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- Cousine
- Body text
- IBM Plex Sans Thai
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: serious, technical
Cousine
About the font
Cousine is a free font by Steve Matteson, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 957 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 53% of the em and the capital height is 66%.
Cousine is a free monospace font by Steve Matteson, released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL-1.1). According to its source description, it is metrically compatible with Courier New and aims for improved on-screen readability and coverage of the pan-European WGL character set. The family includes 4 static styles with weights 400 and 700 and contains 2396 glyphs. It supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh scripts.
Author
Steve Matteson
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
2396
Character and uses
- Mood
- technical
- serious
- Design
- monoline
- Good for
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Cousine has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 957 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Kazakh
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Vietnamese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Hakka Chinese
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Hausa
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Yoruba
- Igbo
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- Uzbek(Latin)
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Madurese
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Greek
- Shona
- Low German
- Akan
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Tunisian Arabic
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Azerbaijani
- Umbundu
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Bambara
- Haitian Creole
- Tajik
- Kanuri
- Catalan
- Hebrew
- Mossi
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Fula
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Dyula
- Southern Sotho
- Krio
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Guarani
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Romany
- Sicilian
- Ewe
- Mandingo
- Uzbek(Cyrillic)
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Zarma
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Lingala
- Central Atlas Tamazight
- Tiv
…and 846 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 — Not included
- Russian Ruble — Not included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
- Indian Rupee — Not 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
- 2282
- x-height
- 53% of the em
- Capital height
- 66% of the em
- Monospaced
- Yes
- Version
- 1.241; ttfautohint (v1.8.4.16-eb64)
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Discretionary ligatures
dlig
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 textHow to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- fonts.google.com/specimen/Cousine
- Designer’s page
- monotype.com/studio
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Cousine font free to use?
Yes. Cousine is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Cousine support Cyrillic?
Yes, Cousine includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Cousine support?
Cousine covers 957 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.
How do I install Cousine?
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 Cousine?
Cousine was created by Steve Matteson.
What is Cousine good for?
Judging by its design, Cousine suits: code, interfaces, body text.
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