Nordwand Mono
Ranked 2 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
Praised for a softer, legible, clean monospace design with character, though the lowercase m and bracket shapes bother some and it lacks some characters.
Praised for a softer, legible, clean monospace design with character, though the lowercase m and bracket shapes bother some and it lacks some characters.
44 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 40
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 40 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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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
Clean, attractive look
“It doesn't work for me for daily use, but looks quite clean and nice overall.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “Looks nice, I installed it and will test it to see how it fares.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “The face looks good. The code looks good.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” - Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers”
Soft, characterful design
“Nordwand feels softer and nicer, it embodies a message in the font”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “I think it brings the font so much more character”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “"stiff and cold", just how I like it!”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” - Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers”
Legible and easy on eyes
“a good font that relaxes your eyes and your brain is pennies well-spent”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “Wow this is highly legible, my eyes and brain really like this.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” Customizable, patchable repo
“have you tried patching it yourself? I did and it worked.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “the flexibility offered in the repo looks so great”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lowercase m looks awkward
“The 'm' bugs me a bit, and the <>, but I'm going to use it”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “it's beautiful, the m is challenging tho”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “that lowercase M really bothers me”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” Brackets and angle glyphs too similar
“My main concern is that the tall glyphs for less than will disambiguate badly with actual Unicode left 〈 and right angle brackets 〉.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “I find the parenthesis and square bracket look too similar”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “The 'm' bugs me a bit, and the <>, but I'm going to use it”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” Boxy shapes and wide spacing
“it's much more boxy, and letters are closer in height, especially noticeable in uppercase next to lowercase”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “Spacing looks good for monospace, but it's too wide for my taste.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” Missing some characters
“it doesn't support all the characters I need, so I can't use it as a terminal font”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers” “It doesn't support all the characters all my alphabet.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers”
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 MonoThis page | 40 | 4 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| Myna | 29 | 10 | 74% | 1 | — | — |
| Berkeley Mono | 27 | 6 | 82% | 7 | — | Approved |
| JetBrains Mono | 23 | 4 | 85% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
32 of the 46 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's beautiful, the m is challenging tho”
“I kinda think I like it better than Jetbrains”
“There's something really nice about it.”
“"stiff and cold", just how I like it!”
“that lowercase M really bothers me”
“+1 for another happy customer”
“a good font that relaxes your eyes and your brain is pennies well-spent”
“this is only missing the å”
“I think it brings the font so much more character”
“It doesn't support all the characters all my alphabet.”
“the middle tinge is too long, or it’s too symmetric, the right corner is too sharp or something”
“Looks nice, I installed it and will test it to see how it fares.”
“it's much more boxy, and letters are closer in height, especially noticeable in uppercase next to lowercase”
“have you tried patching it yourself? I did and it worked.”
“It doesn't work for me for daily use, but looks quite clean and nice overall.”
“it has the wonderful short middle descender, taken from Ubuntu Mono”
“I actually fricking love this font”
“The 'm' bugs me a bit, and the <>, but I'm going to use it”
“Seeing as your font is OFL, you might like to submit it to Google Fonts.”
“it doesn't support all the characters I need, so I can't use it as a terminal font”
“Nordwand feels softer and nicer, it embodies a message in the font”
“I'm a bit more charmed by Nordwand”
“I find the parenthesis and square bracket look too similar”
“My main concern is that the tall glyphs for less than will disambiguate badly with actual Unicode left 〈 and right angle brackets 〉.”
“Wow this is highly legible, my eyes and brain really like this.”
“Nice font, it reminds me the kind of fonts they are using when showing code in movies”
“the flexibility offered in the repo looks so great”
“The face looks good. The code looks good.”
“I like that this isn't trying to be aggressively narrow”
“Spacing looks good for monospace, but it's too wide for my taste.”
“I like the shape of the lowercase italic 'w'!”
“Helping its case is that it looks a bit like Berkeley Mono.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.