Space Grotesk

Florian Karsten · 2018 · OFL-1.1 · Variable

Space Grotesk is a proportional redrawing of Colophon Foundry’s fixed-width Space Mono, and it keeps the odd details that made the original worth looking at — flattened terminals, a squared-off bowl on the "a", numerals that feel machined. At a glance it passes for a plain geometric sans; the strangeness only shows up once you read a full line. A good pick when a project wants some character in its sans without wearing a costume.

Space Grotesk at a glance

Commercial use
Yes · OFL 1.1
On a website
Yes · WOFF2 here
Variable
Yes · 5 weights
In a logo
Yes
Türkçe (ı İ ğ ş)
Yes
Italic
No

Click the text above to set it in your own words.

Size ladder

96

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

64

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

40

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

24

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

16

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

12

Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

Specification

Designer
Florian Karsten
Released
2018
Category
Sans-serif
License
OFL-1.1
Commercial use
Allowed
Good for
Headlines, Branding, Posters, Short body text
Weights
300, 400, 500, 600, 700
Styles
Normal
Variable
Yes
Glyphs
1,001
Languages
Latin, Latin Extended, Türkçe, Vietnamese
Download size
65 KB

Space Grotesk character map

735 characters in the complete font. Grouped by the alphabets it covers — every cell is a character the file really contains.

Latin110

Uppercase

  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

Lowercase

  • a
  • b
  • c
  • d
  • e
  • f
  • g
  • h
  • i
  • j
  • k
  • l
  • m
  • n
  • o
  • p
  • q
  • r
  • s
  • t
  • u
  • v
  • w
  • x
  • y
  • z

Numerals

  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9

Punctuation & symbols

  • .
  • ,
  • :
  • ;
  • !
  • ?
  • '
  • "
  • ‘
  • ’
  • “
  • ”
  • (
  • )
  • [
  • ]
  • {
  • }
  • /
  • \
  • |
  • -
  • –
  • —
  • _
  • @
  • #
  • $
  • %
  • &
  • *
  • +
  • =
  • <
  • >
  • ~
  • ^
  • `
  • €
  • £
  • ¥
  • ©
  • ®
  • °
  • §
  • †
  • •
  • …

Latin Extended195

Western European

  • À
  • Á
  • Â
  • Ã
  • Ä
  • Å
  • Æ
  • Ç
  • È
  • É
  • Ê
  • Ë
  • Ì
  • Í
  • Î
  • Ï
  • Ð
  • Ñ
  • Ò
  • Ó
  • Ô
  • Õ
  • Ö
  • Ø
  • Ù
  • Ú
  • Û
  • Ü
  • Ý
  • Þ
  • ß
  • à
  • á
  • â
  • ã
  • ä
  • å
  • æ
  • ç
  • è
  • é
  • ê
  • ë
  • ì
  • í
  • î
  • ï
  • ð
  • ñ
  • ò
  • ó
  • ô
  • õ
  • ö
  • ø
  • ù
  • ú
  • û
  • ü
  • ý
  • þ
  • ÿ

Central and Eastern European

  • Ā
  • ā
  • Ă
  • ă
  • Ą
  • ą
  • Ć
  • ć
  • Ĉ
  • ĉ
  • Ċ
  • ċ
  • Č
  • č
  • Ď
  • ď
  • Đ
  • đ
  • Ē
  • ē
  • Ĕ
  • ĕ
  • Ė
  • ė
  • Ę
  • ę
  • Ě
  • ě
  • Ĝ
  • ĝ
  • Ğ
  • ğ
  • Ġ
  • ġ
  • Ģ
  • ģ
  • Ĥ
  • ĥ
  • Ħ
  • ħ
  • Ĩ
  • ĩ
  • Ī
  • ī
  • Ĭ
  • ĭ
  • Į
  • į
  • İ
  • ı
  • IJ
  • ij
  • Ĵ
  • ĵ
  • Ķ
  • ķ
  • ĸ
  • Ĺ
  • ĺ
  • Ļ
  • ļ
  • Ľ
  • ľ
  • Ŀ
  • ŀ
  • Ł
  • ł
  • Ń
  • ń
  • Ņ
  • ņ
  • Ň
  • ň
  • ʼn
  • Ŋ
  • ŋ
  • Ō
  • ō
  • Ŏ
  • ŏ
  • Ő
  • ő
  • Œ
  • œ
  • Ŕ
  • ŕ
  • Ŗ
  • ŗ
  • Ř
  • ř
  • Ś
  • ś
  • Ŝ
  • ŝ
  • Ş
  • ş
  • Š
  • š
  • Ţ
  • ţ
  • Ť
  • ť
  • Ŧ
  • ŧ
  • Ũ
  • ũ
  • Ū
  • ū
  • Ŭ
  • ŭ
  • Ů
  • ů
  • Ű
  • ű
  • Ų
  • ų
  • Ŵ
  • ŵ
  • Ŷ
  • ŷ
  • Ÿ
  • Ź
  • ź
  • Ż
  • ż
  • Ž
  • ž
  • ſ

Romanian and other

  • Ș
  • ș
  • Ț
  • ț
  • ƒ

Türkçe15

Türkçe letters

  • Ç
  • ç
  • Ğ
  • ğ
  • I
  • ı
  • İ
  • i
  • Ö
  • ö
  • Ş
  • ş
  • Ü
  • ü

Currency

  • ₺

Vietnamese104

Base letters

  • Ă
  • ă
  • Â
  • â
  • Đ
  • đ
  • Ê
  • ê
  • Ô
  • ô
  • Ơ
  • ơ
  • Ư
  • ư

Vowels with tone marks

  • Ạ
  • ạ
  • Ả
  • ả
  • Ấ
  • ấ
  • Ầ
  • ầ
  • Ẩ
  • ẩ
  • Ẫ
  • ẫ
  • Ậ
  • ậ
  • Ắ
  • ắ
  • Ằ
  • ằ
  • Ẳ
  • ẳ
  • Ẵ
  • ẵ
  • Ặ
  • ặ
  • Ẹ
  • ẹ
  • Ẻ
  • ẻ
  • Ẽ
  • ẽ
  • Ế
  • ế
  • Ề
  • ề
  • Ể
  • ể
  • Ễ
  • ễ
  • Ệ
  • ệ
  • Ỉ
  • ỉ
  • Ị
  • ị
  • Ọ
  • ọ
  • Ỏ
  • ỏ
  • Ố
  • ố
  • Ồ
  • ồ
  • Ổ
  • ổ
  • Ỗ
  • ỗ
  • Ộ
  • ộ
  • Ớ
  • ớ
  • Ờ
  • ờ
  • Ở
  • ở
  • Ỡ
  • ỡ
  • Ợ
  • ợ
  • Ụ
  • ụ
  • Ủ
  • ủ
  • Ứ
  • ứ
  • Ừ
  • ừ
  • Ử
  • ử
  • Ữ
  • ữ
  • Ự
  • ự
  • Ỳ
  • ỳ
  • Ỵ
  • ỵ
  • Ỷ
  • ỷ
  • Ỹ
  • ỹ

Use Space Grotesk on the web

Self-hosted

You serve the file yourself. Nothing depends on this site staying up, and you get the whole character set — all Latin, Latin Extended, Türkçe, Vietnamese. The file is space-grotesk.woff2, the same one the WOFF2 button above gives you.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Space Grotesk';
  /* Take the WOFF2 button above, put space-grotesk.woff2 wherever
     you serve static files from, and point this at it. */
  src: url('/fonts/space-grotesk.woff2') format('woff2');
  font-weight: 300 700;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
}

Hosted by us

One line, nothing to upload. Put this in your <head>:

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://thatsmyfont.com">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://thatsmyfont.com/fontfiles/space-grotesk.css">

Then use it in your CSS:

body {
  font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
}

One thing to know: the file we host is cut down to Latin characters so pages load quickly. Space Grotesk also covers Türkçe, Vietnamese, and for those you need the download and the self-hosted route.

Questions

Is Space Grotesk free for commercial use?
Yes. Space Grotesk is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use with no fee and no attribution requirement. You can use it in client work, in products you sell, on the web and in print. The one thing you may not do is sell the font file on its own. The licence is inside the download.
Can I use Space Grotesk in a logo?
Yes. The licence covers the font software, not the artwork you make with it, so a logo set in Space Grotesk belongs to you — including if you later register it as a trademark. You do not need permission and you do not owe anything to Florian Karsten. What the licence stops you doing is redistributing the font file itself as a product.
How do I install Space Grotesk?
Download the zip and unzip it. On a Mac, select the 1 font file inside and open them, then press Install Font. On Windows, select them, right-click and choose Install. Restart any application that was already open before it will show up. Space Grotesk is a variable font: the single file carries all 5 weights at once. Some older software — Word, Canva, and Photoshop before 2018 — reads only the one weight the file defaults to, and for Space Grotesk that is Light (300), not the regular. If that happens, use the Static download on this page instead: it has 5 ordinary files, one per weight, and works everywhere.
Does Space Grotesk support Turkish?
Yes. Space Grotesk includes the characters Türkçe needs that plain Latin does not — the dotless ı, the dotted İ, and ğ, ş, ü, ö and ç in both cases. This was checked against the font file itself, not assumed from the fact that it covers Latin.
What languages does Space Grotesk support?
Space Grotesk covers Latin, Latin Extended, Turkish and Vietnamese, across 1,001 glyphs. Anything outside those alphabets is not included — the character map further up this page shows exactly what you get.
What weights does Space Grotesk come in?
Space Grotesk comes in 5 weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), Semi Bold (600) and Bold (700). It is a variable font, so every one of them is in a single file and you can also set any weight in between.
Is there a smaller, Latin-only version of Space Grotesk?
Yes — the "WOFF2 · Latin only" button on this page. It is 39 KB against 48 KB for the complete file, 19% smaller, with every weight the family has still in it. It covers Latin and Latin Extended, which is everything a page in English, Turkish or a western European language sets — Türkçe included, since ı, İ, ğ and ş all live in that range. Take the complete file instead if you set Cyrillic, Greek or any alphabet outside Latin.
Where can I download Space Grotesk as WOFF2?
From the WOFF2 button on this page — the file is space-grotesk.woff2, and it is about 48 KB. It is the complete font repacked for the web rather than a cut-down copy: the same glyphs, the same spacing and the same hinting as the .ttf in the download, roughly 60% smaller. Every browser still receiving updates reads WOFF2, so it is the only web format most sites need. Google Fonts does not offer this file for download at all — it serves WOFF2 from its own servers and gives you .ttf if you ask for the family.

Space Grotesk license

OFL-1.1

You may use, modify and redistribute this font, including in commercial work. You may not sell the font file on its own, and any modified version must be released under the same license and under a different name.

Commercial use allowed

Designed by Florian Karsten

Copyright 2020 The Space Grotesk Project Authors (https://github.com/floriankarsten/space-grotesk)

  • Taken unmodified from floriankarsten/space-grotesk
  • The licence file is inside every zip — the site will not publish a download without one
  • This page’s data last changed on 4 September 2026

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Space Grotesk font: licence, alphabets and downloads. Thats My Font. https://thatsmyfont.com/fonts/space-grotesk (updated 2026-09-04)

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