Variable

Recursive

Designed by Arrow Type · 7 weights · Variable font · Free to download

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About Recursive

Stephen Nixon's Recursive is one of the most technically ambitious free fonts ever shipped: a single variable file whose axes slide from a crisp sans to a full monospace, and from businesslike to casual brush-inspired forms, alongside weight and slant. That lets one font serve UI, code and expressive headlines with perfect consistency. It is ideal for developer tools and design-engineering brands. Explore the CASL and MONO axes; they are the whole point.

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Specimen

16px The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
20px The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
28px The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
40px The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
56px The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
72px The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Available weights

300 · Light Recursive
400 · Regular Recursive
500 · Medium Recursive
600 · Semi Bold Recursive
700 · Bold Recursive
800 · Extra Bold Recursive
900 · Black Recursive

License

Recursive is free for personal and commercial use under an open-source license (distributed through Google Fonts, typically the SIL Open Font License). Always confirm the current license terms on the official source before shipping it in a product.

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