# Fonts Like Kode Mono

12 open fonts whose letters are closest to Kode Mono, ranked by a glyph comparison. All free for commercial use.

## Quick Answer

The closest open font to Kode Mono is Unifont (similarity 56), then Monaspace Krypton and IBM Plex Mono. Unifont is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is free for commercial use.

## Ranked Open Lookalikes (12 Fonts)

> Note: Scores under 50 indicate no open font is very close; these share some traits.

| Rank | Font | Similarity Score | Licence | Details |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| #1 | **Unifont** | 56 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/unifont/](/fonts/unifont.md) |
| #2 | **Monaspace Krypton** | 49 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/monaspace-krypton/](/fonts/monaspace-krypton.md) |
| #3 | **IBM Plex Mono** | 48 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ibm-plex-mono/](/fonts/ibm-plex-mono.md) |
| #4 | **iA Writer Mono** | 47 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/ia-writer-mono/](/fonts/ia-writer-mono.md) |
| #5 | **Cousine** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cousine/](/fonts/cousine.md) |
| #6 | **Commit Mono** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/commit-mono/](/fonts/commit-mono.md) |
| #7 | **Chivo Mono** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/chivo-mono/](/fonts/chivo-mono.md) |
| #8 | **DejaVu Mono** | 46 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/dejavu-mono/](/fonts/dejavu-mono.md) |
| #9 | **Geist Mono** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/geist-mono/](/fonts/geist-mono.md) |
| #10 | **Cascadia Code** | 45 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/cascadia-code/](/fonts/cascadia-code.md) |
| #11 | **Jersey 25** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/jersey-25/](/fonts/jersey-25.md) |
| #12 | **Space Mono** | 44 / 100 | OFL-1.1 | [/fonts/space-mono/](/fonts/space-mono.md) |

## Scoring Method

62 letters and digits (A-Z a-z 0-9) rendered at 160px cap height on a 32x32 grid with 3px gaussian blur, combined with edge-orientation texture (15% weight). Scores are normalized so that 0 represents an average pair of fonts across the 1571 compared fonts, and 100 represents identical letter shapes. Computed on 2026-10-22 using glyph-shape + edge-texture v2.

## Machine API

JSON representation available at [/api/fonts-like/kode-mono.json](/api/fonts-like/kode-mono.json).