Writeouts’ Coding Font Comparison
- 1

JetBrains Mono
Monospace · JetBrains, Philipp Nurullin, Konstantin Bulenkov
- 2

Fira Code
Monospace · The Mozilla Foundation, Telefonica S.A., Nikita Prokopov
- 3

Cascadia Code
Sans serif · Aaron Bell, Mohamad Dakak, Viktoriya Grabowska, Liron Lavi Turkenich
- 4

Victor Mono
Sans serif · Rune Bjørnerås
- 5

Geist Mono
Monospace · Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago, Facundo Santana
- 6

Source Code Pro
Monospace · Paul D. Hunt
- 7

IBM Plex Mono
Monospace · Mike Abbink, Bold Monday
- 8

Roboto Mono
Monospace · Christian Robertson
- 9

Inconsolata
Sans serif · Raph Levien
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JetBrains Mono, Fira Code and Space Mono are among 11 families from Writeouts’ 16-font coding comparison.
Source: https://www.writeouts.com/blog/best-coding-fonts
Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.
- JetBrains Mono — Monospace · JetBrains, Philipp Nurullin, Konstantin Bulenkov
- Fira Code — Monospace · The Mozilla Foundation, Telefonica S.A., Nikita Prokopov
- Cascadia Code — Sans serif · Aaron Bell, Mohamad Dakak, Viktoriya Grabowska, Liron Lavi Turkenich
- Victor Mono — Sans serif · Rune Bjørnerås
- Geist Mono — Monospace · Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago, Facundo Santana
- Source Code Pro — Monospace · Paul D. Hunt
- IBM Plex Mono — Monospace · Mike Abbink, Bold Monday
- Roboto Mono — Monospace · Christian Robertson
- Inconsolata — Sans serif · Raph Levien
- Red Hat Mono — Sans serif · MCKL
- Space Mono — Monospace · Colophon Foundry
Font sources
- JetBrains Mono by JetBrains, Philipp Nurullin, Konstantin Bulenkov · JetBrainsMono[wght].ttf · Version 2.211 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2020 The JetBrains Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://scripts.sil.org/OFLCopyright 2020 The JetBrains Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/JetBrains/JetBrainsMono)
- Fira Code by The Mozilla Foundation, Telefonica S.A., Nikita Prokopov · FiraCode[wght].ttf · Version 5.002 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2014-2020 The Fira Code Project Authors (https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://scripts.sil.org/OFLCopyright 2014-2020 The Fira Code Project Authors (https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode)
- Cascadia Code by Aaron Bell, Mohamad Dakak, Viktoriya Grabowska, Liron Lavi Turkenich · CascadiaCode[wght].ttf · Version 2407.024 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1 · Reserved Font Name: Cascadia CodeCopyright (c) 2019 - Present, Microsoft Corporation, with Reserved Font Name Cascadia Code. This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL© 2021 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
- Victor Mono by Rune Bjørnerås · VictorMono[wght].ttf · Version 1.561;gftools[0.9.30] · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2023 The Victor Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/rubjo/victor-mono-font) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://scripts.sil.org/OFLCopyright 2023 The Victor Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/rubjo/victor-mono-font)
- Geist Mono by Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago, Facundo Santana · GeistMono[wght].ttf · Version 1.701 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2024 The Geist Project Authors (https://github.com/vercel/geist-font.git) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://openfontlicense.orgCopyright 2024 The Geist Project Authors (https://github.com/vercel/geist-font.git)
- Source Code Pro by Paul D. Hunt · SourceCodePro[wght].ttf · Version 1.026;hotconv 1.1.0;makeotfexe 2.6.0 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1 · Reserved Font Name: SourceCopyright 2010, 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated (http://www.adobe.com/), with Reserved Font Name 'Source'. All Rights Reserved. Source is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL© 2023 Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/), with Reserved Font Name ‘Source’
- IBM Plex Mono by Mike Abbink, Bold Monday · IBMPlexMono-Regular.ttf · Version 2.3 · SIL OFL 1.1 · Reserved Font Name: PlexCopyright © 2017 IBM Corp. with Reserved Font Name "Plex" This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFLCopyright 2017 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
- Roboto Mono by Christian Robertson · RobotoMono[wght].ttf · Version 3.001 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2015 The Roboto Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/robotomono) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://openfontlicense.orgCopyright 2015 The Roboto Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/robotomono)
- Inconsolata by Raph Levien · Inconsolata[wdth,wght].ttf · Version 3.001 · wght=400,wdth=100 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2006 The Inconsolata Project Authors This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFLCopyright 2006 The Inconsolata Project Authors (https://github.com/cyrealtype/Inconsolata)
- Red Hat Mono by MCKL · RedHatMono[wght].ttf · Version 1.030 · wght=400 · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2024 The Red Hat Project Authors (https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/RedHatFont) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: https://openfontlicense.orgCopyright 2024 The Red Hat Project Authors (https://github.com/RedHatOfficial/RedHatFont)
- Space Mono by Colophon Foundry · SpaceMono-Regular.ttf · Version 1.003; ttfautohint (v1.8.4.7-5d5b) · SIL OFL 1.1Copyright 2016 The Space Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/spacemono) This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFLCopyright 2016 The Space Mono Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/spacemono)
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