# IBM Plex

7 Hacker News commenters recommended IBM Plex and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend IBM Plex for its high-quality typefaces, which they find lovely and well designed. No recurring caveat appears in the quotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Outstanding, lovely typefaces (2 comments): "only Morisawa's BIZ UD, Sandoll's IBM Plex and Adobe's Noto families are of outstanding quality." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46134732)) "IBM Plex typefaces are lovely, as well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49568341))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Shantell Sans](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shantell-sans.md): 19 recommend
- [Nebula Sans](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nebula-sans.md): 16 recommend
- [Furifont](https://hackerapproved.com/p/furifont.md): 16 recommend
- [Avería font](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aver-a-the-average-font.md): 15 recommend
- [Inter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/inter.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "IBM Plex", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ibm-plex/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).