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Brass Mono

Brass Mono delivers clean, contemporary letterforms optimized for digital interfaces and modern design systems.

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Sans Serifby Peter Fonseca54% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Brass Mono

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Best Font Pairings for Brass Mono

TypeSmith curates 5 expert font pairings for Brass Mono, including combinations with Big Shoulders Inline Text, Saira Stencil One and Umbrage.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Brass Mono Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Brass Mono with any font combination in real-time, optimized for sans serif characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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In Context

Brass Mono Specimen Gallery

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Brass Mono Editorial Specimen

Brass Mono in Editorial Context

Brass Mono is a sans serif typeface by Peter Fonseca suited for editorial layouts and long-form reading.

Peter Fonseca

Typeface Designer • Sans Serif

Brass Mono demonstrates editorial readability through balanced proportions and consistent stroke weight. As a sans serif typeface, it delivers clear letterforms that sustain reader engagement across extended passages of text.

The weight range of Brass Mono supports typographic hierarchy within editorial layouts. Headline weights establish visual anchors while lighter weights maintain comfortable reading rhythm in body text columns.

Designed by Peter Fonseca, Brass Mono balances personality with function — providing enough character to establish visual identity without compromising the legibility that editorial contexts demand.

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Brass Mono Typography

A sans serif typeface for UI components.

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Brass Mono Specimen

Brass Mono

Brass Mono is a sans serif typeface by Peter Fonseca built for display contexts.

2 WeightsSans Serif Typeface
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Tagline Pairings

Brass Mono— sans serif typeface
Brass MonoBy Peter Fonseca
Brass MonoTYPE

Editorial

Magazine-style headline and body text layout

Character Set

Brass Mono Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Brass Mono Heading Hierarchy

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Brass Mono primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Brass Mono section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Brass Mono subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Brass Mono content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Brass Mono minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Brass Mono smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Brass Mono for Paragraphs

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Brass Mono, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Brass Mono demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Brass Mono for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Brass Mono small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxBrass Mono delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxBrass Mono italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxBrass Mono bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxBrass Mono typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxBrass Mono typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Brass Mono'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Brass Mono

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Brass+Mono:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Brass+Mono:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Brass Mono';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Brass+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

CSS Code Examples

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Brass Mono', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Brass Mono', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'brass-mono': ['Brass Mono', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-brass-mono">Your text here</p>

About

Brass Mono: History & Characteristics

Peter Fonseca
Sans Serif
Open Source

Brass Mono is a free font from Peter Fonseca.

Brass Mono was crafted by Peter Fonseca. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Sans Serif typeface in the Vox-ATypI Lineal classification, Brass Mono features no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements.

Brass Mono is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 5 curated font pairings available. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

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Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Brass Mono

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Brass Mono's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

TypeSmith classifies Brass Mono within the Lineal (Grotesque, Neo-grotesque, Geometric, Humanist) tradition, characterized by No serif extensions on stroke terminals and Stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. The first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Key technical strength: widest variable-font support with weight and width axes.

Sans Serif analysis.
2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 54). Brass Mono offers acceptable readability for standard design contexts, though specialized accessibility projects may benefit from higher-rated alternatives.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Peter Fonseca. The designer's attention to stroke consistency and typographic color produces a Sans Serif with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Brass Mono

Brass Mono embodies the Lineal typeface, grounded in the tradition where the first commercially successful sans-serifs appeared in the 1810s-1830s as display types. Its distinctive no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated make it well-suited for user interface text and navigation elements. TypeSmith catalogs Brass Mono in a single weight variant and 5 curated font pairings.

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5 curated pairings for Brass Mono
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Accessibility & Usability

54
Accessibility Score
Adequate Accessibility

Brass Mono Accessibility Profile

Brass Mono falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Grotesques with ambiguous letterforms (I/l/1) reduce accessibility. Choose designs with distinct character differentiation and open apertures for inclusive typography.

Brass Mono Legibility Characteristics

Brass Mono draws legibility from its no serif extensions on stroke terminals and stroke contrast ranging from monolinear to subtly modulated. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Brass Mono?

Humanist sans-serifs offer the best body-text readability in the category. Geometric and neo-grotesque designs excel in short-form UI text but require careful sizing for sustained reading. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Brass Mono for Long-Form Content

Brass Mono provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Brass Mono Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Brass Mono. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Brass Mono at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Getting the Most from Brass Mono

Pair with Garalde or Transitional serifs for classic contrast. A humanist sans body with a geometric sans display creates intra-category tension without conflict. Curated pairings are available to guide complementary typeface selection for Brass Mono. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Brass Mono in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

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Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

Aa
100
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200
Aa
300
Aa
400
Aa
500
Aa
600
Aa
700
Aa
800
Aa
900

Internationalization

International Character Support

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

This font encodes 148 glyphs covering Latin. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Brass Mono License Information

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Brass Mono is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Brass Mono ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.