# Noto fonts

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Noto fonts and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source font family of good quality, recommended for fixing missing-character boxes in text. Critics say it adds many fonts that clutter the font picker.

## Why people recommend it

- Good quality (2 comments): "Adobe's Noto families are of outstanding quality." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46134732)) "quality wise, FOSS fonts are fine" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46132514))
- Suggested fix for missing characters (2 comments): "Added a small “Font tips (if you see □)” section with system font notes and Noto suggestions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441876)) "system font notes and Noto suggestions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46441938))

## What people warn about

- Adds many fonts to picker (1 comments): "now you have to scroll through hundreds of useless squiggle fonts in your font picker" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46253417))

## 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, "Noto fonts", https://hackerapproved.com/p/noto-fonts/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).