IBM Plex Mono

Name: IBM Plex Mono
Author: Mike Abbink

Monospace coding-mono by Mike Abbink #117 on Google Fonts

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About IBM Plex Mono

IBM Plex Mono is Mike Abbink's coding-optimized monospace typeface, designed as part of IBM's comprehensive Plex type system to reflect the company's technical heritage and contemporary design values. Its seven weights from ExtraLight to Bold provide unusual range for a monospace family, and the design carefully balances mechanical precision with subtle humanist warmth — most visible in the slightly irregular terminals. Cyrillic support makes it a strong choice for developers working in Russian-language environments, and its enterprise provenance lends it natural credibility in developer tools and terminal interfaces.

Character Map

                        AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMm

                        NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz

                        0123456789

                        !@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",.<>?

Code Editor Preview

example.js

const fibonacci = (n) => {
  if (n <= 1) return n;
  return fibonacci(n - 1) + fibonacci(n - 2);
};

// Generate first 10 numbers
const results = Array.from(
  { length: 10 },
  (_, i) => fibonacci(i)
);

console.log(`Result: ${results.join(', ')}`);

Character Disambiguation

Can you tell these apart? A good monospace font makes similar characters easy to distinguish.

                                Zero vs O
                                0 O o
                            
                                One vs l vs I
                                1 l I | !
                            
                                Quotes
                                ' ' " " ` ´
                            
                                Braces
                                ( ) [ ] { } < >
                            
                                Punctuation
                                . , : ; .. ...

Weight Waterfall (7)

100 Thin

200 ExtraLight

300 Light

400 Regular

500 Medium

600 SemiBold

700 Bold

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@100;200;300;500;600;700;400&display=swap');

font-family: 'IBM Plex Mono', monospace;

brew install --cask font-ibm-plex-mono

Details

Category: Monospace
Style: coding-mono
Weights: 7
Italic: ✓
Korean: ✗
Designer: Mike Abbink
License: OFL
Version
Popularity: #117

License Usage

Web use	Allowed
Print	Allowed
Video / Broadcast	Allowed
Packaging	Allowed
App embedding	Allowed
Brand / Logo	Allowed
Modification	Allowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

cyrillic cyrillic-ext latin latin-ext vietnamese

Best For

code terminal enterprise