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Same here. There are several pictures on the github page: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by masfuerte · 2026-10-14 · in Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font

or drop the releases and go to just https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka where LICENSE.md file shows up.

comment by petiepooo · 2026-10-14 · in Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font

…but following your instructions feels like navigating a paper map. I don't see LICENSE.md here: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases But alright, I realized you must download the archive to find LICENSE.md in there:…

comment by jve · 2026-10-14 · in Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font

…around to read this, thank you so much for Iosevka, man! ¹ https://typeof.net/Iosevka/customizer ² https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/master/doc/custom-b...

comment by wartywhoa23 · 2026-10-14 · in Iosevka is an open-source, sans-serif and slab-serif monospace font

…of "O" and related glyphs for a good example[2]. [1] https://github.com/be5invis/PatEL [2] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/main/packages/font-...

comment by dannyobrien · 2026-05-21 · in The Letter S, by Donald Knuth (1980) [pdf]

Missing my favorite, Iosevka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka Playing the game gave me Jetbrains Mono though.

comment by joch · 2026-03-30 · in CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font

My favorite coding font: Iosevka Term. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka It takes a day or so to get used to the condensed form factor, but after that you can enjoy much more horizontal space in your terminal windows. There is one…

comment by amelius · 2025-12-12 · in Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source

Very nice and condensed. The same reason I switched to Iosevka ( Joseph ), recently: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka The fun thing with Iosevka is that one stands a reasonable chance of reading the source code (as opposed to just…

comment by gorgoiler · 2025-11-07 · in Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages

Looks like one of the variations of Iosevka. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by drewlesueur · 2025-10-28 · in TOON – Token Oriented Object Notation

The glyphs themselves are written in PatEl: see https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/main/packages/font-... for instance. If you look through the commit history, you can see Be5invis gradually elaborating the font itself by editing…

comment by dannyobrien · 2025-08-06 · in Build Your Own Lisp

…that the creator of the Iosevka typeface did so using their own Lisp implementation. The typeface: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka The language: https://github.com/be5invis/PatEL Their tool which they used to build the language:…

comment by gorgoiler · 2025-08-05 · in Build Your Own Lisp

I moved on from these fonts quite some time ago and just use https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka everywhere. It's ideal for 'wordy' languages such as C++ where a typical line length can often go over 150 characters, and then you don't have…

comment by DrBazza · 2025-07-22 · in Font Comparison: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono vs. JetBrains Mono and Fira Code

Sounds like you're looking for Iosevka! https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by antiquark · 2025-04-05 · in Markdown and the Slow Fade of the Formatting Fetish

…by his capitalism = AI thesis, so I just dove back into his work and started building. [0] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka [1] https://retrochronic.com/#zero-centric-history

comment by gom_jabbar · 2025-03-02 · in The A.I. Monarchy

It's custom-made. I also use a custom build of Iosevka [0] for the font. [0] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/

comment by gom_jabbar · 2025-02-24 · in Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

…I would suggest to consider Iosevka [0]. I am using it in the browser and for coding. [0] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by java-man · 2024-08-11 · in Server Mono: A Typeface Inspired by Typewriters, Apple's SF Mono, and CLIs

…[1] which is custom-built from Iosevka. [2]. [1] https://github.com/zed-industries/zed-fonts [2] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by elashri · 2024-01-24 · in Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source

…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

comment by DrBazza · 2024-01-01 · in Git Things

…Yet, Berkeley is truly at its own level. [0]: https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro [1]: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by bayindirh · 2023-11-18 · in Berkeley Mono Typeface

…like angular 0 with reverse slash or to leave the ! in the != ligature. To see what I mean: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/main/doc/stylistic-... * https://st.suckless.org/patches/ligatures/

comment by mzs · 2023-11-10 · in Monaspace

…all of my devices and apps to a custom Iosevka build I made, and I don't think I'll ever turn back. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by conkeisterdoor · 2023-08-27 · in Where do fonts come from? Monotype, mostly

I often default to one of the Iosevka variants. https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka I use a customized set for terminal/IDE and like Aile for documents. Etoile is neat. Feels typewriterish. All covered by the…

comment by blechinger · 2023-08-27 · in Where do fonts come from? Monotype, mostly

…Microsoft's Consolas font and perhaps Iosevka [0] as well, that may have changed my outcome. [0] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by accrual · 2023-07-26 · in Coding Font

…support for a few other BQN characters after noticing it already had the double-struck ones ( https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/issues/870 ). The other three were requests or contributions (drew 3270's 𝕏 myself!) explicitly in…

comment by mlochbaum · 2023-07-24 · in Unicode Character “𝕏” (U+1D54F)

There seems to be an overview at https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/main/doc/stylistic-... though I would ask the same: which of those is the default, and if none of them is, why is there no comparison image?

comment by kzrdude · 2023-07-19 · in Iosevka typeface for code, from code

Nothing beats Iosevka ( https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka ) for me. It's narrow yet super readable, making great use of screen real estate. Lots of customization, ligatures, weights, and a nerd font patch for terminal.

comment by lxe · 2023-07-19 · in JetBrains Mono Typeface

I also really like Iosevka https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by PointThink · 2023-07-19 · in FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

…else was confused) You can also select variants for specific characters (there's 42 zeroes!): https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/main/doc/character-...

comment by cantSpellSober · 2023-07-19 · in Iosevka typeface for code, from code

Have you tried the ss05 variant of Iosevka? It's intented to be Iosevka in the style of Fira Mono. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/main/doc/stylistic-...

comment by sigwinch28 · 2023-07-19 · in FiraCode: Free monospaced font with programming ligatures

…plugin that uses ripgrep and fzf) https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide Smart replacement for `cd` https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka My favourite font for coding, it's width lets me fit more text on the screen

comment by Zizizizz · 2022-12-26 · in Ask HN: Products/Services you swear by – Dec. 2022

Iosevka Term Regular https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by amelius · 2022-07-11 · in Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

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

comment by t0bia_s · 2022-07-11 · in Ask HN: What is your default font for coding and terminal?

…also similar to Pragmata. It even has a Pragmata Pro Style. [1] - https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ [2] - https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by makepanic · 2022-02-14 · in MonoLisa – A font designed for developers

…they are strictly optional. More details about font features can be found in the Git repo [1]. [1]: https://github.com/be5invis/iosevka

comment by divbzero · 2022-01-20 · in Iosevka – Versatile typeface for code, from code

…of the font, at every possibly level, with screenshots for comparison, in a simple readable list: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/blob/master/doc/custom-b... For example: > K with symmetric legs disconnected to the vertical bar, and…

comment by floatingatoll · 2022-01-20 · in Iosevka – Versatile typeface for code, from code

Try Isoveka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka It allows you to see more. Everything suddenly starts making sense and every other fonts will feel ..... different .....

comment by going_ham · 2021-12-07 · in Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?

And as if to prove my point: two days after you did that version 9.x.x was released https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases

comment by vanderZwan · 2021-08-02 · in Coding with Character

…font project with source code, where you recompile the typeface with the options you want. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by kerneis · 2021-07-31 · in The Inter typeface family

…direction. It took me a week of getting used to it, but now I'm not looking back. It's free. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by amelius · 2021-07-28 · in Coding with Character

…list. I discovered it from HN last year and have been using it everywhere i need a mono font since. https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by thecopy · 2021-07-28 · in Coding with Character

I use the Iosevka typeface family [1] which also allows customization. [1] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by amelius · 2021-03-31 · in Input: Customisable Fonts for Code

Similar and more customizable: https://typeof.net/Iosevka/ https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by bogdan · 2021-03-31 · in Input: Customisable Fonts for Code

…[2], which is kinda same. [1] https://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy-code-r-preview-7-co... [2] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by Ajnasz · 2020-11-20 · in Dev Fonts

…ligatures for what you're doing. Iosevka has several presets, or can be completely configured: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations

comment by OJFord · 2020-11-20 · in Dev Fonts

I'm using 18pt Iosevka variations https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by faizmokhtar · 2020-11-03 · in Ask HN: What Programming Font do you use?

Please, update main news link to `v3.0.0` release page.[0] [0] https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases/tag/v3.0.0

comment by app4soft · 2020-05-19 · in Iosevka, Version 3.0.0

Version 3.0.0 was released yesterday: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/releases/tag/v3.0.0 Sorry, I just noticed that the github release was already submitted to HN. This post can be ignored/removed.

comment by makepanic · 2020-05-19 · in Iosevka, Version 3.0.0

Agreed. After Iosevka, other fonts have felt ... unwieldy. Link for reference: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka Re: "SS04" d1egoaz is referencing Stylistic Set 04, illustrated here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/be5invis/Iosevka/mast…

comment by vz8 · 2020-01-15 · in JetBrains Mono: A free and open-source typeface for developers

These are called "ligatures". My long-time favorite font, Iosevka, does 'em too: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka#ligations Another coding font thread from 2017 with some other examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15255523

comment by helb · 2019-09-20 · in Show HN: Cascadia Code, a Font for Windows Terminal and VSCode

Iosevka[0] is another great font that is code-generated. 0: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka

comment by pvinis · 2019-09-02 · in Leon Sans, a geometric typeface made with code