Red Hat Mono
monospace · Designed by MCKL
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Red Hat Mono is a monospaced typeface with a clean, technical personality rooted in its origins as part of the Red Hat type system. It carries the structured, rational qualities you expect from a coding font, but with slightly humanist touches that keep it from feeling cold or purely mechanical. The letterforms are consistent and well-spaced, giving text a steady rhythm that reads clearly at both small and large sizes. It has a professional, utilitarian character without being boring, sitting somewhere between the precision of a developer tool and the polish of a well-designed interface.
This font works well in developer-focused products and documentation where code samples, terminal output, or technical strings need to be displayed clearly and with credibility. It is a practical choice for UI labels, data displays, and dashboard elements where fixed-width alignment matters, such as showing timestamps, file paths, or numeric values. It also functions well as a design accent in branding or marketing materials for tech companies, where a monospaced treatment on a headline or tagline signals a developer-first identity without resorting to stereotypical hacker aesthetics.
Best suited for: Code editors, terminal interfaces, technical documentation, data dashboards, developer tools, and tech-focused branding where monospaced alignment and credibility are priorities.
Design considerations: The ten available weights and italic variants provide flexibility for establishing hierarchy and emphasis within code blocks or technical content. Its structured letterforms maintain legibility across small sizes typical of code displays while supporting larger applications in UI labels and interface elements.
Pairing guidance: Red Hat Display works as a complementary sans-serif for headlines and UI text, Space Grotesk offers a geometric alternative for contemporary tech interfaces, and Source Serif 4 provides serif contrast for editorial or documentation contexts where Red Hat Mono anchors code samples or technical passages.
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Red Hat Mono at a glance
MCKL
SIL Open Font License 1.1
June 2021
September 2025
10 (5 weights + italics)
Yes: weight 300–700
Monospace
2
Google Fonts
All 10 Red Hat Mono styles
| Weight | Name | Upright | Italic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Light | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 400 | Regular | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 500 | Medium | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 600 | SemiBold | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 700 | Bold | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
Red Hat Mono character map
Which languages does Red Hat Mono support?
Red Hat Mono includes 2 character sets:
- Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
- Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian
It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.
Can I use Red Hat Mono commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Red Hat 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.