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About Monoton.

Monoton is a contemporary take on metalpress fonts like, for example, 'Prisma' (originally designed in 1931 by Rudolf Koch.) Monoton is a pure display webfont designed to be used at font sizes above 30 points. Monoton has been designed to be used freely across the internet by web browsers on desktop computers, laptops and mobile devices.

Designer
Vernon Adams
Classification
Display, Sans Serif
Coverage
405 languages
Package release
v22
Updated
Mar 25, 2026
Monthly usage
  • npm3,178 downloads last month
  • jsDelivr26,129 requests last month
License
OFL-1.1

Style and character

Visual characteristics associated with this family.

  • Artistic
  • Awkward
  • Excited
  • Rugged
  • Vintage
  • Geometric
  • Kwanzaa
  • Art Deco
  • Inline

Characters and features

What this family includes and how its files are structured.

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Language and character coverage

405 languages are listed for this family.

  • AfarQafar · Latin
  • AchineseBahsa Acèh · Latin
  • Saint Lucian Creole French, Latin
  • AcoliLatin
  • AfrikaansLatin
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Latin
  • Ainu (Latin)
  • AlagoLatin
  • Gheg AlbanianGegnisht · Latin
  • AmahuacaLatin
  • YaneshaʼLatin
  • AmisLatin
  • AmarakaeriLatin
  • AragoneseAragonés · Latin
  • Old EnglishÆnglisc (Latin) · Latin
  • AnaangAnaañ · Latin
  • Uab MetoUab Metô · Latin
  • MapucheMapudungun · Latin
  • ArapahoLatin
  • Artificial languages, World (Latin)
  • AsuKipare · Latin
  • AwakLatin
  • AymaraAymar · Latin
  • Bashkir (Latin)
  • BalineseBali · Latin
  • Batak TobaLatin
  • Banda, West CentralLatin
  • BenchLatin
  • Belarusian (Latin)
  • BedawiyetLatin
  • BembaChibemba · Latin
  • BetawiLatin
  • BenaEkibena · Latin
  • BislamaLatin
  • BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
  • BanjarLatin
  • BengaLatin
  • BapukuLatin
  • Brahui (Latin)
  • Bodo (Latin)
  • BosnianBosanski · Latin
  • BangwinjiLatin
  • Rinconada BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
  • BokobaruLatin
  • BilenLatin
  • CatalanCatalà · Latin
  • GarifunaLatin
  • ChachiLatin
  • Chavacano, Philippines (Latin)
  • Cashibo-CacataiboLatin
  • Candoshi-ShapraLatin
  • CebuanoBinisaya · Latin
  • DikakaLatin
  • ChigaRukiga · Latin
  • ChamorroChamorru · Latin
  • Chinantec, OjitlánLatin
  • ChuukeseChuuk · Latin
  • ChokweLatin
  • Chin, HakaLatin
  • AsháninkaLatin
  • CorsicanCorsu · Latin
  • ColoradoLatin
  • Cofán, Latin
  • CaquinteLatin
  • Ashéninka, PichisLatin
  • Crimean TurkishLatin
  • SãotomenseLatin
  • Seselwa Creole FrenchSeselwa · Latin
  • CzechČeština · Latin
  • KashubianKaszëbsczi · Latin
  • Tedim ChinLatin
  • KwereLatin
  • Cuyonon (Latin)
  • DanishDansk · Latin
  • TaitaKidawida · Latin
  • GermanDeutsch · Latin
  • DelawareHuluníixsuwaakan · Latin
  • C’LelaLatin
  • Central DusunLatin
  • ChidurumaLatin
  • DrungLatin
  • DawroLatin
  • Jola-FonyiJóola-Fóoñi · Latin
  • EmbuKiembu · Latin
  • EnglishLatin
  • SpanishEspañol · Latin
  • Ese EjjaLatin
  • EstonianEesti · Latin
  • BasqueEuskara · Latin
  • ExtremaduranLatin
  • West Albay BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
  • FinnishSuomi · Latin
  • FilipinoLatin
  • FijianVakaviti · Latin
  • Finnish, KvenLatin
  • FuliiruLatin
  • FaroeseFøroyskt · Latin
  • GalloLatin
  • FrenchFrançais · Latin
  • Old FrenchLatin
  • ArpitanLatin
  • Northern FrisianLatin
  • FriulianFurlan · Latin
  • Western FrisianFrysk · Latin
  • IrishGaeilge · Latin
  • GagauzGagauzça · Latin
  • AlekanoGahuku · Latin
  • Guadeloupean Creole French, Martinique (Latin)
  • Guianese Creole FrenchLatin
  • Scottish GaelicGàidhlig · Latin
  • ut-Ma’inLatin
  • GilberteseKiribati · Latin
  • Gelao, KlauLatin
  • GalicianGalego · Latin
  • Middle High GermanLatin
  • GamoLatin
  • GofaLatin
  • Old High GermanLatin
  • Swiss GermanSchwyzerdütsch · Latin
  • WayuuWayuunaiki · Latin
  • Gourmanchémagulimancema · Latin
  • GusiiEkegusii · Latin
  • ManxGaelg · Latin
  • 'AleQale · Latin
  • GyeleLatin
  • GuarayuLatin
  • HangaLatin
  • HarariLatin
  • HadiyyaHadiyyisa · Latin
  • Hmong, Northern QiandongHmong (Latin) · Latin
  • HiligaynonIlonggo · Latin
  • Chin, MatuLatin
  • Hmonghveb Hmub · Latin
  • Hmong, Southern QiandongLatin
  • HaniLatin
  • Hmong NjuaLatin
  • Hindustani, SarnamiLatin
  • HopiHopilàvayi · Latin
  • CroatianHrvatski · Latin
  • Upper SorbianHornjoserbšćina · Latin
  • Haitian CreoleKreyòl Ayisyen · Latin
  • HungarianMagyar · Latin
  • Huastec, San Luís PotosíLatin
  • InterlinguaLatin
  • IndonesianIndonesia · Latin
  • Interlingue (Latin)
  • IlokoIlokano · Latin
  • IdoLatin
  • RigweLatin
  • IraqwLatin
  • IcelandicÍslenska · Latin
  • ItalianItaliano · Latin
  • IzereLatin
  • Jamaican Creole EnglishJamiekan · Latin
  • Lojban (Latin)lojban (Latin)
  • MachameLatin
  • JavaneseJawa · Latin
  • AdaraLatin
  • KambaKikamba · Latin
  • KalangaLatin
  • KutuLatin
  • MakondeChimakonde · Latin
  • KabuverdianuLatin
  • QʼeqchiʼLatin
  • KongoKikongo · Latin
  • KhasiKa Ktien Khasi · Latin
  • KikuyuGĩgĩkũyũ · Latin
  • KuanyamaOshikwanyama · Latin
  • Kazakh (Latin)
  • KalaallisutLatin
  • KalenjinMarkweta · Latin
  • KimbunduLatin
  • Mankanyamankaañ · Latin
  • KonjoLatin
  • SapinyLatin
  • KaondeLatin
  • KarelianKarjala · Latin
  • ShambalaKishambaa · Latin
  • KitubaLatin
  • Kurdish (Latin)Kurmancî
  • KunamaLatin
  • CornishKernewek · Latin
  • Latin
  • Ladino (Latin)
  • Lango, UgandaLatin
  • LuxembourgishLëtzebuergesch · Latin
  • Lingua Franca Nova, Latin
  • GandaLuganda · Latin
  • LigurianLigure · Latin
  • LadinLatin
  • LeleLatin
  • LombardLatin
  • OtuhoLatin
  • LithuanianLietuviškai · Latin
  • LatgalianLatgalīšu · Latin
  • Luba-LuluaTshiluba · Latin
  • LuvaleLatin
  • LundaLatin
  • LuoDholuo · Latin
  • LuyiaLatin
  • LatvianLatviešu · Latin
  • LuwoLatin
  • Matsés (Latin)
  • MeruKîmîîrû · Latin
  • Mauritian CreoleKreol Morisien · Latin
  • Mandjakmanjak · Latin
  • Makhuwa-MeettoImeetto · Latin
  • Maorite reo Māori · Latin
  • MinangkabauBaso Minangkabau · Latin
  • MískitoLatin
  • Mandinkamandinka · Latin
  • InnuInnu Aimun · Latin
  • MohawkKanien’kéha · Latin
  • Maranao (Latin)
  • MalteseMalti · Latin
  • Mixe, TotontepecLatin
  • Musi (Latin)
  • MuscogeeMvskoke · Latin
  • MirandeseMirandés · Latin
  • ManyikaLatin
  • MozarabicLatin
  • MasaabaLatin
  • Mazatec, IxcatlánLatin
  • Mambila, NigeriaLatin
  • NeapolitanNapulitano · Latin
  • CahungwaryaLatin
  • Norwegian Bokmålnorsk bokmål · Latin
  • NyembaLatin
  • North NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
  • NdauLatin
  • NdambaLatin
  • NdongaLatin
  • LomweLatin
  • NguluLatin
  • NiueanNiuē · Latin
  • Ao NagaLatin
  • Norwegian Nynorsknynorsk · Latin
  • NgindoLatin
  • NorwegianNorsk · Latin
  • NomatsiguengaLatin
  • NovialLatin
  • South NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
  • NaraLatin
  • Jèrriais, Latin
  • Northern SothoSepedi · Latin
  • KombeLatin
  • Nupe-Nupe-TakoLatin
  • NyankoleRunyankore · Latin
  • NyoroLatin
  • OccitanLatin
  • OgbahLatin
  • OkiekLatin
  • OromoAfaan Oromoo · Latin
  • OroqenLatin
  • Otomi, MezquitalLatin
  • Tenango Otomi, Latin
  • Old Welsh, Latin
  • PampangaKapampangan · Latin
  • PapiamentoPapiamentu · Latin
  • Palauana tekoi er a Belau · Latin
  • PicardLatin
  • Paite Chin, Latin
  • PijinLatin
  • Pintupi-LuritjaLatin
  • PökootMarkweta · Latin
  • PolishPolski · Latin
  • PiedmontesePiemontèis · Latin
  • Pontic (Latin)
  • PohnpeianPohnpei · Latin
  • Crioulo, Upper GuineaLatin
  • PogoloLatin
  • PipilLatin
  • Old ProvençalLatin
  • Ashéninka PerenéLatin
  • PortuguesePortuguês · Latin
  • Punuyipunu · Latin
  • KʼicheʼQatzijob'al · Latin
  • Kichwa, Unified QuichuaLatin
  • Chimborazo Highland QuichuaRuna Simi · Latin
  • Quechua, South BolivianLatin
  • Quechua, AyacuchoLatin
  • Quechua, CuscoRunasimi · Latin
  • Quechua, Ambo-PascoLatin
  • Quechua, CajamarcaLatin
  • Quechua, Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo HuánucoLatin
  • Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-LauricochaLatin
  • Quechua, North JunínLatin
  • Quechua, Huaylas AncashLatin
  • Quechua, Northern Conchucos AncashLatin
  • Quechua, Arequipa-La UniónLatin
  • Cook Islands MāoriMāori Kūki 'Āirani · Latin
  • Rapa (Latin)
  • Réunion Creole FrenchLatin
  • RejangLatin
  • RendilleLatin
  • ResheLatin
  • RomagnolLatin
  • Rohingya (Latin)
  • RomanshRumantsch · Latin
  • RundiIkirundi · Latin
  • RongaLatin
  • RomanianRomână · Latin
  • RomboLatin
  • LuguruLatin
  • AromanianArmani · Latin
  • KinyarwandaLatin
  • RwaLatin
  • SamburuSampur · Latin
  • SasakLatin
  • SanguShisango · Latin
  • SardinianSardu · Latin
  • ScotsScots Leid · Latin
  • Sassarese SardinianSardu · Latin
  • Northern SamiSámegiella · Latin
  • SenaCisena · Latin
  • SeriCmiique Iitom · Latin
  • SecoyaLatin
  • SangoSängö · Latin
  • Old IrishLatin
  • ShillukLatin
  • Shipibo-ConiboLatin
  • Arabic, Chadian SpokenLatin
  • SidamoLatin
  • SlovenianSlovenščina · Latin
  • SalarLatin
  • SamoanSāmoa · Latin
  • Southern SamiÅarjelsaemiengïele · Latin
  • Lule SamiJulevusámegiella · Latin
  • Inari SamiAnarâškielâ · Latin
  • ShonaChishona · Latin
  • SomaliSoomaali · Latin
  • AlbanianShqip · Latin
  • Serbian (Latin)srpski (latinica, Crna Gora)
  • Sranan TongoLatin
  • SwatiSiswati · Latin
  • SahoLatin
  • Southern SothoSesotho · Latin
  • Saterland FrisianLatin
  • SundaneseBasa Sunda · Latin
  • SukumaKisukuma · Latin
  • SwedishSvenska · Latin
  • SwahiliKiswahili · Latin
  • Swahili, CongoLatin
  • SubaLatin
  • SilesianŚlůnsko godka · Latin
  • Tetun DiliLatin
  • TetumLia Tetun · Latin
  • Tajik (Latin)
  • TivLatin
  • Tiwi (Latin)
  • Southern TujiaLatin
  • Turkmen (Latin)Türkmençe
  • TakwaneLatin
  • TokelauLatin
  • Klingon (Latin)
  • Talinga-BwisiLatin
  • TswanaSetswana · Latin
  • TongaLatin
  • Totonac, PapantlaLatin
  • ToposaLatin
  • Tok PisinLatin
  • TurkishTürkçe · Latin
  • TsongaXitsonga · Latin
  • TsamaiLatin
  • PurepechaLatin
  • Tatar (Latin)
  • TooroLatin
  • TulaLatin
  • TedagaLatin
  • TsuvadiLatin
  • TahitianReo Tahiti · Latin
  • Tzeltal, OxchucLatin
  • Tzotzil, ChamulaLatin
  • Uyghur (Latin)Uighur
  • VenetianVèneto · Latin
  • VepsVepsä · Latin
  • VidundaLatin
  • MakhuwaEmakhuwa · Latin
  • VolapükLatin
  • VõroLatin
  • VunjoLatin
  • WalloonWalon · Latin
  • WalserWalscher · Latin
  • Wolaytta (Latin)
  • WarayWaray-Waray · Latin
  • WarlpiriLatin
  • WendatLatin
  • MwaniLatin
  • WolofLatin
  • XhosaisiXhosa · Latin
  • SogaLusoga · Latin
  • YapeseWaab · Latin
  • YasaLatin
  • YucatecoMàaya t'àan · Latin
  • ZhuangLatin
  • ZaghawaLatin
  • Zapotec, MiahuatlánLatin
  • ZayseLatin
  • Comorian, NgazidjaLatin
  • ZigulaLatin
  • Malay (Latin)
  • ZandeLatin
  • ZáparoLatin
  • Zapotec, GüiláLatin
  • ZuluisiZulu · Latin

Styles and weights

1 weight in normal style.

Each weight is provided as a separate font file.

  • Regular 400

OpenType features

Typographic behaviors that adjust character forms, spacing, and positioning. Availability can vary between files.

  • KerningFine-tunes the space between specific pairs of characters.kern

License

Complete terms and attribution for this font.

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Attribution

Copyright (c) 2011, Vernon Adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk) with Reserved Font Name 'Monoton'. All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2011 by vernon adams (vern@newtypography.co.uk),
with Reserved Font Names "Monoton"

This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at:
http://scripts.sil.org/OFL


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Provenance

Where the files came from and what Fontsource distributes.

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Provider
Google Fonts
Source files
1
Formats
TTF
Revision
79d269b547