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Dev tools · July 23, 2020

Recursive Sans & Mono

A variable font for vibrant code & UI (free & open-source!)

Recursive Sans & Mono launched on July 23, 2020 with 7 votes, #1,244 of 4,305 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

Recursive is a highly-flexible new font family for code, websites, and apps. Choose from 64 predefined styles, or dial in exactly what you want from its 5 variable axes: Monospace, Casual, Weight, Slant, and Cursive. Free, open-source, and now on Google Fonts!

A highly flexible variable font for design, code, and UI.

Get the partial family on Google Fonts or the full family via the Google Fonts API, configurable with the controls below. Estimated size of woff2 file with a basic Latin character set. Actual results may vary. To embed Recursive into a webpage, copy this code into the <head> of your HTML. Visit the Google Fonts API Docs to learn more about custom font requests. Built to maximize versatility, control, and performance, Recursive is a five-axis variable font. This enables you to choose from a wide range of predefined styles, or dial in exactly what you want for each of its axes: Monospace, Casual, Weight, Slant, and Cursive . Taking full advantage of variable font technology, Recursive offers…from recursive.design

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