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Cascadia Code

Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Cascadia Code Extra Light 200
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Cascadia Code Extra Light Italic 200
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Cascadia Code Light 300
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Cascadia Code Light Italic 300
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Cascadia Code Regular 400
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Cascadia Code Regular Italic 400
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Cascadia Code Semi Bold 600
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Cascadia Code Semi Bold Italic 600
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Cascadia Code Bold 700
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Font Cascadia Code in use: the phrase “Precision in every pixel” over a landscape

About the font

Cascadia Code is a free font by Aaron Bell, Mohamad Dakak, Viktoriya Grabowska, Liron Lavi Turkenich, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 641 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 52% of the em and the capital height is 69%.

Cascadia Code is a monospace font with 4319 glyphs. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic scripts, and includes the additional Cyrillic letters needed for Kazakh, so it supports the Kazakh language. The family has 10 styles with weights from 200 to 700, and it is a variable font. It is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Author
Aaron Bell, Mohamad Dakak, Viktoriya Grabowska, Liron Lavi Turkenich
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
4319

Character and uses

Mood
  • technical
  • serious
Design
  • monoline
  • grotesque

Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.

Supported languages

Cascadia Code has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 641 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.

  • English
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Kazakh
  • Arabic
  • Urdu
  • Swahili
  • Indonesian
  • Punjabi
  • Javanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Persian
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Pashto
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
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  • Sindhi
  • Ukrainian
  • Uzbek(Latin)
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Somali(Arabic)
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Somali(Latin)
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Greek
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Akan
  • Quechua
  • Central Kurdish
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Baluchi
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Dari
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Bambara
  • Haitian Creole
  • Tajik
  • Catalan
  • Hebrew
  • Mossi
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Uyghur
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Dyula
  • Southern Sotho
  • Krio
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Kashmiri
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Ewe
  • Mandingo
  • Uzbek(Cyrillic)
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Mazanderani
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Zarma
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Tiv
  • Bikol
  • Fon
  • Waray

…and 526 more languages that are not listed here.

Special characters

Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.

  • Kazakhstani Tenge — Included
  • Russian Ruble — Included
  • Euro — Included
  • Turkish Lira — Included
  • Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
  • Indian Rupee — Included
  • British Pound — Included
  • Japanese Yen — Included
  • US Dollar — Included
  • Yo (Ё ё) — Included
  • Numero sign — Included
  • Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
  • En and em dashes — Included
  • Ellipsis — Included
  • Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
  • Arrows — Included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
2426
x-height
52% of the em
Capital height
69% of the em
Monospaced
Yes
Version
2407.024
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.

  • Contextual alternatescalt
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Slashed zerozero
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Superscriptsups
  • Subscriptsubs
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic sets (3)

License at a glance

A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.

OFL-1.1

Commercial projects
Allowed
Embedding on a website
Allowed
Modifying the font
Allowed, with conditions
Sharing the font
Allowed, with conditions
Credit and notices
Keep the notices when you share the font
Selling the font on its own
Not allowed

Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.

Read the license text

How to install

Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.

Windows

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
  3. Restart your program.
How to install a font on Windows 10 and 11

macOS

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
  3. Click Install Font in the window that opens.
How to install a font on a Mac (macOS)

Linux

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
  3. Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
How to install a font on Linux (Ubuntu and others)

Step-by-step guides (9)

Facts and sources

Designer’s page
sajatypeworks.com
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Cascadia Code font free to use?

Yes. Cascadia Code is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.

Does Cascadia Code support Cyrillic?

Yes, Cascadia Code includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Cascadia Code support?

Cascadia Code covers 641 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.

Is Cascadia Code a variable font?

Yes. Cascadia Code is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.

How do I install Cascadia Code?

Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.

Who created Cascadia Code?

Cascadia Code was created by Aaron Bell, Mohamad Dakak, Viktoriya Grabowska, Liron Lavi Turkenich.

What is Cascadia Code good for?

Judging by its design, Cascadia Code suits: code, interfaces, body text.

Pairs well with Cascadia Code

More pairs and your own text
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: serious
    • The body font is made for reading

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