Source Code Pro
Shares rank 21 of 25 monospace fonts by recommenders
Free Adobe monospace font that people settle on after trying alternatives, valued for round, open letters that read easily.
Free Adobe monospace font that people settle on after trying alternatives, valued for round, open letters that read easily.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not 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 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Chosen after comparing many alternatives
“I used Hack, Iosevka, Adobe's Source Code Pro and more for a very long time and was very happy about all.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives” “Source Code Pro was my winner in this test”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font” Same font people keep returning to
“weirdly validating that what I ended up with is what I actually use”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font” “I ended up with the same font I tend to use”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font”
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 |
| Source Code ProThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There's something about how round and open the letters are that's very readable to me.”
“I used Hack, Iosevka, Adobe's Source Code Pro and more for a very long time and was very happy about all.”
“I ended up with the same font I tend to use”
“weirdly validating that what I ended up with is what I actually use”
“Source Code Pro was my winner in this test”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.