# Source Code Pro font

> Adobe's monospaced companion to Source Sans by Paul D. Hunt, variable from ExtraLight 200 to Black 900 with italics.

Source Code Pro is a monospaced typeface designed by Paul D. Hunt at Adobe as a fixed-width companion to Source Sans for coding. Source Code Pro is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 900 and italics, 16 styles, covering Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Vietnamese. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Monospace](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/monospace)
- Designed by: Paul D. Hunt
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 16 (ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 200–900)
- Glyphs: 1556
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Code+Pro
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/source-code-pro
- Tagged for: Interfaces, Code, Tech

## About Source Code Pro

Source Code Pro is a monospaced family adapted from Source Sans after a request for a version suited to coding applications. It keeps the vertical proportions and general shapes of the sans but gives every glyph the same width in every weight. In the specimen the zero has a dot in its centre, the lowercase l bends at the foot and the i and j carry slab-like serifs, which separates characters that are easily confused in code. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 900: eight named weights, ExtraLight to Black, each with an italic. The fonts hold 1,556 glyphs; the official notes say the 2019 update brought Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese and the italic styles. Paul D. Hunt designed the family, the name table also credits Teo Tuominen, and Adobe publishes it under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2010, 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated (http://www.adobe.com/), with Reserved Font Name 'Source'. All Rights Reserved. Source is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Allowed:
- 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.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Code editors and terminals**: Uniform character widths align indentation, and the dotted zero and bent l keep 0, O, 1 and l apart.
- **Syntax themes that use weight and italic**: Eight weights with italics let a theme show comments in italic and keywords in SemiBold without leaving the family.
- **Technical documentation**: Inline code and command listings in Source Code Pro match body text set in Source Sans, which shares its proportions.
- **Comments and strings in other scripts**: Greek, Cyrillic and Vietnamese character sets keep non-Latin comments and string literals in the same fixed width.
- **Data tables and logs**: Fixed widths line up timestamps, hashes and numeric columns in plain-text output.

## Things to know

- **The default instance is ExtraLight**: The weight axis defaults to 200. Set a weight such as 400 explicitly in editors or CSS that do not read the named instances.
- **Two variable files**: Roman and italic are separate variable fonts, each covering weights 200 to 900.
- **Reserved font name**: The license notice reserves the name Source, a trademark of Adobe, so modified versions need a different name.

## FAQs

### Is Source Code Pro free for commercial use?

Source Code Pro can be used in commercial projects without a fee under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also allows modification and redistribution, but the font files cannot be sold by themselves, and derivative versions keep the same license and cannot use the reserved name Source.

### Who designed Source Code Pro?

Source Code Pro was designed by Paul D. Hunt and is published by Adobe. The font's name table also credits Teo Tuominen.

### How many weights does Source Code Pro have?

Source Code Pro has eight named weights, from ExtraLight 200 to Black 900, each with an italic, for 16 styles.

### Is Source Code Pro a variable font?

Yes. Source Code Pro is a variable font with a weight axis from 200 to 900, in separate roman and italic files.

### Which languages does Source Code Pro support?

Source Code Pro includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, Polish, Turkish and Vietnamese, as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek.

### What fonts pair well with Source Code Pro?

Source Code Pro was made as the companion of Source Sans, so Source Sans 3 is the natural text face beside it.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/source-code-pro (trendhub)