Typeface

Top 23 Typeface Open-Source Projects

  • Iosevka

    Versatile typeface for code, from code.

  • Project mention: Git Things | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-01

    > 80 should be fine for most single lines of good code in most languages.

    C++ with even a modest template will flow over 80 without much effort.

    I'm now using the condensed width font Iosevka font [1] with 160 chars as my max width in clang-format and indents at 1.

    After a few days of using it, I'm converted. It was a bit odd looking at first, but I guess that's brain plasticity at work.

    1. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases

  • inter

    The Inter font family

  • Project mention: Inter Is the New Helvetica | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-04

    I couldn't agree more. I've been using it as my go-to font for web development (which is its exact design purpose) for years. Nothing looks bad in Inter[0]. It's an easy win.

    The best features for web dev are great readability across its variety of weights (0-900 in CSS) from a single font file, along with a huge set of glyphs, ligatures, special numbers, etc. if you want them.

    [0] https://rsms.me/inter/

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • Hack

    A typeface designed for source code

  • Project mention: What font are you using and why? | /r/vscode | 2023-12-06

    I used to use and really like Hack: https://sourcefoundry.org/hack/

  • LxgwWenKai

    An open-source Chinese font derived from Fontworks' Klee One. 一款开源中文字体,基于 FONTWORKS 出品字体 Klee One 衍生。

  • Sarasa-Gothic

    Sarasa Gothic / 更纱黑体 / 更紗黑體 / 更紗ゴシック / 사라사 고딕

  • Project mention: Berkeley Mono Typeface | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-18

    You could try Sarasa Gothic, which is made by the same person who made Iosevka.

    Github Link: https://github.com/be5invis/Sarasa-Gothic

    Specimen (made by someone else): https://picaq.github.io/sarasa/

  • plex

    The package of IBM’s typeface, IBM Plex.

  • Project mention: Intel One Mono Typeface | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-12

    IBM arguably did one better with their IBM Plex typeface, released with much marketing fan fare a couple years ago: https://www.ibm.com/plex/

    https://github.com/IBM/plex

    Are there any notable examples of AI-generated mono-spaced programmer fonts?

  • Monocraft

    A monospaced programming font inspired by the Minecraft typeface

  • Project mention: No! My IDE is not enough productive | /r/ProgrammerHumor | 2023-05-27

    Monocraft (a monospace version of the Minecraft font) is literally the best font for Minecraft coding.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • beautiful-web-type

    In-depth guide to the best open-source typefaces: https://beautifulwebtype.com

  • public-sans

    A strong, neutral, principles-driven, open source typeface for text or display

  • Project mention: Berlin TYPE: The official type for the city of Berlin | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-27
  • maple-font

    [testing variable font] Maple Mono: Open source monospace font with round corner, ligatures and Nerd-Font for IDE and command line. 带连字和控制台图标的圆角等宽字体,中英文宽度完美2:1

  • Project mention: what terminal emulator do you use and why? | /r/archlinux | 2023-12-10

    Ligatures are divisive. But for people who like ligatures (such as myself), it's nice to have that option. I use Maple Mono, and I particularly like the todo and log level ligatures.

  • victor-mono

    A free programming font with cursive italics and ligatures. Donations welcome ❤️

  • Project mention: Firefox and Thunderbird with monospace fonts that support ligatures | /r/firefox | 2023-12-05

    That's not a trick question. Victor Mono does support ligatures.

  • ark-pixel-font

    Open source Pan-CJK pixel font / 开源的泛中日韩像素字体

  • pretendard

    어느 플랫폼에서든 사용할 수 있는 system-ui 대체 글꼴 | A system-ui alternative font for all cross-platform

  • Project mention: Pretendard Font | /r/oneui | 2023-06-24

    A new version of the Pretendard font, a fork of the Inter font, which is very close to the iOS font, has been released. https://github.com/orioncactus/pretendard Looks very nice on my Galaxy S23 phone. #Pretendard #Inter

  • vazirmatn

    Vazirmatn is a Persian/Arabic font. وزیرمتن یک فونت فارسی/عربی است

  • Project mention: Changing the default Persian\Farsi font | /r/pop_os | 2023-07-08

    The default Persian\Farsi font is unreadable, However there is a beautiful and free font called Vazirmatn Can pop_os! use this font as default instead? https://github.com/rastikerdar/vazirmatn

  • Work-Sans

    A grotesque sans.

  • awesome-typography

    ✏︎ Curated list about digital typography 🔥

  • commit-mono

    Commit Mono is an anonymous and neutral programming typeface.

  • Project mention: Intel One Mono | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-27

    I've been using Commit Mono for the past 6 months or so and love the clarity at small sizes (for my eyes, at least). Before that, I mainly used Source Code Pro and Comic Mono. My long term friend is Bitstream Vera Sans Mono.

    https://commitmono.com/

  • PlusJakartaSans

    +Jakarta Sans is a open-source fonts. Designed for Jakarta "City of collaboration" program in 2020.

  • EB-Garamond

    Digitization of the Garamond shown on the Egenolff-Berner specimen

  • Project mention: Which classic typeface would you most like to see an open-source version of? | /r/typography | 2023-09-27

    A lot of famous typefaces from the past have their open-source digitisations, e.g. Garamond, Centaur or Baskerville. Yet there are some still waiting for a proper open-source release. We don't have Romain du Roi, Cloister) (even though we have the beautiful Cloister initials by Goudy) or Benedictine.

  • agave

    succulent monospace programming font

  • Project mention: What coding font is this? | /r/Font | 2023-06-29

    This is not https://github.com/blobject/agave

  • Miracode

    A sharp, readable, vector-y version of Monocraft, the programming font based on Minecraft

  • Project mention: Show HN: Miracode, a Minecraft programming font that is readable | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-11
  • undefined-medium

    undefined medium — a free and open-source monospace typeface with 400+ characters

  • Playfair

    Playfair is a general purpose Open Source typeface family

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2024-03-27.

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Typeface projects? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 Iosevka 18,308
2 inter 16,963
3 Hack 16,103
4 LxgwWenKai 15,993
5 Sarasa-Gothic 9,461
6 plex 9,301
7 Monocraft 7,776
8 beautiful-web-type 7,229
9 public-sans 4,377
10 maple-font 3,572
11 victor-mono 3,178
12 ark-pixel-font 2,945
13 pretendard 2,381
14 vazirmatn 2,297
15 Work-Sans 1,574
16 awesome-typography 1,314
17 commit-mono 1,009
18 PlusJakartaSans 859
19 EB-Garamond 844
20 agave 661
21 Miracode 595
22 undefined-medium 533
23 Playfair 479

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