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Katagami Mono vs Berkeley Mono

Berkeley Mono is a commercial monospace font. Katagami Mono was measured against it for its cell and arms, contains none of its outlines, and is free under the SIL Open Font License.

Comparison table

Katagami MonoBerkeley Mono
DesignerKevin LiuNeil Panchal
Foundry or publisherSelf-published by Kevin LiuU.S. Graphics Company
First released20262022
LicenseSIL Open Font License 1.1U.S. Graphics license (paid; the Developer tier is personal use only)
Free for commercial useYesNo
Weights100 to 700Thin to Black (12 weights) in 5 widths
ItalicsNot yetOblique
Variable axeswghtwdth, wght, slnt
ScriptsLatin, Greek, Cyrillic and box drawing, 3,283 charactersLatin
Notable featuresCode ligatures in dlig that are off by default, disambiguated 0 O 1 l I, box drawingProgramming ligatures, stylistic sets for zero and seven, box drawing, Powerline glyphs

Download and web setup

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Download it from the download page, or link katagami.css and set the family. Font-ify shows any website in Katagami Mono.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/fonts/katagami.css">

Questions

Is Katagami Mono free for commercial use?

Katagami Mono is free for commercial use. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in commercial and non-commercial products.

Is Berkeley Mono free for commercial use?

Berkeley Mono is not free for commercial use. Check the license at https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono before you ship it.