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Font Comparison: Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono vs. JetBrains Mono and Fira Code


Published: July 22nd, 2025 Recently, I modified anthes.is to use Atkinson Hyperlegible Next for sans-serif and Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono for monospace. Following the principle of eating your own dog food, I also switched to Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono in my terminal.

For example, cl can resemble d. Monospace fonts reduce this problem, since each character occupies equal horizontal space. Since visual examples showcase typography better than descriptions, this article includes images from Material Design’s blog post. While the Braille Institute offers direct downloads, they require email registration and End User License Agreement (EULA) acceptance for an open source font.

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