B612 Mono

monospace · Designed by Nicolas Chauveau, Thomas Paillot, Jonathan Favre-Lamarine, Jean-Luc Vinot

B612 Mono: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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B612 Mono is a monospace typeface developed in collaboration with Airbus for use in cockpit displays, and that origin shows clearly in its design. The letterforms are open, legible, and deliberately spaced to reduce reading errors under pressure. Each character has a consistent, mechanical rhythm that reads as serious and functional rather than decorative. It has a slightly technical, aerospace-inflected quality that sits somewhere between a classic coding font and a precision instrument display. The overall impression is one of reliability and clarity, without the softness or warmth you might find in more humanist monospace designs.

Because of its cockpit heritage, B612 Mono works well in any context where readability and precision matter most. It is a natural fit for developer tools, terminal interfaces, and code editors where character differentiation is critical and screen fatigue is a real concern. Data dashboards and analytics platforms benefit from its even spacing, making tables, numbers, and status indicators easy to scan at a glance. It also suits technical documentation and scientific or engineering publications, where the monospace format reinforces the structured, exact nature of the content and gives the layout a clean, no-nonsense character.

Best suited for: Code editors, terminal interfaces, data dashboards, technical documentation, and engineering publications where character clarity and reading precision are essential requirements.

Design considerations: B612 Mono offers four weight and style variants suitable for establishing hierarchy within monospaced layouts. The mechanical, precision-focused design may read as austere in contexts requiring warmth or personality, making pairing choices important for balancing tone.

Pairing guidance: Space Grotesk can serve as a geometric, contemporary counterpoint for headlines and navigation, Source Serif 4 provides classical contrast for body text in formal technical publications, and DM Sans offers a clean, versatile sans-serif option for UI labels and supplementary information alongside B612 Mono's code blocks.

Pairs well with

Space Grotesk Source Serif 4 DM Sans

B612 Mono at a glance

Designer

Nicolas Chauveau, Thomas Paillot, Jonathan Favre-Lamarine, Jean-Luc Vinot

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

December 2018

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

4 (2 weights + italics)

Classification

Monospace

Character sets

1

Distributed via

Google Fonts

All 4 B612 Mono styles

Weight Name Upright Italic
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
700 Bold Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123

B612 Mono character map

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

Numbers and punctuation

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Which languages does B612 Mono support?

B612 Mono includes one character set:

  • Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use B612 Mono commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. B612 Mono is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.

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B612 Mono FAQ

Is B612 Mono free for commercial use?

Yes. B612 Mono is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so you can use it in commercial projects, including logos, client work and products you sell.

Which weights does B612 Mono include?

B612 Mono includes 2 weights, from Regular (400) to Bold (700), each with a matching italic, for 4 styles in total.

Does B612 Mono support Cyrillic?

No. B612 Mono supports Latin, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed B612 Mono?

B612 Mono was designed by Nicolas Chauveau, Thomas Paillot, Jonathan Favre-Lamarine, Jean-Luc Vinot. It was added to Google Fonts in December 2018.