About Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono.
Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono, a monospace version of Atkinson Hyperlegible, offers new opportunities for developers with low vision. Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono includes new weights, refined curves, added symbols, and additional language support.
Named after the founder of the Braille Institute, Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono has been developed specifically to increase legibility for readers with low vision, and to improve reading comprehension.
Having a traditional grotesque sans-serif at its core, it departs from tradition to incorporate unambiguous, distinctive elements—and at times, unexpected forms—always with the goal of increasing character recognition and ultimately improving reading.
To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next-mono.
From Rebranding to Readability with Atkinson Hyperlegible
Distinct and modern, the Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface aims to deliver both legibility and readability
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 2.2 billion people have a vision impairment. Major financial burdens can occur when people can’t read fluently or work to their full potential. For example, the WHO estimates that “losses associated with vision impairment from uncorrected myopia and presbyopia alone were estimated to be US$ 244 billion and US$ 25.4 billion, respectively.” Typeface design can help.
When Braille Institute hired Applied Design Works to create a new brand identity and branding strategy to coincide with their 2019 centennial anniversary, the firm looked for a beautiful and functional font specifically designed for improved legibility and readability. Brad Scott and Elliott Scott of Applied Design Works were concerned about typefaces that look a little like old ransom notes, where each letter and number were dramatically different from each other. They wondered if, despite designers’ intentions, these typefaces could actually be more difficult to read for some people. They decided that no existing typeface met their legibility, readability, and branding goals. So they endeavored to create a new typeface called Atkinson Hyperlegible, named after the organization’s founder J. Robert Atkinson. The work would go on to be recognized with a 2019 Fast Company ‘Innovation by Design’ Award.
- Designer
- Braille Institute, Applied Design Works, Elliott Scott, Megan Eiswerth, Letters From Sweden
- Classification
- Sans Serif
- Coverage
- 383 languages
- Package release
- v8
- Updated
- Mar 3, 2026
- Monthly usage
- npm26,432 downloads last month
- jsDelivr6,779 requests last month
- License
- OFL-1.1
Style and character
Visual characteristics associated with this family.
Characters and features
What this family includes and how its files are structured.
Language and character coverage
- 'AleQale · Latin
- AchineseBahsa Acèh · Latin
- AdaraLatin
- AfarQafar · Latin
- AfrikaansLatin
- Ainu (Latin)
- AlagoLatin
- AlbanianShqip · Latin
- AlekanoGahuku · Latin
- AmahuacaLatin
- AmarakaeriLatin
- AmisLatin
- AnaangAnaañ · Latin
- Ao NagaLatin
- Arabic, Chadian SpokenLatin
- AragoneseAragonés · Latin
- ArapahoLatin
- AromanianArmani · Latin
- ArpitanLatin
- Artificial languages, World (Latin)
- AsháninkaLatin
- Ashéninka PerenéLatin
- Ashéninka, PichisLatin
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Latin
- AsuKipare · Latin
- AwakLatin
- AymaraAymar · Latin
- BalineseBali · Latin
- Banda, West CentralLatin
- BangwinjiLatin
- BanjarLatin
- BapukuLatin
- Bashkir (Latin)
- BasqueEuskara · Latin
- Batak TobaLatin
- BedawiyetLatin
- BembaChibemba · Latin
- BenaEkibena · Latin
- BenchLatin
- BengaLatin
- BetawiLatin
- BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
- BilenLatin
- BislamaLatin
- Bodo (Latin)
- BokobaruLatin
- BosnianBosanski · Latin
- C’LelaLatin
- CahungwaryaLatin
- Candoshi-ShapraLatin
- CaquinteLatin
- Cashibo-CacataiboLatin
- CatalanCatalà · Latin
- CebuanoBinisaya · Latin
- Central DusunLatin
- ChachiLatin
- ChamorroChamorru · Latin
- Chavacano, Philippines (Latin)
- ChidurumaLatin
- ChigaRukiga · Latin
- Chimborazo Highland QuichuaRuna Simi · Latin
- Chin, HakaLatin
- Chin, MatuLatin
- Chinantec, OjitlánLatin
- ChokweLatin
- ChuukeseChuuk · Latin
- Cofán, Latin
- ColognianKölsch · Latin
- ColoradoLatin
- Comorian, NgazidjaLatin
- CornishKernewek · Latin
- CorsicanCorsu · Latin
- Crimean TurkishLatin
- Crioulo, Upper GuineaLatin
- CroatianHrvatski · Latin
- Cuyonon (Latin)
- CzechČeština · Latin
- DanishDansk · Latin
- DawroLatin
- DikakaLatin
- DrungLatin
- DutchNederlands · Latin
- ElfdalianLatin
- EnglishLatin
- Ese EjjaLatin
- EstonianEesti · Latin
- ExtremaduranLatin
- FaroeseFøroyskt · Latin
- FijianVakaviti · Latin
- FilipinoLatin
- FinnishSuomi · Latin
- Finnish, KvenLatin
- FrenchFrançais · Latin
- FriulianFurlan · Latin
- FuliiruLatin
- GagauzGagauzça · Latin
- GalicianGalego · Latin
- GalloLatin
- GamoLatin
- GarifunaLatin
- Gelao, KlauLatin
- GermanDeutsch · Latin
- Gheg AlbanianGegnisht · Latin
- GilberteseKiribati · Latin
- GofaLatin
- Guadeloupean Creole French, Martinique (Latin)
- GuarayuLatin
- Guianese Creole FrenchLatin
- GusiiEkegusii · Latin
- GyeleLatin
- HadiyyaHadiyyisa · Latin
- Haitian CreoleKreyòl Ayisyen · Latin
- HaniLatin
- HarariLatin
- HiligaynonIlonggo · Latin
- Hindustani, SarnamiLatin
- Hmonghveb Hmub · Latin
- Hmong NjuaLatin
- Hmong, Northern QiandongHmong (Latin) · Latin
- Hmong, Southern QiandongLatin
- HopiHopilàvayi · Latin
- Huastec, San Luís PotosíLatin
- HungarianMagyar · Latin
- IcelandicÍslenska · Latin
- IdoLatin
- IlokoIlokano · Latin
- IndonesianIndonesia · Latin
- InnuInnu Aimun · Latin
- InterlinguaLatin
- Interlingue (Latin)
- IraqwLatin
- IrishGaeilge · Latin
- ItalianItaliano · Latin
- IzereLatin
- Jamaican Creole EnglishJamiekan · Latin
- JavaneseJawa · Latin
- Jèrriais, Latin
- KabuverdianuLatin
- KalaallisutLatin
- KalangaLatin
- KalenjinMarkweta · Latin
- KaondeLatin
- KarelianKarjala · Latin
- KashubianKaszëbsczi · Latin
- Kazakh (Latin)
- KhasiKa Ktien Khasi · Latin
- Kichwa, Unified QuichuaLatin
- KimbunduLatin
- KinyarwandaLatin
- KitubaLatin
- Klingon (Latin)
- KombeLatin
- KongoKikongo · Latin
- KonjoLatin
- KuanyamaOshikwanyama · Latin
- KunamaLatin
- Kurdish (Latin)Kurmancî
- KutuLatin
- KwereLatin
- KʼicheʼQatzijob'al · Latin
- LadinLatin
- Ladino (Latin)
- LambaIchilamba · Latin
- Latin
- LatvianLatviešu · Latin
- LeleLatin
- LigurianLigure · Latin
- Lingua Franca Nova, Latin
- LithuanianLietuviškai · Latin
- Lojban (Latin)lojban (Latin)
- LombardLatin
- LomweLatin
- Low GermanNiedersächsisch · Latin
- Lower SorbianDolnoserbšćina · Latin
- Luba-LuluaTshiluba · Latin
- LuguruLatin
- Lule SamiJulevusámegiella · Latin
- LundaLatin
- LuoDholuo · Latin
- LuvaleLatin
- LuwoLatin
- LuxembourgishLëtzebuergesch · Latin
- LuyiaLatin
- MachameLatin
- MakhuwaEmakhuwa · Latin
- Makhuwa-MeettoImeetto · Latin
- MakondeChimakonde · Latin
- MalagasyLatin
- Malay (Latin)
- MalteseMalti · Latin
- Mambila, NigeriaLatin
- ManxGaelg · Latin
- ManyikaLatin
- MapucheMapudungun · Latin
- Maranao (Latin)
- MasaabaLatin
- Matsés (Latin)
- Mauritian CreoleKreol Morisien · Latin
- Mazatec, IxcatlánLatin
- MeruKîmîîrû · Latin
- Middle High GermanLatin
- MinangkabauBaso Minangkabau · Latin
- MískitoLatin
- Mixe, TotontepecLatin
- MohawkKanien’kéha · Latin
- MozarabicLatin
- MuscogeeMvskoke · Latin
- Musi (Latin)
- NaraLatin
- NdambaLatin
- NdauLatin
- NdongaLatin
- NeapolitanNapulitano · Latin
- NgindoLatin
- NguluLatin
- NomatsiguengaLatin
- North NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
- Northern FrisianLatin
- Northern SothoSepedi · Latin
- NorwegianNorsk · Latin
- Norwegian Bokmålnorsk bokmål · Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsknynorsk · Latin
- NovialLatin
- Nupe-Nupe-TakoLatin
- NyankoleRunyankore · Latin
- Nyasa TongaLatin
- NyembaLatin
- NyoroLatin
- OccitanLatin
- OgbahLatin
- OkiekLatin
- Old FrenchLatin
- Old IrishLatin
- Old ProvençalLatin
- Old Welsh, Latin
- OromoAfaan Oromoo · Latin
- OroqenLatin
- Otomi, MezquitalLatin
- OtuhoLatin
- Paite Chin, Latin
- Palauana tekoi er a Belau · Latin
- PampangaKapampangan · Latin
- PapiamentoPapiamentu · Latin
- PicardLatin
- PiedmontesePiemontèis · Latin
- PijinLatin
- Pintupi-LuritjaLatin
- PipilLatin
- PogoloLatin
- PohnpeianPohnpei · Latin
- PökootMarkweta · Latin
- PolishPolski · Latin
- Pontic (Latin)
- PortuguesePortuguês · Latin
- Punuyipunu · Latin
- PurepechaLatin
- Quechua, Ambo-PascoLatin
- Quechua, Arequipa-La UniónLatin
- Quechua, AyacuchoLatin
- Quechua, CajamarcaLatin
- Quechua, CuscoRunasimi · Latin
- Quechua, Huamalíes-Dos de Mayo HuánucoLatin
- Quechua, Huaylas AncashLatin
- Quechua, Margos-Yarowilca-LauricochaLatin
- Quechua, North JunínLatin
- Quechua, Northern Conchucos AncashLatin
- Quechua, South BolivianLatin
- QʼeqchiʼLatin
- Rapa (Latin)
- RejangLatin
- RendilleLatin
- ResheLatin
- Réunion Creole FrenchLatin
- RigweLatin
- Rinconada BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
- Rohingya (Latin)
- RomagnolLatin
- RomanianRomână · Latin
- RomanshRumantsch · Latin
- RomboLatin
- RongaLatin
- RundiIkirundi · Latin
- RwaLatin
- SahoLatin
- Saint Lucian Creole French, Latin
- SalarLatin
- SamburuSampur · Latin
- SangoSängö · Latin
- SanguShisango · Latin
- SãotomenseLatin
- SardinianSardu · Latin
- SasakLatin
- Sassarese SardinianSardu · Latin
- Saterland FrisianLatin
- ScotsScots Leid · Latin
- Scottish GaelicGàidhlig · Latin
- SecoyaLatin
- SenaCisena · Latin
- Serbian (Latin)srpski (latinica, Crna Gora)
- SeriCmiique Iitom · Latin
- Seselwa Creole FrenchSeselwa · Latin
- ShambalaKishambaa · Latin
- ShillukLatin
- Shipibo-ConiboLatin
- ShonaChishona · Latin
- SidamoLatin
- SilesianŚlůnsko godka · Latin
- SlovakSlovenčina · Latin
- SlovenianSlovenščina · Latin
- SogaLusoga · Latin
- SomaliSoomaali · Latin
- South NdebeleisiNdebele · Latin
- Southern SamiÅarjelsaemiengïele · Latin
- Southern TujiaLatin
- SpanishEspañol · Latin
- Sranan TongoLatin
- SubaLatin
- SukumaKisukuma · Latin
- SundaneseBasa Sunda · Latin
- SwahiliKiswahili · Latin
- Swahili, CongoLatin
- SwatiSiswati · Latin
- SwedishSvenska · Latin
- Swiss GermanSchwyzerdütsch · Latin
- TaitaKidawida · Latin
- Tajik (Latin)
- TakwaneLatin
- Talinga-BwisiLatin
- Tatar (Latin)
- Tedim ChinLatin
- Tenango Otomi, Latin
- TetumLia Tetun · Latin
- Tetun DiliLatin
- TivLatin
- Tiwi (Latin)
- Tok PisinLatin
- TongaLatin
- TooroLatin
- Totonac, PapantlaLatin
- TsamaiLatin
- TsongaXitsonga · Latin
- TsuvadiLatin
- TswanaSetswana · Latin
- TulaLatin
- TumbukaChitumbuka · Latin
- TurkishTürkçe · Latin
- Turkmen (Latin)Türkmençe
- Tzeltal, OxchucLatin
- Tzotzil, ChamulaLatin
- Uab MetoUab Metô · Latin
- Upper SorbianHornjoserbšćina · Latin
- ut-Ma’inLatin
- Uyghur (Latin)Uighur
- VenetianVèneto · Latin
- VepsVepsä · Latin
- VidundaLatin
- VolapükLatin
- VõroLatin
- VunjoLatin
- WalloonWalon · Latin
- WarayWaray-Waray · Latin
- WarlpiriLatin
- WayuuWayuunaiki · Latin
- WelshCymraeg · Latin
- WendatLatin
- West Albay BikolPandan Bikol · Latin
- Western FrisianFrysk · Latin
- Wolaytta (Latin)
- XhosaisiXhosa · Latin
- YaneshaʼLatin
- YaochiYao · Latin
- YapeseWaab · Latin
- YasaLatin
- YucatecoMàaya t'àan · Latin
- ZaghawaLatin
- ZandeLatin
- ZáparoLatin
- Zapotec, GüiláLatin
- Zapotec, MiahuatlánLatin
- ZayseLatin
- ZhuangLatin
- ZigulaLatin
- ZuluisiZulu · Latin
Styles and axes
7 weights · Italic, Normal
Variable axes let you fine-tune the design between the values shown.
- ItalicAdjust the style from roman to italic.
ital· 0–1 · default 0 - WeightAdjust the style from lighter to bolder in typographic color, by varying stroke weights, spacing and kerning, and other aspects of the type.
wght· 200–800 · default 400
OpenType features
Availability can vary between files.
- Access all alternatesMakes every alternate form in the font available for selection.
aalt - Case-sensitive formsAdjusts punctuation and symbols to align with capital letters.
case - Glyph compositionBuilds or separates glyphs so letters and marks shape correctly.
ccmp - FractionsBuilds diagonal fractions from ordinary numbers.
frac - Localized formsUses character forms appropriate to the selected language or region.
locl - Mark positioningPositions combining marks relative to their base characters.
mark - Mark-to-mark positioningPositions combining marks relative to other marks.
mkmk - OrdinalsUses letterforms designed for ordinal numbers.
ordn - SuperscriptUses glyphs designed to sit above the text baseline.
sups - Slashed zeroDistinguishes zero from the letter O, commonly with a slash.
zero
License
Complete terms and attribution for this font.
Copyright 2020-2024 The Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next-mono)
Copyright 2020-2024 The Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/atkinson-hyperlegible-next-mono) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://openfontlicense.org ----------------------------------------------------------- SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- PREAMBLE The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others. The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded, redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives, however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives. DEFINITIONS "Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may include source files, build scripts and documentation. "Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the copyright statement(s). "Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as distributed by the Copyright Holder(s). "Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting, or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a new environment. "Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software. PERMISSION & CONDITIONS Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify, redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font Software, subject to the following conditions: 1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself. 2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user. 3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as presented to the users. 4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written permission. 5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the Font Software. TERMINATION This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are not met. DISCLAIMER THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
Provenance
Where the files came from and what Fontsource distributes.
- Provider
- Google Fonts
- Source files
- 2
- Formats
- TTF
- Revision
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- AtkinsonHyperlegibleMono-Italic[wght].ttf Variable · Italic · 200–800 weight · Version 2.001 · 55 KB
- AtkinsonHyperlegibleMono[wght].ttf Variable · Normal · 200–800 weight · Version 2.001 · 53 KB