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Free alternatives toPP Neue Montreal Mono

The closest free alternative to PP Neue Montreal Mono is iA Writer Mono, 77% alike by measurement, free from its open-source project. Anonymous Pro and Fragment Mono come next.

Get iA Writer Mono ↗

PP Neue Montreal Mono, by Mat Desjardins for Pangram Pangram. Measured on pangrampangram.com, October 23rd, 2026.

The six closest.

  1. 01

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    iA Writer Mono

    77%

    Close matchOpen source · SIL Open Font License

    • Same x-height
    • Same width
    • Same weight
    • Same stroke contrast
    Get iA Writer Mono ↗
  2. 02

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Anonymous Pro

    75%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 11% shorter x-height
    • Sets 9% narrower
    • Same weight
    • Same stroke contrast
    Get Anonymous Pro ↗
  3. 03

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Fragment Mono

    75%

    Close matchGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 3% taller x-height
    • Sets 3% wider
    • A touch heavier
    • Same stroke contrast
    Get Fragment Mono ↗
  4. 04

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Adwaita Mono

    75%

    Close matchOpen source · SIL Open Font License

    • Same x-height
    • Same width
    • A touch heavier
    • Same stroke contrast
    Get Adwaita Mono ↗
  5. 05

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    iA Writer Duo

    75%

    Close matchOpen source · SIL Open Font License

    • Same x-height
    • Same width
    • Same weight
    • Same stroke contrast
    Get iA Writer Duo ↗
  6. 06

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Typography is what language looks like.

    Red Hat Mono

    74%

    Same spiritGoogle Fonts · SIL Open Font License

    • 4% shorter x-height
    • Same width
    • Same weight
    • Same stroke contrast
    Get Red Hat Mono ↗

Measured, side by side.

PP Neue Montreal Mono against iA Writer Mono, from the letters themselves. These numbers are why iA Writer Mono comes first, and what the CSS below corrects for.

Proportions in em, at the same font size
Ascender0.710.74Cap height0.710.70x-height0.510.52Descender0.180.21
Letter widths, a to z: what decides where lines break
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Weight+5%
Stroke contrast−11%

PP Neue Montreal Mono iA Writer Mono

Keep your line breaks.

Swap PP Neue Montreal Mono for iA Writer Mono and nothing reflows. This sets iA Writer Mono at PP Neue Montreal Mono’s x-height and line length, so headings, buttons and paragraphs break where they did.

PP Neue Montreal Mono → iA Writer Mono
font-family: "iA Writer Mono", monospace;
font-size: 0.988em; /* down to PP Neue Montreal Mono’s x-height */
letter-spacing: 0.007em; /* to PP Neue Montreal Mono’s line length */

About PP Neue Montreal Mono

PP Neue Montreal Mono is a paid monospace designed by Mat Desjardins, published by Pangram Pangram.

See PP Neue Montreal Mono on pangrampangram.com ↗

Paid fonts like PP Neue Montreal Mono

Questions, answered.

What is the best free alternative to PP Neue Montreal Mono?

iA Writer Mono. Measured letter by letter, it’s 77% alike: same x-height, same width, same weight, same stroke contrast. Anonymous Pro, Fragment Mono, Adwaita Mono, iA Writer Duo and Red Hat Mono are also close.

Is there a free version of PP Neue Montreal Mono?

No. PP Neue Montreal Mono is a paid monospace from Pangram Pangram. Every alternative on this page is free for commercial use, under the SIL Open Font License.

How were these alternatives chosen?

By measuring the letters, not by comparing names or tags. PP Neue Montreal Mono was measured as pangrampangram.com, October 23rd draws it: its proportions, the width of every letter and figure, its weight, its stroke contrast and the shapes of telling letters like a, g, R and Q. The same measurements were taken of 1,506 free fonts, and these came closest. Each match was then checked by eye.

Will iA Writer Mono change my layout?

Not if you use the CSS on this page. It sets iA Writer Mono 1.2% smaller with a touch more letter-spacing, so text written for PP Neue Montreal Mono keeps its x-height and its line lengths, and lines break in the same places.

Spot PP Neue Montreal Mono in the wild?

Point Fontsight at any text on any website. It names the font, and offers a free look-alike you can try on the page, line breaks intact.

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