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A font family with a great monospaced variant for programmers.

41 mentions on Hacker News by 37 people: 1 story, 40 comments · first 2014-03-07 · latest 2026-03-31

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  1. …sizes. With them all at (e.g.) 16pt, there is a wildly different amount of text on the screen. 1: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by aidenn0 · 2026-03-31 · in CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font
  2. …sans. I forget what made me choose it over Comic Shanns. It's worth a look if you like this style. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by dfc · 2024-09-19 · in Comic Mono
  3. Comic Mono is great! I personally like Fantasque Sans just a little bit more though [0] https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by vanderZwan · 2023-07-19 · in Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface
  4. I prefer Fantasque Sans Mono ( https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans ) myself, mostly due to its loop-less style variant, but any code that resembles an OpenBSD slide set looks instantly good to me...
    comment by PreInternet01 · 2023-07-19 · in Comic Code: Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface
  5. If you're up for building it yourself, delete `update_features(fnt)` from `Scripts/fontbuilder.py`: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/blob/996150820b98a...
    comment by kps · 2023-06-13 · in Comic Mono
  6. Fantasque Sans Mono is similar in spirit and works great for coding too IMHO: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/ Don't knock it until you try it, it really looks nice for clean languages without a lot of symbols, operators or noise.
    comment by qbasic_forever · 2023-06-13 · in Comic Mono
  7. …sans inspired monospaced fonts before settling on Source Code Pro. The leaders were Fantasque ( https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/ ) and Comic Code ( https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code ). (Comic Code’s creator actually links to…
    comment by fwlr · 2023-05-13 · in Intel One Mono Typeface
  8. Comic Neue has a monospaced font. Edit: not comic neue, but related: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by anthk · 2023-04-19 · in My Emacs eye candy
  9. A little less zany but still fun font is https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans , previously known as Cosmic Sans Neue Mono.
    comment by sph · 2023-04-19 · in My Emacs eye candy
  10. …Fantasque Sans Mono really surprised me and worked well for coding/IDE use (especially in Python): https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by qbasic_forever · 2023-02-13 · in Modern Mono
  11. …ableist is facetious, I do kinda like the font, and use Fantasque Sans[^1] in my terminal. [^1]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by lofatdairy · 2023-01-19 · in Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Department, replaced by Calibri
  12. You can add my favourite font to that list: Fantasque Sans Mono (zero clearly different): https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by DragonMaus · 2022-12-03 · in Mona Sans and Hubot Sans
  13. Highly recommend Fantasque Sans Mono for a realistic take on the "comic-style" coding font - https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by kbd · 2022-02-14 · in MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
  14. …agree! It is my daily driver font. Use it everywhere, great for shells too. And it's free https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by triaste · 2022-02-14 · in MonoLisa – A font designed for developers
  15. Fantasque Sans Mono [0] for vector font, and Cozette [1] for bitmap font. [0]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans [1]: https://github.com/slavfox/Cozette
    comment by jack1243star · 2021-12-06 · in Ask HN: What's your current favorite programming font?
  16. After trying a lot of fonts for hours and hours, I ended up with Fantasque Sans Mono: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans It's somewhat similar to Comic Sans, like the Comic Code from the article, but less playful. It's the most…
    comment by cygned · 2021-07-28 · in Coding with Character
  17. …aware of, which I used for coding/terminal for a long time (I currently use Victor Mono[2]). [1] https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/ [2] https://rubjo.github.io/victor-mono/
    comment by kbd · 2021-06-13 · in Comic Mono – a legible monospace font
  18. …of mono fonts that look like Comic Sans, I am surprised no one has mentioned Fantasque Sans Mono: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans While not Comic Sans, another Microsoft Web Core font which has been reasonably cloned is Trebuchet…
    comment by strenholme · 2020-12-24 · in Comic Mono
  19. If you like this, I also recommend https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by scotthew · 2020-12-23 · in Comic Mono
  20. A bit less commonplace-looking font: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by throwaway1723 · 2020-11-20 · in Dev Fonts
  21. To tweak font settings , see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/fonts I currently use https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans for Monspaced Font. For everything else, I use Noto Sans. Looks Well.
    comment by varbhat · 2020-09-25 · in MacOS-like Fonts on Manjaro/Arch Linux
  22. …bland. It might feel a little odd at first, but I find it much more pleasant for long sessions. [0] https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by yuribro · 2020-05-19 · in Iosevka, Version 3.0.0
  23. There's a download option to have Fantasque Sans Mono without the looped k. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/releases/download/...
    comment by gnuvince · 2019-10-21 · in Lesser Known Coding Fonts
  24. I'm a big fan of https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/ the characters make me happy every day :)
    comment by ManDeJan · 2019-10-20 · in Lesser Known Coding Fonts
  25. …that at some point it looked like the mutant child of Comic Sans and Helvetica Neue. [0] https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by davewongillies · 2019-07-26 · in Comic Code – Monospaced interpretation of the most over-hated typeface
  26. …Sans, formerly known as Cosmic Sans, as it is sort of programming version of Comic Sans: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by twic · 2019-01-13 · in Input: Fonts for Code
  27. …say I'm crazy, I don't think I could ever give up my current font I've been using for years now: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans . It's both readable and fun. Keeps me extra happy throughout the day. :)
    comment by cbeley · 2017-07-21 · in Monospaced Programming Fonts with Ligatures
  28. Try Fantastique Sans Mono: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans At the very least, it will make you really appreciate Monaco.
    comment by twic · 2016-06-19 · in Space Mono
  29. Fantasque Sans Mono by Jany Belluz. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by mbrock · 2016-05-09 · in Ask HN: What font do you use while programming?
  30. …convince me to spend hundreds of dollars on it when I am really happy with Fantasque Sans Mono? See https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by nanis · 2016-02-14 · in Hoefler and Co.'s New Typewriter-Inspired Font Is Crafted for Coders
  31. …T4c: http://practicaltypography.com/triplicate.html Something a little different: Fantasque: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by FireBeyond · 2015-08-29 · in Hack: A typeface designed for source code
  32. I use Fantasque Sans Mono - I love its subtle character! https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by jcracknell · 2015-08-29 · in Hack: A typeface designed for source code
  33. Fantasque Sans Mono is my font of choice: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by ksrm · 2015-08-29 · in Hack: A typeface designed for source code
  34. Cosmic Sans Neue Mono Note there's an S in Cosmic :) https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by brainburn · 2014-08-24 · in Ask HN: What programming font do you use?
  35. Fantasque Sans Mono, font inspired by Comic Sans, is actually pretty cool. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by Squarex · 2014-07-09 · in The Best Programming Font: M+
  36. …that it helps readability overall. [0] http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/fantasque-sans-mono [1] https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by lomnakkus · 2014-05-24 · in Fira Sans: a Free, Open Source Typeface Commissioned by Mozilla
  37. …Neue Mono (which I don't think is related to this typeface) -- now renamed to Fastasque Sans Mono: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans You either hate it or love it, and I find it gorgeous on Sublime Text.
    comment by sph · 2014-04-07 · in Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue
  38. I'm personally fond of Fantasque Sans Mono. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans I find homebrew-cask's font tap to be a particularly useful tool for managing fonts on OSX. https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-fonts
    comment by ddinh · 2014-03-09 · in New Mac Setup
  39. …suffering from the name similarity to Comic Sans... (a shame, I thought that was kind of funny :) https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/fantasque-sans-mono I find it nicely quirky/playful looking…
    comment by snogglethorpe · 2014-03-08 · in Show HN: Luculent, a new code/terminal font
  40. …need to add line padding. Before this I was using Fantasque Sans Mono[1]. Thanks for sharing! [1]: https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans
    comment by donut2d · 2014-03-07 · in Show HN: Luculent, a new code/terminal font