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Noto Sans Mono

A fixed-width sans from the Noto collection with nine weights, a width axis and 3,920 glyphs for code.

Monospace 9 styles · variable by Google OFL

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Noto Sans Mono is a monospaced sans serif from Google's Noto collection, made for programming code and other fixed-width text. Noto Sans Mono is a variable font with weight from 100 to 900 and width from 62.5 to 100, no italics, and 3,920 glyphs across Latin, Cyrillic and Greek. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Noto Sans Mono font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Google
Classification
Monospace
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
9 9 weights
Variable font
Yes Weight 100–900, Width 62.5–100
Glyphs
3,920
Languages checked
29 see the list
Last updated
version 2.014
Used for
InterfacesCodeTech

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

Try Noto Sans Mono

Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Noto Sans Mono; the download contains the complete files.

Noto Sans Mono font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Noto Sans Mono specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Thin 100Noto Sans Mono Thin
  • ExtraLight 200Noto Sans Mono ExtraLight
  • Light 300Noto Sans Mono Light
  • Regular 400Noto Sans Mono Regular
  • Medium 500Noto Sans Mono Medium
  • SemiBold 600Noto Sans Mono SemiBold
  • Bold 700Noto Sans Mono Bold
  • ExtraBold 800Noto Sans Mono ExtraBold
  • Black 900Noto Sans Mono Black

Noto Sans Mono is a variable font: the download holds the whole weight range in one file, and the named weights above are positions on that range.

About Noto Sans Mono

Noto Sans Mono is a monospaced typeface in which every character takes the same horizontal space. In the specimen the zero carries a slash, the lowercase i has a foot serif and the l ends in a curved tail, so 0, O, 1, l and I can be told apart in code. The family is variable on two axes. Weight runs from Thin 100 to Black 900 with nine named weights, and width runs from 62.5 to 100, which gives a narrower cell when more columns must fit on screen. There are no italics. The file contains 3,920 glyphs: Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese letters and a range of symbols. Google is credited as designer and the name table lists the Monotype Design Team. Noto Sans Mono was added to Google Fonts in 2020.

Where Noto Sans Mono works

Code editors and terminals
Fixed character widths keep indentation aligned, and the slashed zero and tailed l prevent misreadings.
Code samples in documentation
Nine weights let inline code match the weight of the surrounding text font.
Narrow terminal panes
Lowering the width axis towards 62.5 fits more characters per line without shrinking the type.
Tables and logs
Equal-width digits and letters line up in columns of numbers, hashes and timestamps.
Comments in Cyrillic or Greek
Cyrillic and Greek letters are monospaced too, so non-Latin comments keep the grid.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 3,920 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian
  • Vietnamese
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Bulgarian
  • Greek

Writing systems with glyphs in the family besides Latin: Cyrillic, Greek. These are listed as scripts, not as a promise for every language written in them.

Character sets found in the files: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright 2022 The Noto Project Authors (https://github.com/notofonts/latin-greek-cyrillic)

What the license allows

  • Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
  • Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
  • Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions

  • The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
  • A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
  • The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Noto Sans Mono

Noto Sans Sans Serif

Noto Sans comes from the same project with the same weight range, so prose and code blocks match in weight and proportion.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Noto Sans Mono on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Noto Sans Mono";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/NotoSansMono-VariableFont_wdth%2Cwght.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 100 900;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Noto Sans Mono", monospace;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Noto Sans Mono with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

No italic
The family is upright only; an editor that shows italic comments will slant it artificially.
One variable file
A single file carries the weight and width axes.
Width axis from 62.5 to 100
The font can be made narrower than its default, not wider.

FAQs

Is Noto Sans Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. Noto Sans Mono is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

Who designed Noto Sans Mono?

Noto Sans Mono is credited to Google as part of the Noto project, and its name table lists the Monotype Design Team.

How many weights does Noto Sans Mono have?

Noto Sans Mono has nine named weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900, all upright.

Is Noto Sans Mono a variable font?

Yes. Noto Sans Mono is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 900 and a width axis from 62.5 to 100.

Does Noto Sans Mono have a slashed zero?

Yes. In the Noto Sans Mono specimen the zero is drawn with a diagonal slash, which separates it from the capital O.

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