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Its almost near perfect for coding!", "context": "", "use_case": "coding font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font"}, {"id": 778704864, "item_id": 48669054, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669054", "by": "bayindirh", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have bought Berkeley Mono back in the day, and I use it everywhere, everyday.", "excerpt": "I have bought Berkeley Mono back in the day, and I use it everywhere, everyday. One of the best purchases I did ever. Free fonts are nice, but some paid options are polished to a different level. See: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono", "context": "", "use_case": "programming font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Monolisa v3 \u2013 a typeface for developers and creatives"}, {"id": 741247376, "item_id": 46327961, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327961", "by": "sorcercode", "date": "2025-12-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "inevitably i've found myself gravitating to these fonts:", "excerpt": "i feel your pain my friend. i really do. i don't have your skills of actually customizing or changing glyphs in fonts directly but i've customized and used scripts to fix glyph characters available as open type features. I've done this for fonts like: - [Iosevka](https://kau.sh/blog/build-iosevka-font-mac-os/) - [IBM Plex Mono](https://kau.sh/blog/freeze-alt-char-open-type-font/) - [Jetbrains Mono](https://github.com", "context": "", "use_case": "monospace coding font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making Google Sans Flex"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["terminal font", "coding font", "programming font", "monospace coding font"], "compared": [{"slug": "iosevka", "name": "Iosevka", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50141581", "title": "Nordwand Mono \u2013 A monospace font for coders and adventurers", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50084240", "title": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630318", "title": "Show HN: Monolisa v3 \u2013 a typeface for developers and creatives", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46322732", "title": "Making Google Sans Flex", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 802647984, "item_id": 50165499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50165499", "by": "bayindirh", "date": "2026-10-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Normally, I use Berkeley", "excerpt": "Unfortunately no, ligatures/nerd fonts/powerline is not in my concerns list. It doesn't support all the characters all my alphabet. This is the showstopper. Normally, I use Berkeley, but I have a couple of terminal profiles with different fonts which I use if I open 5+ terminals sometimes, to group things. I wondered whether I can use this one of the alternate fonts when things get complicated and crowded.", "context": "", "use_case": "terminal font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nordwand Mono \u2013 A monospace font for coders and adventurers"}, {"id": 801363312, "item_id": 50085207, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085207", "by": "nitinreddy88", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Its almost near perfect for coding!", "excerpt": "Once we use Berkeley mono font, we will never switch to another one :) Whenever font discussions come up, I will try everyones suggestions to find better than what I have, and always came back to Berkeley. Its almost near perfect for coding!", "context": "", "use_case": "coding font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font"}, {"id": 778704864, "item_id": 48669054, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669054", "by": "bayindirh", "date": "2026-06-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have bought Berkeley Mono back in the day, and I use it everywhere, everyday.", "excerpt": "I have bought Berkeley Mono back in the day, and I use it everywhere, everyday. One of the best purchases I did ever. Free fonts are nice, but some paid options are polished to a different level. See: https://usgraphics.com/products/berkeley-mono", "context": "", "use_case": "programming font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Monolisa v3 \u2013 a typeface for developers and creatives"}, {"id": 741247376, "item_id": 46327961, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46327961", "by": "sorcercode", "date": "2025-12-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "inevitably i've found myself gravitating to these fonts:", "excerpt": "i feel your pain my friend. i really do. i don't have your skills of actually customizing or changing glyphs in fonts directly but i've customized and used scripts to fix glyph characters available as open type features. I've done this for fonts like: - [Iosevka](https://kau.sh/blog/build-iosevka-font-mac-os/) - [IBM Plex Mono](https://kau.sh/blog/freeze-alt-char-open-type-font/) - [Jetbrains Mono](https://github.com", "context": "", "use_case": "monospace coding font", "switched_from": "", "story": "Making Google Sans Flex"}]}