Show HN: Monolisa v3 – a typeface for developers and creatives

bebraw 33 points 5 comments June 22, 2026
www.monolisa.dev · View on Hacker News

Originally we (Andrey, Marcus, Juho) built MonoLisa in 2020 as we realised there's room for a better monospaced typeface for developers. The key insight was to make the glyphs slightly wider to make more room for design to make letters like m feel less cramped. Since then we've released a variable v2 (2022) and now we're happy to expand the typeface with a new family called MonoLisa Text. The reasoning was to cover *other* use cases beyond coding with this proportional font. We hope you give Monolisa a go as there's a free trial to try. We also welcome feedback!

Discussion Highlights (4 comments)

veidr

I love this font. I think it is probably the only coding font I have ever actually purchased.

gregrobson

Bought MonoLisa back in 2022, never even considered switching coding typeface since. Before that time I used to switch every 3-6 months. It's really well balanced easy on the eye.

melody_calling

I adore MonoLisa, thank you for all the effort that's gone into making it and congratulations on the new release!

roundcan7998

Created an account, to come tell you folk, just how much I love Monolisa. Have been using it every since they launched, in both my terminal, and my code editors. It’s lovely! editing to add: They even have PPP pricing! Which as someone living in India, I highly appreciate, since it puts a lovely piece of art within reach.

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