DejaVu Mono
monospace
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DejaVu Mono is a clean, no-nonsense monospace font built on the foundation of the Bitstream Vera family. Its characters are evenly spaced and clearly defined, with consistent stroke weights that make it easy to distinguish similar-looking glyphs like the letter O and zero, or the letter l and numeral 1. The overall feel is neutral and utilitarian without being cold, sitting somewhere between the mechanical precision of a traditional terminal font and the slightly softened edges of a modern coding typeface. It covers an unusually wide range of Unicode characters, which gives it practical staying power across different languages and scripts.
DejaVu Mono works well as the primary font in code editors and development environments where readability during long sessions matters more than visual flair. It is a solid choice for displaying code snippets on documentation websites or developer blogs, where the font needs to render clearly at small sizes without breaking the reading flow. It also fits naturally in terminal emulators and command-line interfaces, where its broad character coverage reduces the chance of encountering missing glyph placeholders in multilingual or symbol-heavy output.
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DejaVu Mono at a glance
SIL Open Font License 1.1
May 2023
4 (2 weights + italics)
Monospace
1
Fontsource (open source)
All 4 DejaVu 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 |
DejaVu Mono character map
Which languages does DejaVu Mono support?
DejaVu 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 DejaVu Mono commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. DejaVu 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.