JuliaMono
Shares rank 21 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
A free, open-source monospace font for coding and symbol-heavy text that people use daily and stick with. One mixed reviewer found the experience only okay.
A free, open-source monospace font for coding and symbol-heavy text that people use daily and stick with. One mixed reviewer found the experience only okay.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: 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: 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
- 6 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
Daily workhorse for coding
“That's my workhorse, I can't switch away.”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “Making Google Sans Flex” Richly designed, fascinating font
“seems like a fascinatingly rich font”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages” Chosen and kept after trying others
“I settled on JuliaMono, which was OK but the experience wasn't a happy memory.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “A New Typst Template for Pandoc”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Experience felt okay, not great
“I settled on JuliaMono, which was OK but the experience wasn't a happy memory.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “A New Typst Template for Pandoc”
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 |
| JuliaMonoThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I settled on JuliaMono, which was OK but the experience wasn't a happy memory.”
“I wish it had my favorite in it so that I could do a blind test to see if it really is my favorite”
“That's my workhorse, I can't switch away.”
“seems like a fascinatingly rich font”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.