# Trispace font

> A monospace-inspired sans serif whose characters each take one of three widths, with variable weight and width axes.

Trispace is a sans serif by Tyler Finck of ETC in which every letter takes one of three widths. Trispace is a variable font with a weight axis from Thin 100 to ExtraBold 800 and a width axis from 75 to 125. It is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits technical branding, interfaces and headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Sans Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/sans-serif)
- Designed by: Tyler Finck, ETC
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 8 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–800, wdth 75–125)
- Glyphs: 1147
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-08
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Trispace
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/trispace
- Tagged for: Headlines, Interfaces, Branding, Tech

## About Trispace

Trispace is a sans serif family that looks like a typewriter face but is not strictly monospaced: its characters are sorted into three widths. The specimen shows the typewriter habits it keeps, such as a foot under the i and the r, a curved tail on the l and generous space between letters. Two variable axes shape it. Weight runs from 100 to 800 through eight named weights, Thin to ExtraBold, and width runs from 75 to 125 with 100 as the normal setting. There are no italics. The font contains 1,147 glyphs covering Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese. Tyler Finck is the designer, the manufacturer named in the font is Etcetera Type Company, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2020 The Trispace Project Authors (https://github.com/Etcetera-Type-Co/Trispace)

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

- **Branding for developer tools**: The typewriter feet and open spacing signal code, while the three-width system keeps a product name from looking like raw terminal output.
- **Interface labels with a technical tone**: Regular and Medium work for tags, status lines and metadata next to a plainer text family.
- **Headings fitted to a column**: The width axis, 75 to 125, narrows or widens a heading until it fills its line.
- **Posters and title cards**: Thin 100 at large sizes turns the wide-set letters into a light grid; ExtraBold 800 does the opposite.

## Things to know

- **Not a fixed-pitch font**: Characters have three different widths, so columns of text do not line up character by character as they do in a true monospace.
- **Two axes in one file**: The single variable file carries weight (100 to 800) and width (75 to 125). The weight axis defaults to 100.
- **No italics**: All eight named styles are upright.
- **Static cuts are elsewhere**: This package holds the variable font only; static files for fixed weights and widths are available from the official source.

## FAQs

### Is Trispace free for commercial use?

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

### Who designed Trispace?

Trispace was designed by Tyler Finck of ETC, the Etcetera Type Company.

### Is Trispace a monospaced font?

No. Trispace is inspired by monospaced type, but its letters occupy one of three widths, so it does not align like a fixed-pitch font.

### How many weights does Trispace have?

Trispace has eight named weights, from Thin 100 to ExtraBold 800, and no italics.

### Is Trispace a variable font?

Yes. Trispace is a variable font with a weight axis from 100 to 800 and a width axis from 75 to 125.

### Which languages does Trispace support?

Trispace includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Polish, Turkish, Romanian and Vietnamese.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/trispace (trendhub)