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The Anatomy of a Typeface

By FontSide · June 2026

Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.

A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.

Specimen Scale

Preview Text

Weights

72px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

48px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

36px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

24px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

18px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

14px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Character Map

Uppercase

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Lowercase

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

Numerals

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Symbols

!

?

.

,

;

:

—

…

“

”

‘

’

(

)

[

]

{

}

/

\

@

#

$

%

&

*

+

−

=

Light 300 Italic Amsterdam

Light 300 Barcelona

Regular 400 Italic Casablanca

Regular 400 Dublin

Medium 500 Italic Edinburgh

Medium 500 Frankfurt

Semi Bold 600 Italic Geneva

Semi Bold 600 Helsinki

Bold 700 Italic Istanbul

Bold 700 Jakarta

Package Manager

The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.

1. Install Package

pnpm add @fontsource-variable/red-hat-mono

2. Import in App

import '@fontsource-variable/red-hat-mono/wght.css';

3. CSS Usage

body {
  font-family: "Red Hat Mono Variable", monospace;
}

Google Fonts CDN

Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.

HTML <head>

<!-- Please select at least one weight and style -->

Fontsource CDN

Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.

Global CSS

/* red-hat-mono-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
  font-family: "Red Hat Mono Variable";
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
  font-weight: 100 900;
  src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/red-hat-mono:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
    format("woff2-variations");
}

Background & Story

Red Hat is a family of typefaces produced in 2 optical sizes and this monospace style, each with a range of weights and with italics. The fonts were originally commissioned by Paula Scher at Pentagram, and designed by Jeremy Mickel at MCKL for a new Red Hat brand identity.

The Red Hat typefaces are a fresh take on the geometric sans genre, taking inspiration from a range of American sans serifs including Tempo and Highway Gothic. The Display styles are low contrast and spaced tightly, with a large x-height and open counters. The Text styles have a slightly smaller x-height and narrower width for better legibility, are spaced more generously, and have thinned joins for better performance at small sizes. The two families can be used together seamlessly at a range of sizes.

The November 2024 update addresses a frequently reported weight issue. The Medium and SemiBold weights now have slightly different weight compared to the previous version, ensuring better weight distribution within the design space and improved fluidity in the variable font.

To contribute, see github.com/RedHatOfficial/RedHatFont

Tags & Moods

CalmRuggedMonospaceGeometricVariable

Subsets

latinlatin ext

Red Hat Mono