Comic Mono
Shares rank 17 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
Free monospace font that people like for coding and terminal use, often growing on them over time despite its comic-style look.
Free monospace font that people like for coding and terminal use, often growing on them over time despite its comic-style look.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Used daily in terminals
“i'm setting my terminal to this right now, haha”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “The vi family” “i use Comic Mono in my terminal”
Comment from 17 Jul 2026 in “Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source” Pleasant for writing code
“I find writing code much more pleasant with Comic Code font”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri” “Comic Mono is the best code font”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source” Grows on people over time
“You won't regret it, been using it 5 years.”
Comment from 14 Oct 2026 in “Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font” “it has grown on me considerably”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font”
Other monospace fonts people recommend
The four most recommended other monospace fonts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iosevka | 108 | 10 | 92% | 9 | 5 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Nordwand Mono | 40 | 4 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| Myna | 29 | 10 | 74% | 1 | — | — |
| Berkeley Mono | 27 | 6 | 82% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Comic MonoThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You won't regret it, been using it 5 years.”
“i use Comic Mono in my terminal”
“Comic Mono is the best code font”
“i'm setting my terminal to this right now, haha”
“i like that way more than i would have thought simply based on the name”
“it has grown on me considerably”
“I find writing code much more pleasant with Comic Code font”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.