IBM Plex
Shares rank 17 of 26 typefaces by recommenders
People recommend IBM Plex for its high-quality typefaces, which they find lovely and well designed. No recurring caveat appears in the quotes.
People recommend IBM Plex for its high-quality typefaces, which they find lovely and well designed. No recurring caveat appears in the quotes.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Outstanding, lovely typefaces
“only Morisawa's BIZ UD, Sandoll's IBM Plex and Adobe's Noto families are of outstanding quality.”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “Japanese game devs face font dilemma as license increases from $380 to $20k” “IBM Plex typefaces are lovely, as well.”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “IBM Bob”
Other typefaces people recommend
The four most recommended other typefaces, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Times New Roman | 35 | 28 | 56% | 4 | — | — |
| Atkinson Hyperlegible | 23 | 2 | 92% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Shantell Sans | 19 | 1 | 95% | 2 | — | — |
| Calibri | 16 | 36 | 31% | 1 | — | — |
| IBM PlexThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“IBM Plex shows more of their example assembly code than any of the other three, and quite clearly.”
“IBM Plex typefaces are lovely, as well.”
“made some strides towards improving their design language and systems in past years, which produced IBM Plex”
“only Morisawa's BIZ UD, Sandoll's IBM Plex and Adobe's Noto families are of outstanding quality.”
“it is suprisingly good for a PowerPoint-like presentations”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.