Space Mono
Retro-futuristic monospace by Colophon for Google
Type specimen
The specimen uses the official Google Fonts subset when available, otherwise a font installed on this device. If neither exists the browser falls back to a system font, so treat the official download page as authoritative.
About this font
Space Mono is a monospace by London studio Colophon Foundry, commissioned by Google and released in 2016, balancing functional monospacing with display personality. Its 1960s-70s space-age and early-terminal aesthetic - sturdy stems, quirk serifs, distinctive O/S, playful ligatures - gives code and short captions a retro-futuristic air without hurting usability: open counters, aligned figures. Four styles. Perfect for developer blogs, terminal vibes, tech-event posters and retro graphics, pairing well as code and Latin accents beside Chinese hei body text.
Where it works best
For code and terminal display, dev-blog headers, tech-event posters, dashboard labels, retro key visuals and aligned figures/keys. Body 400 with italic for depth; use 20px+ to bring out its retro character.
| Weights | 4 |
|---|---|
| First release | 2016 |
| Designed by | Colophon Foundry |
| Rights holder | Colophon Foundry |
| Scripts | Latin |
| Licence | OFL SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
| Variable font | Not 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 commercial use everywhere, embeddable; derivatives drop the name.
Hard restrictions
- Derivatives drop the name
- No standalone sales
Official channels
- Go to official download → https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Space+Mono
- Official alternative download → https://github.com/googlefonts/spacemono
- Read the original licence → https://github.com/googlefonts/spacemono/blob/main/OFL.txt
Last verified：2026-09-07
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