# Space Grotesk font

> A proportional sans derived from Space Mono by Florian Karsten, keeping its quirks, variable from Light to Bold.

Space Grotesk is a proportional sans serif by Florian Karsten, derived from the fixed-width Space Mono family of Colophon Foundry. Space Grotesk is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700 and five named weights, Light to Bold, without italics. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, branding and interface text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Florian Karsten
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 5 (Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 300–700)
- Glyphs: 968
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-05
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Space+Grotesk
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/space-grotesk
- Tagged for: Headlines, Interfaces, Branding, Tech

## About Space Grotesk

Space Grotesk is a sans serif that translates a monospaced design, Space Mono, into proportional widths. Florian Karsten drew it in 2018, keeping the unusual details of the source while adjusting the letters for smaller text. Several of those details are visible in the specimen: the y and g finish in flat horizontal strokes, the f and t have wide crossbars, the ampersand is built from straight segments, and the parentheses are squared. Round letters stay close to circles. The family is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700 and five named weights: Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold. It has no italics. The font holds 968 glyphs across Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Its OpenType features include tabular and old-style figures, fractions, superscript and subscript numerals and stylistic alternates.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Space Grotesk Project Authors (https://github.com/floriankarsten/space-grotesk)

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

- **Technology brand identities**: Flat-ended y and g and squared punctuation give wordmarks and headings a recognisable, engineered detail.
- **Landing page headlines**: Medium to Bold show the distinctive letter shapes at large sizes.
- **Interface text with character**: The proportional widths were adjusted for sizes below display, so labels and short paragraphs remain readable.
- **Pricing and statistics**: Tabular figures align numbers in plans, tables and counters; old-style figures are available for running text.
- **Layouts mixing proportional and fixed-width type**: Space Grotesk shares its design with Space Mono, which can carry code or data on the same page.

## Things to know

- **No italics**: Space Grotesk has five upright weights and no italic styles.
- **Weight range 300 to 700**: There is nothing lighter than Light or heavier than Bold, and the axis default is 300.
- **Figure styles through OpenType**: Tabular and old-style figures, fractions and alternates are switched on with OpenType features, for example font-feature-settings in CSS.

## FAQs

### Is Space Grotesk free for commercial use?

Yes. Space Grotesk is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The fonts cannot be sold on their own, and modified versions must stay under the same license.

### Who designed Space Grotesk?

Space Grotesk was designed by Florian Karsten, based on Space Mono by Colophon Foundry.

### How many weights does Space Grotesk have?

Space Grotesk has five named weights: Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700.

### Is Space Grotesk a variable font?

Yes. Space Grotesk is a variable font with a weight axis from 300 to 700 in one file.

### How is Space Grotesk related to Space Mono?

Space Grotesk is the proportional variant of Space Mono: it keeps the monospaced family's distinctive details but gives each letter its own width.

### Which languages does Space Grotesk support?

Space Grotesk includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as Czech, Croatian, Slovenian, Romanian, Turkish and Vietnamese.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/space-grotesk (trendhub)