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- Overpass Mono
- Body text
- IBM Plex Sans Thai
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: serious, technical
Overpass Mono
About the font
Overpass Mono is a free font by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 843 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 51% of the em and the capital height is 70%.
Overpass Mono is a monospace font with 1801 glyphs in five styles, with weights from 300 to 700. It is a variable font and supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, as well as Kazakh, since it includes all the extra Cyrillic letters that language needs. It is a monospaced re-imagining of the proportional Overpass design, which interprets Highway Gothic letterforms, and was designed by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey and Thomas Jockin. It is free to use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Author
Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1801
Character and uses
- Mood
- technical
- serious
- Design
- grotesque
- monoline
- Good for
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Overpass Mono has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 843 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
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Polish
- Hausa
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Yoruba
- Igbo
- Cebuano
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- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Madurese
- Somali
- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- 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
- Catalan
- 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
- Sicilian
- Ewe
- Mandingo
- Uzbek
- Norwegian
- Buginese
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Zarma
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Lingala
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Fon
- Waray
- Efik
- Ibibio
- Mongolian
…and 733 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
- 1642
- x-height
- 51% of the em
- Capital height
- 70% of the em
- Monospaced
- Yes
- Version
- 4.000
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Contextual alternates
calt - Proportional figures
pnum - Tabular figures
tnum - Fractions
frac - Slashed zero
zero - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Ordinals
ordn - Stylistic sets (1)
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/Overpass+Mono
- Designer’s page
- delvefonts.com
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Overpass Mono font free to use?
Yes. Overpass Mono is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Overpass Mono support Cyrillic?
Yes, Overpass Mono includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Overpass Mono support?
Overpass Mono covers 843 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 Overpass Mono a variable font?
Yes. Overpass Mono 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 Overpass Mono?
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 Overpass Mono?
Overpass Mono was created by Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin.
What is Overpass Mono good for?
Judging by its design, Overpass Mono suits: code, interfaces, headings, body text.
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