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Google Sans Code

Google Sans Code covers scripts that few others in the library reach: Old Permic (two families), Adlam (four families) and Cherokee (five families). Of the 1,899 families measured here, it has the fourth-largest number of script subsets.

Outlines drawn from the GoogleSansCode file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the monospaced families.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Google Sans Code	Median of 44 monospaced families
Ascender (top of d)	730	730
Cap height (top of H)	716	699
x-height (top of x)	524	517
Descender (foot of p)	−206	−200
x-height ÷ cap height	0.73	0.70
Average lowercase width	600	600
Ink coverage, a–z	40.0%	36.0%

Where it sitsEvery monospace family is a dot

X-height across the 42 monospaced families with ascenders

378748

Just below: Iosevka Charon, Iosevka Charon Mono; just above: Fira Code, Fira Mono

Average lowercase width across the 44 monospaced families

4001,000

Just below: Courier Prime, Sometype Mono; just above: Cousine, Oxygen Mono; level with: DM Mono, Fira Code, Fira Mono

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 300 to 800, with a matching italic; six of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Weight	wght	300 to 800	545 families

Scripts11 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 687 glyphs and 670 mapped Unicode characters; five OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: one stylistic set.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Roboto Monotaller x-height, same width Reddit Monoshorter x-height, narrower IBM Plex Monoshorter x-height, same width Lilexshorter x-height, same width DM Monoshorter x-height, same width Oxygen Monotaller x-height, same width

Outside the monospace class

Kalniashorter x-height, narrower Sorataller x-height, narrower M PLUS Ushorter x-height, narrower

Rank every family against Google Sans Code

Same designer

Google is credited on 212 other families in the library, from Noto Sans (2013) to Noto Sans Sunuwar (2025); the closest of them in x-height and width is Noto Sans Mono.