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Andrey Okonetchnikov

MonoLisa - font follows function

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MonoLisa is a monospaced typeface specifically designed for coders. It features distinct shapes of glyphs and carefully balanced white space of each character to minimize ambiguity and mistakes. The font includes over hundred coding ligatures and support for powerline terminals out of the box.

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Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
👋, hunters! We are Marcus Sterz, Andrey Okonetchnikov, and Juho Vepsäläinen from Vienna. Marcus is a font designer and Andrey & Juho are professional web developers. Last year, three of us were sharing the same working space. This is where Marcus saw me and Juho programming and he got curious about the fonts we use so we talked briefly about it. Roughly two months later, Marcus came back to us with a first draft of the font called "MonoLisa". After testing it for a few weeks, we loved it so much, that we proposed to collaborate on it to make it even better. Today, after a year of combined effort we're happy to launch MonoLisa and hope that you're going enjoy it as much as we enjoyed working on it!
David Khourshid
I've been using this font for months, and while the slightly wider nature of this font took a little getting used to at first, it eventually grew on me and I saw how well this font works with my daily workflow. A great, quality font and I highly recommend it!
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
@david_khourshid hope to see it on https://xstate.js.org soon :)
Changhun Lee
I really like the font. Especially it doesn't look too condensed or tall also doesn't feel like mechanical or robotic. However I wish there's a way to test it out in my real dev setup before purchasing for good.
Juho Vepsäläinen
Maker
@changhun_lee I think we'll implement you a way to add system fonts at the playground so it's a little easier to compare. Would that help?
Changhun Lee
@bebraw It's better than nothing I guess but how it looks and feels in the browser can be very different from your own setup (various IDEs, Terminals, OSs). Maybe you can make a free version with limited functionalites (something like regular only, no italic, limited special characters and ligature support). Another way could be offering 100% money back guarantee in 2 weeks or something.
Cassidy Williams
I switched to MonoLisa after trying out several different fonts in my terminal and in my IDE. I love how readable it is! MonoLisa is wide (much wider than my previous fonts, including JetBrains Mono and Inconsolata), has distinct characters, and gives the option of ligatures that aren’t too fancy. The team behind it has taken feedback well, and every single improvement has been a genuine delight to use. I’m really happy with this font and am so glad to see it finally launching!
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
@cassidoo thank you!
Sean Grove
I've only been using this for the past week or two in spacemacs (coming from Source Code Pro), and I've really enjoyed it. Given how much time I spend looking at code, even small improvements can provide a meaningful boost - suffice to say, I've become a convert!
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
@sgrove 🙌😍
Daniel 🚀 Jilg
Oh this is gorgeous! I love the italics and the ligatures!
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
Robin Wieruch
Looks beautiful yet pragmatic. The website is just wow as well. Thanks for creating this!
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
@rwieruch thanks you! 😍
Michael Andreuzza
Love it !
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
Ilya Lesik
That's great font, congrats! 🥳
Juho Vepsäläinen
Maker
@ilialesik Thanks. :)
Steve Lombardi
Two Hundred and Seventy-Five dollars? Just to get italics only available in the Pro version, when the italics are a major selling point. And that's the _special introductory price_ good only until the end of March? I would've been all over this, but hard pass.
Andrey Okonetchnikov
Maker
@steve_lombardi we have 4 styles in the personal bundle: normal and bold upright styles and normal and bold italics. Check out https://monolisa.dev/buy Professional version includes all other weights (14 styles in total).
Quoc Han Dinh
I switched to MonoLisa one year ago. I really love it. That's great font and I highly recommend it!
Rafael
It is the best font I have used so far, it has an optimal size and thickness that make it very readable and you feel very comfortable using it, however too has very good support that answers your questions, I definitely recommend it.
Pranay Kumar
I started using this font. This combines the best features of all the fonts available till now. Every minor issue related to programming fonts is addressed. 🙌