# Comic Mono

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/comic-mono-font/

8 people recommended Comic Mono in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 8 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font”.

**Verdict:** Free monospace font that people like for coding and terminal use, often growing on them over time despite its comic-style look.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Used daily in terminals (2 comments in the sample): "i'm setting my terminal to this right now, haha" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146098)) "i use Comic Mono in my terminal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944836))
- Pleasant for writing code (2 comments in the sample): "I find writing code much more pleasant with Comic Code font" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46228532)) "Comic Mono is the best code font" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937650))
- Grows on people over time (2 comments in the sample): "You won't regret it, been using it 5 years." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089041)) "it has grown on me considerably" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47576155))

## Other monospace fonts people recommend

- [Iosevka](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iosevka/): 95 recommend, 13 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Nordwand Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nordwand-mono/): 30 recommend, 9 mixed, 4 criticize
- [JetBrains Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-mono/): 21 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Berkeley Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/berkeley-mono/): 21 recommend, 6 mixed, 5 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Comic Mono", https://hackerapproved.com/p/comic-mono-font/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.