# DejaVu Sans Mono

6 Hacker News commenters recommended DejaVu Sans Mono and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A long-standing default monospace font that people keep returning to for coding, praised for its hinting and comfortable spacing. Some find its look uglier.

## Why people recommend it

- Default many people are used to (2 comments): "I end up switching back to DejaVu Sans Mono for just about everything monospaced." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50096499)) "That was the default for years and it's what a lot of us are used to." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584358))

## What people warn about

- Auto-hinter looks only decent (1 comments): "DejaVu Mono looks decent with the auto-hinter, but it has phenomenal hinting bytecode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49914431))
- Looks uglier than others (1 comments): "DejaVu Sans Mono also has a big character set, but it is definitely uglier" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248842))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Iosevka](https://hackerapproved.com/p/iosevka.md): 108 recommend
- [Nordwand Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nordwand-mono.md): 40 recommend
- [Myna](https://hackerapproved.com/p/myna-typeface.md): 29 recommend
- [Berkeley Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/berkeley-mono.md): 27 recommend
- [JetBrains Mono](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-mono.md): 23 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "DejaVu Sans Mono", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dejavu-sans-mono/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).