Monaspace
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 9 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
Free GitHub font family whose variants change letterforms while keeping monospace grids; people praise its design and brackets, though some find narrow variants too wide.
Free GitHub font family whose variants change letterforms while keeping monospace grids; people praise its design and brackets, though some find narrow variants too wide.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 15
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: 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 carries the badge
- 15 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 7.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Well-designed, high-quality type work
“This is a great execution of a very common font practice.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study” “the type designers did incredible work with monaspace”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study” Attractive glyphs and brackets
“But this one looks really good !”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study” “Finally, a bracket I can enjoy”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study” Clever idea for monospace fonts
“This is a great execution of a very common font practice.”
Comment from 1 Apr 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study” “What a brilliant idea, neat.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Narrow variant still too wide
“even the narrower option looks too wide on my terminal”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study” “it seems weird that their variable font doesn't go narrower”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study”
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 |
| MonaspaceThis page | 15 | 2 | 88% | 5 | — | Approved |
What people said
15 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“if you like big versatile font families”
“would drive me bonkers eventually”
“What a brilliant idea, neat.”
“It's the main reason I use monaspace as a font.”
“Surprised that Monaspace hasn't been mentioned below.”
“seems to have weird impacts on the context healing if you take it too far”
“a very convoluted and unsatisfying way of fixing a minor problem with monospace fonts”
“Finally, a bracket I can enjoy”
“This is a great execution of a very common font practice.”
“But this one looks really good !”
“it seems weird that their variable font doesn't go narrower”
“even the narrower option looks too wide on my terminal”
“Monaspace keeps the grid intact and only changes the characters visually”
“i do prefer neon and argon to the rest”
“the type designers did incredible work with monaspace”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.