|
| First release | 2012 |
| Designed by | Paul D. Hunt, Adobe |
| Rights holder | Paul D. Hunt, Adobe |
| Scripts | Latin |
| Licence | OFL SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
| Variable font | Supported |
Licence and commercial boundaries
Licence：SIL Open Font License 1.1
The dominant permissive licence for open fonts: free commercial use, modification, embedding and redistribution. Its core duties are that derivatives stay under OFL without the Reserved Font Name, the licence text travels with the files, and the fonts themselves are never sold standalone. Works typeset with them belong wholly to you.
SIL OFL 1.1: free for all commercial contexts, embeddable, modifiable and redistributable; no reserved-name reuse in derivatives, no standalone sales. Served via Google Fonts' official CDN.
Hard restrictions
- Derivatives drop the name.
- No standalone sales.
Commercial-use FAQ
Source Code Pro or Fira Code?
For maximum disambiguation (long coding sessions, print) choose Source Code Pro - its 0/O and 1/Il cuts are tougher. For ligatures that render -> and !== as glyphs, making code read like typeset prose, choose Fira Code. Both are OFL and safe for commercial and derivative use.
Official channels
- Go to official download → https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Code+Pro
- Read the original licence → https://openfontlicense.org/
Last verified：2026-09-07
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