Poppins
Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad KaleSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Free monolinear fonts
Stroke weight that stays effectively constant everywhere in the letter.
About monolinear typefaces
How to recognise it
- Stroke weight that stays effectively constant through curves and joins.
- An even, blanket-like colour in a block of text.
- Joins that thin slightly only where two strokes meet, if at all.
- Often geometric or rounded underneath, though not always.
Monolinear or high contrast?
They are opposite ends of one measurement. Monolinear is the absence of modulation; high contrast is modulation taken as far as it goes.
High contrast fonts →Where it works
Interfaces, wayfinding, technical documentation and any setting that has to stay legible at a distance or at small sizes.
Where it does not
Work that wants to look written or expensive. Even weight reads as neutral, which is the point and the limitation.
Mukta
Girish Dalvi, Yashodeep GholapSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 7 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Hind
Indian Type FoundrySphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 5 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Sacramento
AstigmaticSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Handwriting · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
DM Mono
Colophon FoundrySphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Monospace · 3 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Azeret Mono
Displaay, Martin VáchaSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Monospace · Variable · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Reem Kufi
Khaled Hosny, Santiago OrozcoSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · Variable · 4 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Pacifico
Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev, Ani PetrovaSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Handwriting · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Amatic SC
Vernon Adams, Ben Nathan, Thomas JockinSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 2 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Parisienne
AstigmaticSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Handwriting · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Sen
Kosal SenSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · Variable · 5 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Doto
Óliver LalanSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · Variable · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Questions
- What is a monolinear font?
- Stroke weight that stays effectively constant everywhere in the letter. Stroke weight that stays effectively constant through curves and joins.
- When should I use a monolinear typeface?
- Interfaces, wayfinding, technical documentation and any setting that has to stay legible at a distance or at small sizes. Where it does not work: work that wants to look written or expensive. Even weight reads as neutral, which is the point and the limitation.
- What is the difference between monolinear and high contrast fonts?
- They are opposite ends of one measurement. Monolinear is the absence of modulation; high contrast is modulation taken as far as it goes.
- Are these monolinear fonts free for commercial use?
- Yes. All 12 of them are published under licences that permit commercial use — the SIL Open Font License, the Apache License 2.0, the Ubuntu Font Licence or a release into the public domain — with no fee and no credit required. Every download on this site includes the licence file inside the zip.