Programming Fonts — A List

2018’s highest quality fonts for coding — free and paid.

Fonts play an interesting role in programming. I mean, a visually pleasing font certainly isn’t required to get your work done- but when you spend an exorbitant portion of your week staring at those little squiggly characters on the screen, it wouldn’t hurt if they looked good, right?

This is the question the burgeoning premium-programming-font market is asking prospective buyers, and if Dank Mono’s recent successful launch is any indicator- the demand is definitely there.

On the other end of the spectrum, however, is a sizable contingent of programmers that don’t support the idea of spending anywhere from $40 — $250 on a purely aesthetic modification. In the function vs. form argument, this group is firmly planted on the functional side.

Herein lies the purpose of this article. We’re going to outline options that will work for you, regardless of which camp you currently sit in. Who knows- after seeing a few examples of those monospace-compatible cursive italics in action, you might just cross the aisle. Never say never.

Paid Programming Fonts

We’ll start with the paid fonts. These are premium fonts that require purchase of a license in order to use.

PSA Regarding Paid Fonts: