# Zed A Sans

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Zed A Sans and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a well-executed, nice-looking sans typeface. Critics say the lowercase s and other x-height letters look too tall, and that it is expensive.

## Why people recommend it

- Looks quite nice (1 comments): "Looks quite nice except the lowercase s is too tall." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755757))
- Well-executed design (1 comments): "seems to be well-executed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668232))

## What people warn about

- Lowercase letters look too tall (2 comments): "Looks quite nice except the lowercase s is too tall." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755757)) "clearly taller than other x-height letters like e, o or r" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47749536))

## 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, "Zed A Sans", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zed-a-sans/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).