Martian Mono is a monospaced version of the Martian Grotesk font for code style design. It inherits Grotesk’s brutal and eye-catching aesthetics as well as all of its benefits—metrics equilibrium, readability and intelligibility, and convenience for web developers and designers who believe in a systematic approach to design.
Get your Martian Grotesk free trial on Gumroad or buy it on MyFonts.
The typeface features a tall x-height, and it has vertical metrics which guarantee equal space is present above the cap height and under the baseline. The latter makes this typeface an on-screen workhorse: it is evenly placed on buttons, inputs, lists, and forms. When coupled together, all the above features make Martian Mono a reasonable choice for any user interface design.
When choosing a font format, prefer ttf for variable and otf for static on macOS, and ttf for Windows.
Download the latest package from the releases page.
Martian Mono consists of a variable font and 28 styles: Condensed to Semi Wide, Thin to Extra Bold.
The font has 4 styles on the width axis:
| Short name | Full name | CSS percentage | CSS keyword |
|---|---|---|---|
| sWd | Semi Wide | 112.5% | semi-expanded |
| Std | Standard | 100% | normal |
| Nr | Narrow | 87.5% | semi-condensed |
| Cn | Condensed | 75% | condensed |
And 7 weights:
| Short name | Full name | CSS numeric | CSS keyword |
|---|---|---|---|
| Th | Thin | 100 | |
| xLt | Extra Light | 200 | |
| Lt | Light | 300 | |
| Rg | Regular | 400 | normal |
| Md | Medium | 500 | |
| Bd | Bold | 700 | bold |
| xBd | Extra Bold | 800 |
Originally designed for the screen, the glyph heights stick to the pixel grid on commonly used font sizes. In addition, it comes equipped with OpenType and TrueType hinting, and Martian Mono appears legible on most platforms, even when being rendered in small sizes.
For the best results use the following pairs of size / line height:
- 7.5 / 10 (or 14, 18, etc.) px
- 10 / 12 (or 16, 20, etc.) px
- 12.5 / 14 (or 18, 22, etc.) px
- 15 / 20 (or 24, 28, etc.) px
- Coding ligatures (blocked by Glyphs app bug)
- Powerline symbols
- Cyrillic script for Bulgarian, Serbian, and Macedonian
- Italics
If you want to support Martian Mono:
- Spread the word on social media
- Buy Martian Grotesk on MyFonts or Gumroad
- Consider becoming a patron
I’m sincerely grateful for any support!